A new generation of male influencers is being asked to confront violence against women and rethink what masculinity means in the social media age.

Liberia, June 5 -- The video lasted less than two minutes. A young woman walking through Red Light Market in Monrovia was suddenly surrounded by a group of men who tore the clothes from her body. Her... Read More

Liberia: Young Liberians Win Historic Taskforce to Fight Sexual Violence - Now Comes the Hard Part

Liberia, May 20 -- Summary: By Joyclyn Wea, gender correspondent with New Narratives When young Liberians marched through the streets of the capital in March demanding stronger action against rape a... Read More

Liberia: Young Liberians Win Historic Taskforce to Fight Sexual Violence - Now Comes

Liberia, May 20 -- Summary: By Joyclyn Wea, gender correspondent with New Narratives When young Liberians marched through the streets of the capital in March demanding stronger action against rape a... Read More

As Sweden Exits Liberia, Girls' Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Face an Uncertain Future

Liberia, May 13 -- Summary: By Joyclyn Wea, gender correspondent with New Narratives S.D. COOPER ROAD, Paynesville - At a Valentine's Day gathering earlier this year, a teenage girl stood before her... Read More

Liberia's House Backs 30 Percent Gender Quota for Candidates, but Women's Groups Warn of Easy Escape Clause

Liberia, May 11 -- Summary: By Joyclyn Wea, gender correspondent with New Narratives Walk into Liberia's Capitol Building during a legislative session, and the gender imbalance is difficult to miss.... Read More

Liberia: Three in Every Four Liberian Are Under 35, the United Nations Promises a New Approach Will Give Them a Role in Shaping Programs Meant for Them

Liberia, April 30 -- Summary: By Joyclyn Wea, gender correspondent with New Narratives "If they are not feeling it, if you are not making a difference in what they do, then we are irrelevant." That... Read More

Liberia: Youth Hear the Cost of Leadership And Ask for Their Turn

Liberia, April 27 -- Summary: By Joyclyn Wea and Tetee Gebro, gender correspondents with New Narratives Young Liberians sat face-to-face with some of the country's most powerful political figures la... Read More

Liberia: Tightens Controls on Abortion Drug - But Women's Groups Warn Against Blocking Access to Care

Liberia, April 14 -- Summary: By Joyclyn Wea, gender correspondent with New Narratives Liberian women's health advocates have cautiously welcomed a government announcement that it is going to more c... Read More

Women Across Party Lines Join Forces to Push Greater Representation in Government

Liberia, April 2 -- In a political system where women occupy less than 11 percent of seats in the country's Legislature - one of the lowest rates in the world - women from Liberia's major political pa... Read More

Liberia's Anti-Corruption Watchdog Asked Liberians to Report Corruption By Putting Allegations in Boxes - It Didn't Work

Liberia, March 25 -- In August, the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, hoping to encourage Liberians to call out what experts say is rampant corruption at every level of government, began placing whi... Read More

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