In 2009, Sierra Leonean Women from various shades of opinions came together to challenge that chauvinistic taboo by taking the Ernest Koroma led State Government to Court in order to champion the rights of women like Madam Kumba Torto of Kono and Madam Sia Bandabilla of Kissi-Kailahun to contest for the same chieftaincy position that their male forefathers had successfully contested for.The unprecedented solidarity and determination of Women of Sierra Leone sparked off an international debate that saw prominent international figures turn their attention to the stance of the brave women of Sierra Leone.“It is not enough to pay lip service to our rights. President Koroma must back his words with positive action; he should keep to his 2007 Elections Manifesto promises and set Sierra Leone women free from the bondage we are under or else come 2012 Elections, he should prepare for a possible shock defeat at the elections polls,” said Madam Hawa Mansaray, who identified herself as a prominent female activist from Koinadugu District.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Sierra Leone: No More Rhetoric Mr Koroma
Friday, September 25, 2009
Sierra Leone Questions Maternal Deaths
From AFP:
Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday contested as outdated an Amnesty International report saying that one in eight women risks death during childbirth or pregnancy.
The west African nation's top medical officer, Kizito Dawo, told journalists that Amnesty's figures were "erroneous and based on information available long years ago."
"We have moved away from those statistics and they are no longer tenable," Dawo said, in the first official reaction to the Amnesty report published on Tuesday, which called the one-in-eight figure "one of the highest maternal death rates in the world."
"A lot of the statistics have been taken out of context, so this has made the report unacceptable. We would have imagined that we would have had first-hand information about the contents of the report but of course we were not. We only heard it through the media," Dawo added.
On Tuesday, Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan launched a campaign in Freetown to reduce the maternal mortality rate in Sierra Leone, which is emerging from a brutal civil war between 1991 and 2002.
Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday contested as outdated an Amnesty International report saying that one in eight women risks death during childbirth or pregnancy.
The west African nation's top medical officer, Kizito Dawo, told journalists that Amnesty's figures were "erroneous and based on information available long years ago."
"We have moved away from those statistics and they are no longer tenable," Dawo said, in the first official reaction to the Amnesty report published on Tuesday, which called the one-in-eight figure "one of the highest maternal death rates in the world."
"A lot of the statistics have been taken out of context, so this has made the report unacceptable. We would have imagined that we would have had first-hand information about the contents of the report but of course we were not. We only heard it through the media," Dawo added.
On Tuesday, Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan launched a campaign in Freetown to reduce the maternal mortality rate in Sierra Leone, which is emerging from a brutal civil war between 1991 and 2002.
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