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January 19, 2024 Statement

Sierra Leone: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

74th Pre-Sessional Working Group

June 28, 2023 Dispatches

More than 70 Countries Pledge to Strengthen Right to Free Education

Statement at UN Supports Free Education from Preschool through Secondary

Students attend class in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
May 9, 2023 Dispatches

Legal Right to Free Education Grows Globally

Expanded International Law Could Accelerate Progress

Students attend class in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
May 8, 2023 News Release

Sierra Leone: Center Girls’ Voices in Education Reforms

New Law Should Require Greater Inclusion of Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers

A student poses for a portrait in the classroom of her school in Koidu, Kono district, Sierra Leone, on November 24, 2020. 
August 4, 2022 Commentary

Africa: Countries Should Remove Barriers That Keep Young Mothers Out of School

September 29, 2021 News Release

Africa: Rights Progress for Pregnant Students

Five More Sub-Saharan Countries Act to Protect Girls’ Education; Barriers Remain

Young mothers at secondary school in Kenya
July 2, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Review of Sierra Leone

90th Pre-Session

March 31, 2020 News Release

Sierra Leone: Schools Reopen for Pregnant Girls, Teen Moms

Adopt Policy to Ensure Students Return, Receive Support

A group of students walk to school in Sierra Leone
November 6, 2019 Commentary

Pregnant Students in Africa Need Your Support, Not Rejection

“Angela,” 20, walks with her son near her home after returning from school in Migori county, western Kenya
June 22, 2018 Statement

Civil society call to tackle abuses, conflict, and lack of transparency in diamond supply chain

June 14, 2018 News Release

Africa: Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Barred from School

African Governments Should Ensure Right to Education

Students enrolled in the final year of lower secondary school in the classroom in a village in Kolda region, southern Senegal. Adolescent mothers and married girls study in this school.
February 1, 2017 Dispatches

AU's 'ICC Withdrawal Strategy' Less than Meets the Eye

Opposition to Withdrawal by States

A general view shows the headquarters of the African Union (AU) building in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 29, 2017.
November 2, 2016 Commentary

Africans Speak Out Against ICC Withdrawal

Governments Signal Continued Support for Court

Stella Ndirangu of ICJ Kenya
February 4, 2016 News Release

Sierra Leone: Sign Bill Allowing Safe Abortions

Could Help Address High Maternal Mortality Rates

An estimated 400 women showed up in support of the safe abortion bill wearing “children by choice, not by chance” T-shirts on December 8, 2015 outside of Sierra Leone's Parliament. © 2015 Ipas
February 4, 2016 Letter

Letter to President Koroma of Sierra Leone

RE: Passage of “Safe Abortion Act”

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