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A local prodemocracy group promoting the rights of women and girls in Liberia is sparing no efforts in advancing gender equality and women empowerment in Sinoe County, southeastern Liberia.
Under sponsorship from Oxfam and Impunity Watch, the National Institute for Public Opinion (NIPO) recently coordinated the celebration of the 16 Days of Activism and completed the formation of one women platform in the county.
The celebration of the 16 Days of Activism began with a month-long sensitization and awareness campaign in four of the seven administrative districts of Sinoe. During this period, NIPO conducted a surgical house-to-house outreach, sensitization and awareness campaign, educating women and girls about their rights under national and international legal frameworks with regards to women's participation in politics and decision making processes and the social, economic and political rights of women.
They also conducted a long standing fight on sexual and gender-based violence and discrimination against...