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12/04/2026

Today, we celebrate Mrs. Massah Mary Kanu, an exceptional leader and a driving force behind our mission at Allies in Development.
Happy Birthday to our remarkable Programmes Director! Your unwavering commitment to ending violence against women continues to inspire us all. Your work not only uplifts communities but also gives hope to countless women and girls.
On your special day, we celebrate you, your achievements, and the powerful difference you make every single day. May the year ahead bring you continued strength, joy, and even greater impact.
Happy Birthday once againโ€”we are proud to have you lead the way!

18/02/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜: ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ & ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

We recently hosted ๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ผ๐—ถ, Advocacy and External Relations Manager of ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ, at our office for a preliminary visit and discussion on potential areas of collaboration.
The visit focused on exploring opportunities to strengthen ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, including reproductive health training for our ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€. These educators would, in turn, replicate the training with young people in our ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€, extending accurate information and prevention-focused education to adolescents and youth.
These discussions form part of our broader work to equip schools and communities with the tools needed to support violence prevention, informed decision-making, and the wellbeing of women and girls.
We appreciate the time and openness shared during this initial engagement and look forward to continuing conversations on how our organizations can collaborate to strengthen community-based education and prevention efforts.



Miatta Paula Thomas | Mamoud Bah (BA, LLB, BL, LLM) | Harilyn Brima | Massah Ruth Kailie | Mariam Kamara

08/12/2025

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ) is Sierra Leoneโ€™s primary law addressing digital violence against women and girls. Key offences and penalties include:

๐Ÿ”น ๐—œ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜ & ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€“ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ(๐Ÿฎ)(๐—ฎ)
Penalty:
โ–ช๏ธ Fine: ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ โ€“ ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ
โ–ช๏ธ Imprisonment: ๐Ÿฏโ€“๐Ÿณ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€, or both

๐Ÿ”น ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€“ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ(๐Ÿญ)(๐—ฎ), ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ(๐Ÿฎ)(๐—ฎ)(๐—ฏ)
Penalty:
โ–ช๏ธ Fine: ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ โ€“ ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ
โ–ช๏ธ Imprisonment: ๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€, or both

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ โ€“ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ(๐Ÿฎ)(๐—ฎ)(๐—ฏ)
Penalty:
โ–ช๏ธ Fine: ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ โ€“ ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ
โ–ช๏ธ Imprisonment: ๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€, or both

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€/๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ (๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†) โ€“ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด(๐Ÿญ)(๐—ฎ)
Penalty:
โ–ช๏ธ Fine: ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ โ€“ ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ
โ–ช๏ธ Imprisonment: ๐Ÿฑโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€, or both

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ โ€“ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿณ(๐Ÿญ)(๐—ฎ)(๐—ฏ), ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿณ(๐Ÿฎ)
Covers online coercion, grooming, or solicitation of a child, as well as
production & circulation, or sale of sexual images or content involving a child.
Penalty (individuals):
โ–ช๏ธ Fine: ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ โ€“ ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ
โ–ช๏ธ Imprisonment: ๐Ÿฑโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€, or both
Penalty (corporations/associations):
โ–ช๏ธ Fine: ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ โ€“ ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ

If you encounter abusive posts, intimate images shared without consent, or any form of online harassment:
โœ”๏ธ Do not view, share, or download it
โœ”๏ธ Report the content on the platform
โœ”๏ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ if the content breaks the law

Be an ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and not a ๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ!

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