Sierra Leone: Status of Women: Emmah Bangura (Case Sheet)

STATUS OF WOMEN: EMMAH BANGURA “We ourselves, the women, also have to advocate for ourselves that we are suffering. [...] We are dying because of lack of knowledge. [...] We are dying because we are poor. [...] We are dying because there is no one to hear our stories,” Isa Cole, Human Rights Activist Emmah met her second husband, Hassam Kargbo, after the war in Sierra Leone which ended in 2002. [...] Emmah’s previous delivery had been difficult because of the size of the baby – Emmah's nickname was “Kiniki,” meaning petite.