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Home > Liberia: Women queue up to join Johnson-Sirleaf's army

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Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 03:00
Categories: 
Women & gender [2]
Issue Number: 
258 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The Liberian army began recruiting women into its new post-war forces yesterday (5 June), part of a move to reform the military. The army will initially have 2,000 troops, with roughly 400 of them women, an official said.

Category: 
Gender & Minorities [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/wgender/34926 [5]
Country: 
Liberia [6]

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