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Liberian women, 2008. The extent of gender inequalities varies throughout Liberia in regard to status, region, rural/urban areas, and traditional cultures. In general, women in Liberia have less access to education, health care, property, and justice when compared to men. Liberia suffered two devastating civil wars from 1989–1996 and 1999 ...
The women of Liberia became a political force against violence and against their government. Their actions brought about an agreement during the stalled peace talks. As a result, the women were able to achieve peace in Liberia after a 14-year civil war and later helped bring to power the country's first female head of state, Ellen Johnson ...
Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace. In 2002, the women in Liberia were tired of seeing their country torn apart. Organized by social worker Leymah Gbowee, women started gathering and praying in a fish market to protest the violence. [52] They organized the Women in Peacebuilding Network (WIPNET), and issued a statement of intent:
However, President Charles D. B. King opposed the organization on the grounds that it amounted to the "Americanizing" of Liberian women. [4] In 1932 Morris apparently tried again to organize women, heading a group which petitioned the national legislature to amend the constitution and establish female suffrage. "This was likewise treated with ...
The Kru-speaking people are a large ethnic group that is made up of several sub-ethnic groups in Liberia and Ivory Coast. In Liberia, there are 48 sub-sections of Kru tribes, including the Jlao Kru. [5] These tribes include Bété, Bassa, Krumen, Guéré, Grebo, Klao/Krao, Dida, Krahn people and Jabo people.
The Liberian Women’s Social and Political Movement is a National organization which embraces all women of Liberia. The organization is a social and political movement because it aims, by a connected series of efforts and actions, to achieve certain ends pertaining to society and the mutual relation of individuals as also those relating to ...
The National Liberian Women's Social and Political Movement (NLWSPM) was a Liberian women's organization founded in 1920 by Maude A. Morris. [1] It had local branches among four tribal groups, such as Bassa Tribal Women and Grebo Tribal Women. [2] The NLWSPM tried to press for women's involvement in Liberian government.
History of women in Liberia (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Social history of Liberia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.