Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion, which health workers say would significantly improve the safety of pregnant women, decrease the number of ...

Women giving birth in public healthcare facilities in Sierra Leone face demeaning, dangerous, and potentially deadly neglect, abandonment, and abuse by healthcare providers if they cannot pay for ...

“War, Women and Post-conflict Empowerment: Lessons from Sierra Leone” depicts the everyday struggles of women trying to improve their lives, while illuminating the political, legal and economic ...

Fatima Bio, the first lady of Sierra Leon (center), poses with Sierra Leoneans of Utah at Utah World Trade Center Women's Breakfast. She spoke about rape and childhood marriage in Sierra Leon.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone 's capital of Freetown, smoke billows over decades of decomposing waste. Zainab sits there, squinting through the soot. It is her usual ...

LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - A year after Sierra Leone introduced free healthcare for pregnant and breastfeeding women, many still struggle to get medicine and are asked to pay for drugs they can't ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family, she ...