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Liberia celebrates International Women’s Day… - Mar 9, 2010


Liberia celebrates International Women’s Day…
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says basic empowerment opportunities for women and girls remain a top priority of the Liberian Government.
President Johnson Sirleaf named the building of markets, the provision of micro-loan opportunities, amongst others, as part of efforts to enhance the global strategy for women empowerment.
She commended women across Liberia who continues to engage in meaningful activities in realization of self empowerment.
Speaking at programs marking the celebration of this year's International Women's Day, President Sirleaf however paid special tribute to women who are farmers and traders and further lauded them for remaining committed to the UN Resolution 1325 which emphasizes women and girls' empowerment .
At same time President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has by proclamation declared, Wednesday, Decoration Day, and is to be observed as a National Holiday throughout the county.
In the proclamation, President Johnson-Sirleaf has ordered all government ministries, public and business houses, market places and entertainment centers to be closed on that day, and that the National Flag be flown on all public and private buildings from 8 in morning to 6 in evening.
A Foreign Ministry release said the Liberian leader, calls on all citizens and foreign residents in Liberia to remember the affection, joy and satisfaction, as well as caring that existed between them and their family members who once so dearly live in this mortal world.
The release further quotes President Johnson-Sirleaf as saying, the day should not in any way be desecrated in communities or other places but for all persons to enable the public to plan or lay floral tributes, hold prayers and worship occasions, or otherwise execute appropriate program for the patriots and love ones gone before, to the land beyond.
The proclamation is in consonance with an Act of the National Legislature passed on October 24, 1916, which sets aside the Second Wednesday of March each as Decoration Day in remembrance of the dead through church services, prayers, tributes and decoration of cemeteries throughout the country.
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