WOMEN OF SIERRA LEONE - IT'S YOUR PARLIAMENT TOO!!!
Workshops to Get More Women Successfully Involved in the July 2007 Elections
Theme: 'Women and Men in partnership in Sierra Leone - the politics of the
future.'
Venue: British Council Freetown Sierra Leone
Date: Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 March 2007
For further information: [email][email protected] or 50/50 Group Email: [email][email protected]

Founder and erstwhile president of the gender advocacy group 50-50, said Friday (12 January 2007) that the manifestos of political parties in Sierra Leone are not gender friendly.

The International Rescue Committee currently seeks a Program Coordinator for its Sierra Leone program, based in Freetown with frequent travel to the field, Freetown including the Kenema, Kailahun and Kono field sites.

Benson Lahai, the principal development officer in the ministry of development and economic planning, has been exposed in a corruption deal. He is alleged to be duping people who want to register their Non- Governmental Organisations.

Denial and ignorance of HIV/AIDS are still major problems in post-war Sierra Leone, hindering care and support for people living with the virus."When I tested positive in 2002 and told my family, they'd never heard of HIV/AIDS; they didn't know it existed and they didn't want me in the house, so I had to leave," HIV-positive Ibrahim Kargbo, 41, told IRIN/PlusNews in the capital, Freetown.