By Sylvanus Murray | President
According to the UN Human Development Index, Sierra Leone is ranked as one of the poorest countries in the world. Within this frame of generalized poverty, women come worse off and have been found to be poorer than men. This is due to gender disparities existing with respect to access to and control of a range of assets including direct productive assets such as land and macro credit, human capital assets including education and health, etc.
Also, in Sierra Leone, over 60% of women are being beaten and forced to have sex by their intimate male partners. Our organization seeks to address such abuse and other heightened levels of discrimination and violence against Women by enhancing advocacy and networking capacities among Women groups and promoting coordination for increased success in anti-discrimination and violence campaigns in the country.
The funds raised so far through the Global Giving platform have enabled us provide much needed women's empowerment and human rights training for at least 5 rural community women in the Waterloo District, Sierra Leone. Also, some sensitization programs with regards women's empowerment, discrimination and abuse were carried out by the organization.
We would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to our partners and friends who donated their hardearned cash towards this project through the GlobalGiving platform. Together, we're making a difference in the lives of women in Sierra Leone.
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