--- On Mon, 6/11/18, Ministry of Gender Children Social Protection <genderch...@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Ministry of Gender Children Social Protection <genderch...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Gender Ministry Begins 2nd All Men’s Confab in Bong County
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> Date: Monday, June 11, 2018, 3:49 PM
> Dear
> Colleagues,
> Please see release attached and pasted
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> Ministry of Gender,
> Children &
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> Capital By-pass
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> Monrovia,
> Liberia
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> FOR IMMEDIATE
> RELEASE
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> Gender
> Ministry Begins 2nd All Men’s Confab in Bong County
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> MONDAY, June 11,
> 2018: A three-day ‘All Men’s Conference’ under the
> theme: ‘Gender equality: A call for men’s
> action
> NOW—Repair the past and push women forward' has kicked
> off in Gbarnga, Bong
> County.
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> The national conference is being convened under
> the auspices
> of the Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protection
> with support from the
> Government of Sweden through the United Nations in Liberia
> at the Gbarnga
> Administration Building.
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> The conference which is ongoing covers
> discussions on all
> forms of violence against women and how men can get
> involved, using legal
> instructions as well as common sense that women are partners
> to men in every sphere
> of life or livelihoods.
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> This year’s conference will further address
> issues affecting
> women and girls with male participants as champions to
> ending violence against
> women and girls in the country.
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> The conference is predicated upon the
> assumption that gender
> equality is necessary not just for the growth of females as
> participants within
> our society, but also in addressing poverty reduction and
> human development
> challenges among both populations making
> society.
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> The conference is exploring challenges to
> achieving gender
> equality and push for increased women’s representation at
> all levels of
> governance and also provide the space and opportunity on
> information sharing
> and formulate strategies to get men involved in the advocacy
> campaign, while
> reaffirming their commitments to gender equality and zero
> tolerance to gender
> violence.
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> This year’s conference which runs from June
> 11-13, 2018, is
> targeted at increasing men’s involvement in this advocacy
> and other activities
> to address key issues affecting women and girls as well as
> increasing their
> access to information about women issues among other
> things.
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> Last year, the Ministry of Gender, Children
> & Social
> Protection held the 1st All Men’s Conference bringing
> together stakeholders and
> actors with the understanding that without men’s
> involvement, gender equality
> cannot be achieved.
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> As a result of this first conference, a
> communiqué was
> signed but outcomes could not be followed-up due to the 2017
> Presidential and
> Representative Elections. However, over the period, issues
> affecting women and
> girls are still being reported and is said to be increasing
> on a rapid basis.
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> Some of the topics for this year’s All
> Men’s Conference are;
> The Role of Men to End Violence against women; The
> importance of girls’
> education in national development; Sexual and Reproductive
> Health & Rights;
> Property rights ( e.g. Land rights); Equal work Equal pay (
> Employment ) and
> Women’s political participation in local
> governance.
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> Even though there are commitments, there are
> still high
> prevalence of gender based violence and inequality amongst
> women and girls as
> recent statistics from the Ministry of Gender, Children and
> Social Protection
> shows that in 2017, a total of 1,685 GBV cases were
> recorded, with 97% of the
> survivors being women and girls.
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> Meanwhile, over 300 all male participants
> including: media
> practitioners, CSOs heads, NGOs heads, Legislators,
> Traditional Leaders,
> Religious Leaders, Ministers and Director Generals, Judges,
> Youth groups,
> Student Council leadership, Motorcyclists Union, Money
> Changers, Political
> Parties, Transport Union, Marketing Association, Tailor
> Union, Wheel Barrow
> Union and the Liberia Musical Union are
> participating in the
> conference.
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> Signed:
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> Horatio Bobby Willie
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> Communications
> Director/Specialist
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> Ministry of Gender, Children and Social
> Protection
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> Monrovia, Liberia
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> Mobile contact :( +231) 886516921/:(
> +231)777516921
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> Email:hobbyn...@gmail.com
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Fw: Gender Ministry Begins 2nd All Men’s Confab in Bong County

Winnie Saywah