The Liberian government must prioritise clean water, decent sanitation and good hygiene for people across the country, if Goal 6 – the provision of clean water and decent sanitation for everyone everywhere – is to be reached by 2030, in Liberia.
WaterAid Liberia is urging the government to act ahead of the UN’s High Level Political Forum in New York in July, where Goal 6 will come under review.
Without water, decent sanitation and good hygiene, other Sustainable Development Goals, including those on gender equality, education, health, reducing inequalities and nutrition, cannot be achieved.
WaterAid Liberia is urging the government to act ahead of the UN’s High Level Political Forum in New York in July, where Goal 6 will come under review.
Amnesty International Southern Africa Regional Director Deprose Muchena has blamed austerity budgets by some Southern African countries for stifling socio-economic rights of citizens.
Speaking on Amnesty International’s The State of World’s Human Rights Report 2017-18 on Radio Voice of the People(Radio Vop) programme, Mr Muchena said what was observed in the report is that most Southern African countries including Zimbabwe are putting austerity budgets that are relegating the fundamental human rights to the peripherals
A new opposition party has expressed dismay at the ‘Mugabe holiday’ to be celebrated next week saying it is not worthy celebrating.
The Robert Mugabe National Youth Day will be celebrated on Wednesday 21 February a few months after the former president Robert Mugabe was pressured to resign through the intervention of the military under ‘Operation Restore Legacy’.
Speaking to this publication, Zimbabwe Democratic Change(ZDC) vice president Beston Mbewe said their party will not be hoodwinked into believing that the day is about celebrating the youths when in fact it is about hero-worshipping the former ‘dictator’.
On Monday, February 5th to 10th 2018, Sierra Leone Women are Free to Choose (SLWAFC), a community based organization in Freetown and The National Sowie Council inaugurated its first Female Circumcision Awareness Week.
This weeklong, first in history event - coincides with the 15th International Day of Zero Tolerance on Tuesday, February 6, a UN sponsored day of awareness for the eradication of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Female Genital Cutting (FGC) that proponents say is discrimination and absolute violation of the human rights of women and girls - will bring together the masses of affected women who will speak boldly about the World Health Organization’s FGM/FGC categorizations, exaggerated claims of harm as well as one-sided media representations of FGM in Sierra Leone and globally.
The Evangelical Congressional Church of Liberia has ended a week long annual conference in Tumanburg, Bomi County.
The gathering brought together member churches and international guests from the United States of America, including Rev. Randy Sizemore, Director of Global Ministries – E.C. Church-USA/of the World, Rev Rick Seigi of the Bethlehem E.C. Church in the US and some pastors from Ghana.
Issues pertaining to the upliftment of the church in Liberia were discussed over the one week period with decisions reached by delegates.
