Thanks to Ruth Abunaw, Program Officer for Africa Peace Building Programs at Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) for leading the session on the background of Women, Peace and Security (WPS)

👏 Hi from team Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) and CGG Sierra Leone in Freetown 🇸🇱 🎉 #Localizing1325

Don’t miss out on the upcoming discussion featuring Dr. Kojo Pumpuni Asante, our Director for Advocacy and Policy Engagement, along with other distinguished discussants. We'll be exploring the vital topic of 'Protection of Citizen Observers in Elections'.

Be sure to mark your calendar…

NEW participated at the stakeholders' engagements orginized by the Cross-Party Committee on Electoral Systems and Management Bodies. NEW is committed to working closely with The Committee to achieve the objectives of this laudable initiative. National Democratic Institute GIZ Nigeria & ECOWAS USEmbassyFreetown

NEW Presents Its 2023 Electoral Cycle Recommendations to the leadership of the Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) on 11th April 2024, at their OAU Drive Office in Freetown. Political Parties Regulation Commission USEmbassyFreetown UK in Sierra Leone 🇬🇧🇸🇱 National Democratic Institute

Just had an incredible meeting with Dr Barbel Kofler, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany. She is a true trailblazer and leader in every sense of the word. You're such an inspiration.

Ib Cole from Team Sierra Leone talks about why he joined the Budapest-Bamako Rally as it raise awareness for autism
#VisitSierraLeone #salonetwitter #DiscoverSierraLeone #vsltravel #nature #westafrica #ExploreTheWorld #domestictourism #yearoftourism #tourismforall

LOCAL CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP ON WPS AND GEWE ACT ACROSS #SIERRALEONE

Campaign for Good Governance Sierra Leone in partnership with Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) is training stakeholders for the localization of #WPS and actualizing #GEWE in all 16 districts.

funding from the Swiss Agency for Development & Corporation SDC

As always Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) partners with local communities. Ongoing capacity building sessions in 16 electoral districts. Building capacity of 🙋‍♀️ on the WPS and the GEWE act with @CGG for fresh grassroots perspectives and recommendations to inform 🇸🇱´s 3rd generation NAP.

'Empowerment in action! The #GEWEAct is not just a law—it's a powerful tool for realizing women's peace and security needs and aspirations. Let's harness its potential to create safer, more inclusive communities for all'
- Marcella Samba-Sesay
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)

.Marcella Samba-Sesay, Director of CGG Sierra Leone, recognized
🚺 peacebuilders' work in 🇸🇱 for their advocacy📣 to update the #GEWEAct 📃

🗣️She urged the Focal Points to ensure the implementation📍 of the Act through #Localizing1325 to achieve sustainable & inclusive 🕊️

🙏 Swiss Development and Cooperation

Our two-day annual CSO meeting has officially begun with speeches from Prof. Prempeh, WADEMOS Project Director, Ebenezer Asiedu of Ecowas - Cedeao and Amb. Bankole Adeoye of the African Union. The keynote address was delivered by Marcella Samba-Sesay, a democracy champion on the continent.

'Africans want governments that are democratic and accountable, but many governments are still not delivering the quality and extent of democracy that their people want,' said Afrobarometer Board Chair E.Gyimah-Boadi yesterday as he shared latest survey findings with…

There are far too many unhealthy contentions, bickering and controversies lately in our democracy.
APC Vs SLPP!
APC Vs JUDICIARY!
SLPP Vs International Election observers!
Civil society Vs Each other!
We can’t take this anymore Vs We have taken enough!
In all of this, some MIGHT…

See you, Sierra Leone. I love you dearly. My country, my home.

These are the (v accurate) results of the NEW Sierra Leone 2018 PVT. Done with a 5.1% sample - waeon.org/assets/downloa…

I don’t recall many Bio supporters raising concerns about the methodology used then… And 2018 was arguably more tricky to predict given C4C/NGC #SierraLeone

'Civic space is shrinking and political polarization, backed by political violence, are a pattern of this election. It is thus important that information about sensitive processes, like results management, are disseminated across the board.' -Marcella Samba-Sesay with some crucial points on…

Democracy in West Africa faces yet another test with the upcoming elections in Sierra Leone, set for June 24.

Join us on Tuesday, June 13, for a Twitter Space conversation as we place the spotlight on the Sierra Leonean election-
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#SolidarityForDemocracy

'The interest level in democracy is very high in #SierraLeone ... and it's up to us in civil society to ensure that this remains so.' -Marcella Samba-Sesay

#SierraLeone Decides
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'Activists must come together because democracy cannot work without free citizens, without a free media, and without civic space. No one should be silenced in the context of elections. This is counterproductive to progress.' Powerful from Marcella Samba-Sesay!

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