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Sierra Leone: UN raises awareness of laws to curb violence against women
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Sunday, 20 April 2008
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Two United Nations agencies have joined forces with a local non-governmental organization (NGO) in Sierra Leone to heighten awareness of three new gender laws, passed by the West African nation's Parliament, in a bid to reduce the level of violence and abuse against women.

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