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Home > Sierra Leone: Gender violence outlawed

Contributor [1]
Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 03:00
Categories: 
Women & gender [2]
Issue Number: 
309 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Sierra Leonean women can now rest, and enjoy the fruits of their long walk to freedom. The country's parliament took the bull by the horns to enact a law that outlaws domestic violence in all its forms as well as guarantees the rights of women to inheritance and registration of customary marriages.

Category: 
Gender & Minorities [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/wgender/42158 [5]
Country: 
Sierra Leone [6]

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