Women’s Rights – 2002

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Women’s Rights – 2002

2002

Intermediate Implementation Intermediate implementation

On November 15th 2001, the House of Parliament passed the National Commission for Social Action Act 2001 in which special attention was given to women’s economic roles, especially as heads of households, to enable them to access land for residential and agricultural purposes.1

It was reported that the micro-credit programme approved over 15,000 loans, the majority going to women.2

  1. “Sierra Leone; State of the Nation Symposium,” Africa News, April 24, 2002.
  2. “Sierra Leone; NACSA’s Daunting Task!,” Africa News, June 13, 2002.