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Moses Kollie Garzeawu
Journalist, Monrovia
Rwanda has received 57 Eritrean and 35 Sudanese asylum seekers, days after 91 other refugees and asylum seekers arrived in the country from Libya. Poverty, early pregnancy and harmful cultural practices are
The 183 refugees and asylum seekers will remain in Rwanda pending the processing of their resettlement applications, the UN's refugee agency said on Wednesday. hindering the progress of young women in West Africa, Liberia’s former Vice-President
The arrivals are part of a programme supported by the UN's refugee agency, African Union and European Union. Jewel Howard Taylor has said.
Since 2019, the programme has sent more than 2,200 refugees and asylum seekers of various nationalities from Libya to Rwanda. Over 1,600 of them have been resettled in the US and across Europe. She was speaking at the opening of the West Africa Adolescent
The latest arrival of the refugees and asylum seekers in Rwanda comes as the UK attempts to pass new legislation that would allow it to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. Girls Summit in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, which has brought together 200 adolescent
The UK Supreme Court had earlier quashed the plan, terming it unlawful. girls and boys from across the region, as well as government officials.
Mrs Taylor acknowledged that some gains had been made but said she hoped the young participants would be inspired and help
create change in their home communities.
Young people can sometimes be excluded from decision-making
processes because they are seen as inexperienced, apathetic, or incapable of
contributing meaningfully to discussions, Ame Atsu David, regional co-director
for Africa at the Global Fund for Children, told the BBC.
In a video address recorded for the summit, former Nigerian First Lady Aisha Buhari
also outlined that there are enormous challenges facing young women and girls
due to traditional religious norms.
She told the gathering that “religious misconceptions” had
further hindered girls’ access to formal education, relegating them to domestic
duties.
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