Education

Research Highlights Need for Comprehensive Puberty Education in Sierra Leone

Education, Gender, Health /

Three key themes emerged from the findings: the need for teacher comfort in discussing puberty, the utility of a teacher’s guide for delivering this content, and the various system and resource constraints that hinder effective implementation. A recent study published in Frontiers in Education has underscored the critical importance of providing young people with adequate […]

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Mercy Ships Returns to Deliver Life-changing Surgeries in Sierra Leone

Education, Gender, Health /

The Global Mercy departed the country in June after spending the previous ten months performing 1,979 life-changing surgeries for 1,728 patients and training 145 healthcare professionals on board in that time.  The world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy™, was welcomed back to Freetown yesterday in a partnership between international charity Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.org) and the Government of

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Sierra Leone Consults on National Media and Civic Education Policies

Education, Politics /

The collaborative efforts and extensive consultations underscore a collective dedication to creating policies that will stand the test of time and foster a more inclusive and professional media environment in Sierra Leone. Ministry of Information and Civic Education (MoICE), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Plan International, and New York University, held

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Iceland, WFP Support Sierra Leone’s School Feeding

Agriculture, Education, Politics /

The Government of Sierra Leone has prioritized home-grown school feeding as a key component of its National School Feeding Policy, with considerable premium on its multi-faceted nature including linking school feeding activities to local food production and procurement that has the potential to induce social and economic development of communities. The United Nations World Food

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INTERVIEW: We Shouldn’t Have to Beg or Negotiate for Women Rights – Sierra Leone

Education, Gender, Politics /

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs, Dr. Isata Bendu Mahoi, recently participated in the 68th session of the Commission on the State of Women (CSW) at the UN headquarters in New York. She shared insights with Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor on her empowerment initiatives, the challenges she faces as a political figure, and her message to young women across

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Sierra Leone on Digital ID, Digital Transformation

Economy, Education, Politics /

Sierra Leone, a small but ambitious nation in West Africa, is at full throttle with its digital transformation efforts, and its Modular Open Source Identity Platform or MOSIP-based foundational identity system is the nucleus of this undertaking, according to an official with the country’s ID authority. The Deputy Director of ICT at the National Civil Registration Authority

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ECOWAS to Meet in Sierra Leone on Regulating, Controlling Autonomous Weapons Systems

Education, MRU, Politics /

Sierra Leone is gearing up to host a ground-breaking Conference on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS, on the Peace and Security aspect of Autonomous Weapons Systems under the leadership of President Julius Maada Bio. Scheduled to take place in Freetown from April 17th and 18th, 2024, this conference, a collaborative effort between

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