Atlanta, GA – A major international All Liberian Women’s Conference on equal rights, opportunities and equal participation is scheduled to be held in a December in Atlanta, Georgia USA.
According to the conference organizers led by Dr. Francien Chenoweth-Richardson of Diaspora Women for Change (DWC) and activist Madam Ysyndi Martin-Kpeyei of the Alliance of Liberia Women International (ALWI), the gathering will deliberate on the issues of violence against women and children in Liberia and immigrant communities in the Diaspora , women in politics and sexuality, power and abuse.
Conference participants who are expected from around the world including Liberia will also discuss the issue of patriarchy, power and abuse.
The theme of the conference and fundraiser is “Empowerment For Transformation”. Equal Rights, Equal opportunities and Equal participation.
According to the United Nations, “Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread and devastating human rights violations in our world today and remains largely unreported due to impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it…”
In a June, 2019, it was reported that Liberia, the European Union, the UN, local traditional and religious leaders and civil society launched the Spotlight initiative to eliminate sexual violence against women and girls including sexual and gender based violence and harmful practices.