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Global Roundup: Sierra Leone Women's Rights…

Mona Eltahawy
Jan 23
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Curated by FG Contributor Samiha Hossain Sierra Leone has passed what has been described as a "groundbreaking" law designed to increase the number of women in positions of power in both private and public sectors. More than a year after the legislation was first tabled in Sierra Leone's Parliament, lawmakers voted unanimously to pass the Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act in November. On Thursday, Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio signed the bill into law.

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