Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
George Fominyen - WNN MDG Stories (WNN/Trustlaw) Dakar, SENEGAL, AFRICA: Women’s groups in Sierra Leone are hoping that at least 30 percent of seats in the West African nation’s parliament will be held by women after general elections due in November. They are urging President Ernest Bai Koroma and his government to come good on pledges [...]
Tamba Tengbeh and Damon van der Linde -WNN MDG Stories (WNN/GDN) SIERRRA LEONE: Fifty years ago when Sierra Leone gained independence after 150 years of colonial rule, with it came a feeling of optimism that – along with a newfound control of its governance – the country would profit from its ample endowment of natural [...]
Meena Bhandari – WNN MDG Stories (WNN) PORT LOKO DISTRICT, Sierra Leone: A group of 12 women from villages in Sierra Leone is in the frontline of a battle to bring solar-powered electricity to rural communities. No small feat, given that rural Sierra Leone is not connected to power. The women were all trained at Barefoot College in Tilonia, [...]
