ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS SIERRA LEONE

Economic Empowerment and Human Rights Sierra Leone is a development, human rights and community empowerment focused Organization, designed specifically to meet both immediate and long-term needs of marginalized communities, women, youths, young adults and children in desperate circumstances in Sierra Leone

Violence against women and girls is one of the most universal and pervasive human rights violations in Sierra Leone and it constitutes a global pandemic of alarming proportions. Country data shows that about one third of women in Sierra Leone report experiencing physical and/or sexual violence at some point in their lifetime, mainly by their partners. The magnitude of violence against women and children translates into very high costs for women and girl’s lives and well-being, health and safety, as well as for school achievement, productivity, public policies and budgets. It has impacts on children, other family members, and whole communities. If unaddressed, these human rights violations have serious cost implications and consequences on poverty reduction and development including efforts to achieve the MDGs. Access to corresponding essential services can provide women, youths, young adults and children the opportunity to break recurrent cycles of violence and mitigate the consequences.

It was based on this back drop that EEHRSL was formed in 2010 in the Tonkolili district, Northern Province of Sierra Leone, and is focusing on the promotion and protection of Women, youths, young adults and Children in rural communities of Sierra Leone, and the involvement of Communities in Development, Democracy and Human Rights, With special focus on the International Convenient on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. EEHRSL is register with the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affaires and the Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Food Securiy.

Our main goal is to reach out every marginalised communities in Sierra Leone with our agenda of development, Change that will address issues of human rights abuse, economic deprivation, education, health, hunger, poverty, and natural resource

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Thematic Areas of Operations:      

• Women and Poor Access to Land

• Human Right

• Gender Empowerment

• Food Security

• Early Child Marriage

• Teenage Pregnancy and FGM/c

• Economic Empowerment

• Health (primary health care and HIV/AIDs)

• Community Mediation help line

• Education(Primary and Secondary Education)

• Vocational and Life Skills Training

• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)