Press Release
- FeJAL Hosts High-Level Media Women Symposium to Advance Women Leadership in the Media October 14, 2024FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FeJAL Hosts High-Level Media Women Symposium to Advance Women Leadership in the Media Monrovia, Liberia – October 9, 2024– The Female Journalists Association of Liberia (FeJAL) will this Thursday, October 10, 2024 host its High-Level Media Women Symposium aimed at charting a new course for women’s leadership and equality in the Liberian […]
- Efforts To Uphold Liberia’s Cultural Heritage: Nazarene Solid Foundation Teaching Dan (Gio) Language To Students In Nimba October 11, 2024By Vivian Woyah with FEJAL GBEHLAY GEH, Nimba County – To enable Liberian school-going children in Gbehlay Geh, in Karnplay Nimba County, to learn their native tongue as they grow up, Nazarene Solid Foundation school has incorporated the Dan (Gio) language into the school’s curriculum for pupils. According to the Principal ofthe school, Rev. Tee […]
- Establishment of War Crimes Court Sparks Mixed Reactions in Buutuo, Nimba County October 11, 2024BUUTUO, Nimba County – The Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) estimates that between 1989 and 2003, 150,000 to 250,000 women, children, and men lost their lives in Liberia as a result of the civil crisis. All parties to the conflict were responsible for the grave crimes and human rights atrocities, including rape, torture, sexual […]
- In Margibi County…Students Alarm Over Poor Hygienic Conditions at Government Schools October 11, 2024By Sally Denia Tulorgbo, 0770281023, FeJAL Mentorship Fellow Kakata, Margibi County –Students at Lango Lappaye High School in Kakata, Margibi County have alarmed over the poor state of school bathrooms, and other areas and they are calling for immediate intervention from humanitarian organizations, non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), and the Government of Liberia. Lovetee Noah, a 12th-grade […]
- Lofa County Adheres To Ban On FGM, Traditional Council Spokesperson Ma-Watta Kamara Discloses. October 11, 2024By Victory Wesseh, +231 77 814 7938; FeJAL Mentorship Fellow Vasala, Lofa County: The ban placed on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by the government of Liberia through the Ministry of Internal Affairs in collaboration with the National Traditional Council of Liberia is reportedly being adhere to in vasala town and other places in Lofa County. […]
- Windstorm Afflicts Garmu, Leaves Residents Stranded October 11, 2024Bong County: It is early Saturday morning when most people normally take a breather from the week’s routine and frenetic pace of life! But as a journalist, duty always calls for me and my colleagues! To keep everyone informed, and up to date on everything, we are on the front lines gathering, analyzing, digesting, and […]
- Women Farmers Decry Climate Change Impact October 11, 2024By: Christiana Mabande The sole farm Patience Cooper depends on for a living took serious damage this year from climate change, which made her desire to send all five of her kids to school diminished. According to 35-year-old Patience, the corn farm didn’t yield as much as expected, which made it harder for her […]
- Desperate For Help, Women Rock Crushers Plead TO Government, Partners For Empowerment October 11, 2024By Victoria Wesseh, FeJAL Mentorship Fellow, +231 77 814 7938 Lofa, Liberia, June 26, 2024: Women rock crushers especially single mothers in Lofa County are desperately pleading to the Government of Liberia and partners to empower them through vocational Skills training opportunities and programs that with help them contribute meaningfully to the society. The women […]
- In Lofa County… Local Market Women risk losing properties In Collateral Due to lack of Customers October 11, 2024By Victoria Wesseh, FeJAL Mentorship Fellow——+231 77 814 7938 Lofa County-June 26, 2024, WTVNEWS: Several local market women in Lofa County risk losing their properties in collateral due to the lack of customers. The market women expressed concerns about the slow pace of buying as major factor affecting their businesses and currently impacting their livelihoods […]
- Legacy of 1989 War on Buutuo, Nimba County October 10, 2024Decontee Krangar/Newsroom Leaders BUUTUO, Nimba – on December 24, 1989, the people of a little border town woke up to the sounds of heavy gunfire. Confused, they took to their heels, running helter-skelter in search of safety and refuge. A faction of insurgents, under the leadership of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), predominantly comprising […]