US Embassy Celebrates the Empowerment of Women in Sierra Leone

Ambassador Perry Speaking at the Launching Ceremony at the US Embassy Atrium

May 6: Ambassador June Carter Perry launched the program, "Ensuring Greater Inclusion of Women in the Political Process" at the US Embassy Atrium.  Speaking at the ceremony, Ambassador Perry said, "Women’s empowerment is crucial to the development of Sierra Leone as a nation.  Women are more than 50% of the population, so the status of women truly is the status of the people of Sierra Leone."  She said the program will help Sierra Leone develop its democratic system of governance through the political empowerment of women.  She praised the 2007 elections in Sierra Leone.  Making reference to the participation of women in the 2007 elections, she commented, "As voters, activists, and candidates, many women stood up to say 'I am here, and I will exercise my rights.' " She encouraged women to participate more in the politics of the nation as the position of women in the political system remains disproportionate to the number of women in Sierra Leone (see full speech)

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