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By: Stephen K. McGill, HIV/Human Rights Activist In Liberia, it is illegal to engage in a sexual relationship with people of the same sex. This is regulated in the Penal Law, Section…
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By: M. Dennise Nimpson/LHRJN Fellow In Liberia, abortion beyond the 24th week of pregnancy is considered illegal. Women who perform abortions as well as people who assist them with…
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By: Romelia P. George/LHRJN Fellow The United Nations Children Education Funds (UNICEF) 2020 report revealed that 1.8 billion women and adolescent girls across the world menstruate,…
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By: Siaway T. Miapue/LHRJN Fellow Like other countries, Liberia is expected to end AIDs by 2030 as a public health threat. For this to happen, a country must have updated national…
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By: Gloria Wleh/LHRN Fellow The United Nations in its Seventy-fifth Session on June 8, 2021, adopted a political declaration pledging “urgent, transformative action to stop global…
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By: Nyantee S. Togba, LHRJN Fellow In 2004, the HIV Prevention from Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) program was set up by Global Strategies for HIV Prevention, an NGO based in…
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By: Christophina P. Nyanneh, LHRJN Fellow Like other countries in the world, Liberia seems to be making progress toward reaching the 95-95-95 strategy adopted in 2016 by the United…
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By: Taisiah K. Merfee, LHRJN Fellow Liberia has a generalized HIV epidemic with the reproductive-aged population showing an HIV prevalence of 2.1%, according to the 2013 Liberia…
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By: Necus M. Andrews The Liberia Initiative for the Promotion of Rights, Identity, Diversity, and Equality (LIPRIDE), is urging persons living with HIV in the country to remain…
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By: Reuben Sei Waylaun In an effort to effectively and adequately report on basic health and human rights in the country, Stop AIDS in Liberia (SAIL) in collaboration with the…
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