Yet I'm Blamed for it
My skirt was lifted against my will
Without considering my feelings,
He entered a teenager
Now I'm ashamed of myself Continue Reading → ...
Rape! A National Threat That Needs To Be Solved Now!
Firstly, I believe that there is no excuse for doing wrong. Therefore, everyone should definitely be blamed for their own actions. No matter what happens before a person is raped, there is not a ...
SGBV in Liberia: Ending the Nightmare
In our aspiration to address issues of SGBV in Liberia, special attention must be given to existing inefficiencies that prevent us from delivering solutions. It is important to review the ...
Rape, A Real National Emergency?
Since rape was declared a national emergency, it has been given even less attention by the president and officials of government. I am very disappointed in the president and the Liberian. ...
Nightmare
"If you tell your mom, she won't believe you and even if she did, there's nothing she would do about it. That also means you and your brothers will stop schooling.” That was the "after sex" ...
We Are the Problem: Liberians Response to Anti-Rape Protests
As we have seen over the last few days, people are reducing the anti-rape protests in the country to individuals rather than the cause. This reductionism trivializes the problem of rape, blinds us ...
Mr. President, Fix Your Rape Flyer
Where has your “Feminist in Chief” cape been when Liberian women dressed in Black every Thursday for the last few years to call attention to this issue? Where was it yesterday and today, August 25 ...
How can Men become Allies and Champions against Sexual Assault?
‘’If grabbing a lady’s buttocks or trying to steal a kiss without her consent has always been our ways of flirting or trying to satisfy our sexual lusts or desires, we must now realize that this is ...
Dear Liberian Men, No Means No
I am angry that my sisters, nieces, cousins, aunts and every other woman out there are walking targets because some men have chosen 5 minutes or less of pleasure over human lives and dignity, and ...
Rape Culture, Explained
There is no denying the existence of the inhumane culture, that is the Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) culture, within the Liberian society. The recent multiplicity of victim stories online is ...
MeTooLiberia- Rape and Abuse in Liberia II
These are stories of brave Liberian women who have been victims of sexual assault and are now publicly calling out their abusers for them to face reckoning and to raise awareness on the prevalence ...
MeTooLiberia- Rape & Abuse in Liberia
Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault.
These are stories of brave Liberian women who have been victims of sexual assault and are now publicly calling out their abusers for them to face reckoning and ...
I'm Telling My Story
Mohammed Osman and I dated and separated in 2016. During our time together, he coerced me on many occasions to have sex with him. He removed the condom without my knowledge which is a form of rape. ...
I Did Not Choose my Fate
I didn’t choose my fate, I was born into it. I don’t have the switch to alter how I feel, nor do I control those hormones.
I didn’t choose my fate, my body was biologically sculptured by God the ...
We Are Not Protected
We now live in a society (Liberia, precisely) where justice is being compromised, and because of this we have become vulnerable to all sorts of attacks. They say, “She enticed the guy by exposing ...
Uncle Musa
I was 10 He was oldera lot older I didn’t know his age, but I know he was older How old? Well, I called him uncle. He used to playfully rub my head and say “my frisky niece” But he… Continue ...
Sex Education in Liberia, II
Shari Raji When I was about 5 years old, I went into the bathroom to shower with an older girl who lived with my parents. This was something we did daily. But on this particular day, she told me to ...
Sex Education in Liberia
Let’s Talk about sex, baby! You are either having it, talking about it, fussing about it or not having it but still thinking about it (derisively or not). This is a compilation of stories from young ...
A Male’s Perspective of Feminism
"If we will have a balance of gender and a reduction in the continuous occurrence of violence against women and girls, society will have to balance off their so called feminist perspective." ...
RING OF LEMONS
I stopped screaming for him to stop after the first 5 minutes and became completely numb when I felt liquid rolling down my legs and just knew it was my child. I survived but my baby didn’t. ...
Does Liberia Have a Rape Culture?
Following Sweetz’ recounts of said event, a friend of mine had a conversation with a guy that exemplifies the ‘excuse’ aspect of rape culture. The guy said, ‘DenG must have thought Sweetz was ...
More than a Victim
Even though he stands in her shadow staring at me, I can be more than a victim of these. ...
16 Days of Activism: We are Unprotected
My earliest understanding of the vulnerability, the myriad of abuse and insecurity, women and girls face was the murder of Angel Togba back in November 2007. At the time, we were 8th-grade ...
Puzzles of Women Coming Out After Being Abused
In the wake of the recent testifying of Professor Blasey Ford against supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, as well as other high-profile men, I have seen a lot of people on social media asking the ...
Not More Than Us
More than me. More than you. More than him. More than her. Is this more than us? More than rape, More than abuse, This is more than sad; Way more than a scandal and cover-up. Yet, this isn’t ...
More Than Serious
Over the past few days, Liberians on social media have been reacting to the documentary, Unprotected, by ProPublica in collaboration with Time Magazine. Unprotected shines light on how an American ...
Big Boy
I saw Aunty today, she was the same. I hadn’t seen her in ages. A while back, my third year in university in the US, I heard she got married. Now, apart from extra fat in her cheeks and a… ...
When the Heart Decides
She was broken. Her dreams and hopes in life were scattered, and all she ever aspired to was to be happy. A once loving soul was covered with the bitterness of scars. She tried to hide the pain, but ...
Catcalling
“When is it okay to Catcall a woman?” The answer is “NEVER” --Fanoraine Continue Reading → ...
My Encounter with A Pedophile
“According to Plan International, 1 out of 3 women in the world gets beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in their lifetime.” Growing up as a child, I was fond of spending time with family ...
My First Kiss
For many their first kiss is like their favorite movie Playing back and forth in their heads with stolen smiles For me it is a horror film I wish I had never watched This horrific day still ...
Domestic Violence, the New Cool?
But deep-rooted in all of these sad events, is the fact Bucky Raw deserves absolutely no sympathy for abusing his daughter’s mother. Domestic violence is a criminal offense and it should not be ...
Yes, This Too is Harassment
Suddenly, put a girl in the equation and my vagina is up for grabs? Am I nothing more than a piece of ass? This objectivity is insanely absurd!
Continue Reading → ...
A Sister Unheard
He took away fragments of her soul with every plunge.
She spoke up, but no one ever tried to listen.
Moment after moment of no one lending an ear to her plea, it continued on and on;
So... she ...
My Mistake?
Drowning in the toxicity of different emotions,
Overshadowed by what was perceived to be love,
I screamed for help, but no one could hear me;
Not even the esteem of self. Continue Reading → ...
Sex For Job: My Liberia
Sadly, sexual harassment is so prevalent in Liberia that victims, who are mostly women, do not even bother to report it anymore. My ability to walk out of that office is no win for me because there ...
Effects of “Taboo” topics II
Taboo topics are a dominant part of the very fabric of this country. This series seeks to break down the effects of this phenomena and to offer deviations from the norm that would be better for the ...
?Effects of “Taboo” topics
Liberia, Sweet Land of Liberty! Well, liberty, until it comes to discussions of “controversial” issues such as sex, sexual assault, puberty changes, domestic violence, gender rights, ...
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