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Liberian Female Human Rights Defender Fears for her life.
Madam Cecelia Kpebia Roberts, a Liberian woman living with HIV and a human rights defender has reported death threats on her life for her role in defending and advocating for the rights…
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Liberian Journalists Proffer Recommendations to Avert Acts of Terrorism, Violent Extremism in MRU…
Four top-notch Liberian journalists have made key recommendations aimed at helping to avert potential threats of terrorism and violent extremism in the Mano River Union countries of…
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NAC, Partners Call For Concerted Efforts To End AIDS, As Liberia Commemorates World AIDS Day
(Monrovia, Liberia December 6, 2023): In commemoration of 2023 World AIDS Day, the National AIDS Commission has revealed that HIV and AIDS remain prevalent among key and vulnerable…
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Liberia Rallies Partners To Address Stigma and Discrimination To End HIV By 2030 With PEPFAR’s…
By: Melvin Jackson
The Liberian Government through the National AIDS Commission is rallying partners in the National HIV response in the country to address societal…
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Opinion Leaders Get Training In Human Rights Based Approach In Grand Bassa
By: Melvin Jackson
Twenty opinion leaders in Grand Bassa County have received intensive training on the application of Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) in their local setting.…
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Liberian Institutions Extol FHI360 For Supporting Health System Strengthening
Two frontline Liberian institutions leading various aspects of health programs have extolled FHI360, an acclaimed international organization for its commitment to supporting the…
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Media Group Recalls FHI360 Support To HIV Response In Liberia
A civic Media organization, Liberia Health, and Rights Journalists Network (LHRJN) says has documented the support of an international project, FHI360 in strengthening Liberia’s HIV…
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Key Actors In Liberia Support Abortion Law, Want Human Rights Protected
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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Liberian Schools Heighten Efforts For Menstrual Hygiene Support For Adolescent Girls
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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Liberia Lacks Updated National HIV Data, As Gov’t’s Institutions Remain Silent
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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