By Sallieu S. Kanu  The global pace of reforms toward equal treatment of women under the law has slumped to a 20-year low, constituting a potential impediment to economic growth at a critical time for the global economy, a new World Bank report shows. In 2022, the global average score on the World Bank’s Women,...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka The Sierra Leone Police Hospital at Kingtom has been providing health services not only to Police personnel but equally to community members over the years. Owing to the above, the  SLP Hospital Management on 2nd February 2023, under the supervision of Dr. John Conteh, head of Hospital Management and the Hospital Matron,...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu A delegation from the Parliamentary Caucus on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) of the Gambia National Assembly, has on Thursday, March 2,2023, visited the Sierra Leone House of Parliament. The purpose of their visit was to exchange ideas on freedom of religious belief and religious tolerance. In a brief engagement...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No.3 on Thursday sent Foday Sesay, a footballer, to prison over allegation of larceny. He was arraigned on one count charge of larceny contrary to section 2 of the Larceny Act of 1916 According to the chargesheet, the accused on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at...Read More

By Alusine Sesay In Sierra Leone, public-facing women – including women leaders, women human rights defenders, and women journalists – face an increased risk of threats, intimidation, online insult, and violence. According to a recently published report, these threats are often made in an attempt to push such women out of public spaces, and diminish...Read More

By Sallieu S, Kanu As the trial of a police officer accused of raping a woman in a police station commences, AdvocAid has called for accountability and an end to violence against women and girls by law enforcement officials. In late 2021, Baindu (not her real name) was arrested and detained in Pujehun police station....Read More