Women in Politics

Gbarpolu county – “Women need to vote. We are in the 21st century.” This is the message the women of Gbarpolu are sending to President Weah, asking him to step …

Senjeh District, Bomi County – Independent candidate for the Special Senatorial Elections from Bomi county, Representative Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. has overwhelmingly won a seat in the Senate following the …

Bong County – The only female candidate on the lists for the Special Senatorial Elections of behalf of Bong county, Dorothy Kwennah Toomann, received just 1,682 votes representing 2.19% of …

Monrovia – Senator Nyonblee Karnga Lawrence retained her seat in Liberia’s Legislative following the December 8 Special Senatorial Elections. According to the NEC’s final vote count, Lawrence, from the Collaborating …

Monrovia – The Organization for Women and Children (ORWOCH), Paramount Young Women Initiative (PAYOWI), WONGOSOL, and Liberian Women Can Lead (LWCL), on December 14 responded to reports of election violence …

Representative Thomas P. Fallah stated that his party, the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), did not allow a female to run on the party’s list for the Special Senatorial Elections …

Monrovia – The Liberia Chapter of the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) distributed $5,850 to 18 female candidates contesting in the December 8, 2020 Senatorial Election.  Each candidate received $325 …