Security and stability since 2002
Poverty and inequality around the country to.
The special court for Sierra Leone
Trying leaders and helping the flow.
War crimes and crimes against humanity
Female genital mutilation remains prevalent in the country.
Rape and domestic violence, not treated as they should be,
Women don't have good access to healthcare and justice that they need.
Maternal mortality rate, one of the best in the world,
But a lot of these pregnancies, happens in teenage girls.
Four women journalists abducted,
And forced to parade naked
Through the streets, by women
Because they disrupted their tradition.
Nothing was done afterwards,
No action was taken.
A woman in the northern district of Kono
Was banned from being a leader people would follow,
Because of her gender.
No-one helped to defend her.
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Sierra Leone
PoetryA poem I wrote for a geography lesson in school. I didn't have enough time to write it with a continuous kind of pattern. Hope you enjoy it, and understand that some of us have it better than others and we should not take that for granted. Loose rhy...
