At conference in Egypt, we are talking about means through the internet of helping with advocacy for young girls. What a coincidence that we have just launched our thinkliberia site for this very purpose.
In Liberia, a 17-year-old girl from Kakata, Liberia, filed “a report about teachers who accept bribes of money - and sometimes sex - from students in exchange for higher grades.” For more info about this issue, read further.
UNICEF Radio - in partnership with UNICEF’s ‘Back on Track’ programme on Education in Emergencies and Post-Crisis Transition, UNICEF Liberia and Talking Drum Studios put on a “a week-long radio production workshop for seven young people…. [They] learned how to record, edit, write and produce a radio story of their own.”
The details of Lorinah’s story about teachers accepting bribes and Emmanuel’s story about his hope for the future are both told in this UNICEF article:
Liberian youths report on injustices of education system in Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia, 11 January 2010 - As Liberia slowly recovers from a 14-year-long civil war, its educational system retains some of the lawlessness that reigned during the conflict.
The article underlines the challenges that Liberian adolescents and in particular, Liberian girls, face in getting an education and preparing for their futures.
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