MONROVIA, LIBERIA-The founder of “Sister Love Incorporated”, Dr. Dazon Dixon Diallo, has urged Liberia to embrace the reproductive justice framework.
Speaking at the start of a three-day conference on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ministerial Complex in Congo Town, Dr. Diallo emphasized the urgent need for Liberia to adopt a holistic framework that ensures bodily autonomy, safe parenting environments, and the right to have or not have children.
She recounted a hotel misunderstanding involving condoms to highlight the stigma surrounding sexual health, and called for Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) training across Liberia’s service sectors.
Drawing from her activism roots at Spelman College, she reminded attendees that women of African descent are divinely appointed to protect and liberate humanity.
Dr. Diallo also spotlighted Sister Love’s policy work with In Our Own Voice, advocating for abortion access, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual or Ally- LGBTQIA rights, and environmental justice.
Meanwhile, Gender Minister Gbeme Horace-Kollie has reaffirmed the government of Liberia’s commitment to advancing Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) and gender equality as a national and moral obligation.
Minister Horace Kollie praised the Amplifying Rights Network for keeping SRHR high on Liberia’s agenda.
She emphasized that access to sexual and reproductive health must be free from stigma and discrimination, especially for women, adolescent girls, and marginalized groups.
She outlined key government priorities under the Human Capital Development Pillar of the ARREST Agenda, including adolescent-friendly health services, reducing teenage pregnancy and maternal deaths, as well as strengthening inter-ministerial coordination.
According to her, the Ministry’s Adolescent Girls Division has already trained fifteen girls in Montserrado County on reusable sanitary pads, and with plans to reach two hundred fifty more across five counties, among others.