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Gender- based violence, or "violence againstwomen," includes many kinds of harmful physical, emotional, and sexual behaviors against women and girls that are most often carried out by family members, but also at times by strangers.
Liberia Crisis Center Opens Shelter In Liberia
The first safe haven for women and children victims of abuse in Liberia has officials been opened in Monrovia. During the program, which was held June 9, 2006 at the Urban Chateau Hotel on 10th Street in Sinkor, Mrs. Beverly Goll-Yekeson told the gathering that the opening of the safe house marked the bringing to fruition of her life time dream of putting the plight of abused women and children to the top of the agenda of the Liberian society.
The President and Founder of the US-based African Crisis Center for Empowerment (ACCEM), Mrs. Berverly Goll-Yekeson, has attributed rape, sexual exploitation and violence against women to worldwide poverty. Mrs. Yekeson said the protection of women and girls should be paramount in every effort for women's safety. She spoke Tuesday via video recording from Maryland in the United States during the launching of a campaign to "Stop Violence Against Women" at the Len Millar Salvation Army School System in Monrovia.
Beverly Goll-Yekeson and the Liberia Crisis Center For Abused Women And Children won the Women's World Summit Foundation Prize For Women's Creativy For Rural Life.
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Ellen Promises To Fight Sexual Exploitation President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has reaffirmed
Gongloe Wants Women-Men Partnership to Fight Rape
Solicitor General Tiawan Gongloe has called on women to involve men in the fight against rape and other gender based violence in Liberia. Speaking at a one-day sensitization workshop themed Breaking the Silence in Communities, hosted by the Liberia Shelter for Abused Women and Children in collaboration with Liberia Crisis Center for Abused Women and Children U.S.A,
Task Force On Gender Based Violence Launched
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government's commitment to the fight against sexual exploitation and abuse in the country. She said her government was making efforts to stop sexual exploitations among the youths and to raise awareness of its negative impact on development in Liberia. She indicated that addressing sexual exploitations and abuse effectively require collective efforts by focusing on prevention, adding prevention is a crucial first approach in this pattern. 