By Fatmata Tidankay Kamara (MRCG/ATJLF Fellow 2025)
Women are bearer of every cross. Women are the softest and most powerful beings. Women, the ‘object of pleasure’, says society. Women, the ‘weaker vessels,’ says society. Women are the symbol of life. Women are the most vulnerable ones. Women are women and the most victimized.
As said, women are a symbol of life and that life can be taken away by the society that describes them as ‘weaker vessels’, as was witnessed in Sierra Leone’s 11 years’ civil war. Were women suffered the most of the atrocities, including assault, rape, abduction, mutilation, displacement, forcefully drugged, forceful recruitment, and forced marriage, among others.
The Sierra Leone Civil War began in March 1991 and ended in 2002, witnessing several atrocities. That included dehumanization of women and young girls due to their vulnerability. Many were raped, exploited, forcefully recruited, and made objects of torture.
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