Liberia: Parents play important role in helping girls overcome gender stereotypes
It’s 8 o’clock in the morning, and the kindergarten pupils are already seated on their small chairs in the classroom […]
Liberia: What parents can do outside of school to help children learn to read
It’s around five o’clock in the afternoon and Flourish Sheriff has just finished washing dishes. She grabs a chair in […]
Liberia: The benefits of reading along with your girl child at home
It’s six o’clock in the evening and 17-year-old Rita Plator has just finished household chores. She picks her textbook and […]
Liberia: New law secures ancestral land rights (Trust)
Liberia has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral […]
Personal reflections from the IFAJ 2018 Master Class
Jefferson Massah is a journalist, media trainer, and development communications practitioner from Monrovia, Liberia. He is also the former head […]
Liberia: Activists urge government to pass land law (Trust)
Activists are urging the Liberian government to pass a long-awaited law recognizing the customary land rights of rural communities. They […]
Liberia: Rural women defy Ebola outbreak by continuing to grow rice
The Ebola outbreak seriously affected crop production throughout Liberia last farming season. But despite the threat of Ebola, a group […]
Liberia: Last two Ebola patients recover, leave hospital
Liberia released the last two people known to be infected with Ebola from hospital last week. The country has now […]
Liberia: President says ritual killings on the rise
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf last week vowed to crack down on a rise in ritual killings in Liberia. Local media […]
Liberia: Teenager wins Children’s Peace Prize for defending victims of violence
The Dutch NGO KidsRights awarded its prestigious annual International Children’s Peace Prize to a Liberian teenager last week, honouring his […]