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Medica-Liberia, Community Unite Against Gender Base Violence

Medica-Liberia, Community Unite Against Gender Base Violence

by The Daily Eye Team November 25 2016, 1:47 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 31 secs

Residents and health workers of both King Gray and Cooper Beach Communities say it is time for all Liberians to go beyond condemning the act of SGBV by taking concrete steps to end it.The residents, during a week-long training conducted by Medica-Liberia - non-governmental organization, the two communities in Paynesville called on Liberians to make SGBV sociably unacceptable.“The act is not cultural, it is criminal”.The residents and health workers said sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is not only prevalent in Liberian society, it is unfortunately accepted as an integral part of gender relations.

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