Minister Meima S. Karieh, however, said there is still room for improvement in the joint program developed by the Liberian Government and the United Nations.
She said the joint SGBV program, which was signed in 2008 under the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS), started in 2010 with five functional pillars --psychosocial, health, legal, security and protection.
Minister Karieh made the statement Tuesday at the opening of a two-day retreat for stakeholders and actors to fight against SGBV in Liberia held at a local hotel in the Monrovia suburb of Sinkor.
She pointed out that the program brings together the Ministries of Gender and Development, Justice and Health and Social Welfare, along with some United Nations agencies which play a supportive role in the pillars of the program.
Minister Karieh explained that the SGBV program is coordinated by the Gender and Development Ministry and its key donors are the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Norway, and the UN through both pooled and parallel funding modalities.
According to the Minister, there will be a retreat to review the SGBV national action plan to reflect on the gains Liberia has made and examine the existing gaps to develop mechanisms to address them in line with the Agenda for Transformation (AFT).
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