January 2020

A state of emergency focused attention on sexual and gender-based violence in Sierra Leone, but there is still much to do. Credit: Steve Evans

Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency over sexual violence

In February 2019, President Julius Maada Bio declared a State of Emergency over sexual and gender-based violence. He did this amid rising pressure over the issue in Sierra Leone. In 2018, a series of high-profile cases had emerged including that of a five-year-old girl whose severe assault left her paralysed from the waist down. Gender-based campaigns – such as

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