TOUCHED BUT NOT EARNED
Who are you to come and go as you please? I am not a fulfillment of your 2 AM fantasies, I am a soul residing in a body that transcends your morality. I am a gem. Continue Reading
SGBV
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 limitations of institutions responsible to combat SGBV, and provide the rightful tools needed for effective solutions. Continue Reading
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 legislature. They have failed women and girls in this country. There’s absolutely no vision for the protection of women and children in Liberia. Year in and out, they continue to be vulnerable. They are at high risk in our society, yet we don’t see their protection as a priority. Continue Reading
HER GHOST
But mama, WHEN will this end?
After you’ve been strangled by the concoction of alcohol and cigarettes?
After your legs tremble and your spine freezes when you hear loud noises? When you are startled at the slightest possibility of being touched? Continue Reading
My Name, My Pride
“Lay small stupid one come gimme cheek just na oh.
Soon lay children start doing Man business, they think they and errbody equal”
…Why had he hit her?
It was her name, she was entitled to it. Continue Reading
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 talk” he gave me. Continue Reading
Complex Living
In 2014, when I was 8 years old, my father died from Ebola. My mother could not afford my education, so she sent me to stay with her brother. At first things were good, but as time went by, he started forceably having sex with me (i.e. raping me). Continue Reading
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 to the issues causing the protests, and explains why they are not taken seriously. Continue Reading
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 a problem, desist from such habits and now replace that with having a conversation with a lady that requires getting to know her at least, and then getting genuine consent’’. Continue Reading
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 worst of all, because some men have chosen to be silent and watch like it is okay. Continue Reading
