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Women's Voices, Work and Bodily Integrity in Pre‐Conflict, Conflict and Post‐Conflict Reconstruction Processes in Sierra Leone

This article focuses on the historical trajectories of women's empowerment in Sierra Leone, taking three entry‐points as a means of exploring the dynamics of change over the pre‐conflict, conflict…
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Gendered “choices” in Sierra Leone: women in artisanal mining in Tonkolili District

ABSTRACT This paper examines women’s “choices” in artisanal gold mining in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone. It argues that women’s status in Sierra Leone and their socio-economic conditions…
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The Bondo Society as a Political Tool: Examining Cultural Expertise in Sierra Leone from 1961 to 2018

This paper focuses on the politics of the Bondo—the competition among social groups for an exclusive influence on the National strategy for the reduction of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C).…
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Teenage Pregnancy after Ebola in Sierra Leone: Mapping responses, gaps and ongoing challenges. SLRC Working Paper 39

Introduction: Everyday Life in Postwar Sierra Leone

Peace begins when people find violence the worst threat of all. With this, the fears and beliefs in force wane and support for violent solutions withers as a search for creative non-aggressive…

Piloting puberty content books and a teacher training guide in Sierra Leone: a qualitative assessment

A qualitative assessment of the feasibility and acceptability of a puberty education package for primary school teachers to introduce puberty content in Sierra Leone found three key themes were identified, including the importance of teacher comfort in discussing puberty, the value of the teacher’s guide for delivering puberty content, and system and resource constraints that impact the implementation of puberty education.
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Violence against women in Sierra Leone: how women seek redress-- Research reports and studies

The Politics of Religion and Women’s Activism: Women’s “Choices” in the Abortion Bill and Constitutional Review Debates

    A. Ibrahim
    Political Science
    War, Women, and Post-conflict Empowerment
  • 2022
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Breaking down Barriers to inclusion

who act as champions of the disability movement and can offer the inspiration needed to enable others to overcome a state of passiveness, look differently at themselves and start taking life in their own hands.

Attending (to) class : An intersectional study of COVID-19 adaptation in Canada, Kenya and Sierra Leone Universities : Report on the Carleton University research

This pilot study examines how intersecting differences – in gender, socio-economic status, rural/urban residences, and disability - shaped students’ experience of the shift to distance university…
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