05/08/2025
A PLEAD TO ALL HUMAN RIGHTS FIGHTERS IN SIERRA LEONE
From Sierra Leone Media Educators
To all Human Rights Defenders, Advocates, Activists, and Champions of Justice,
We, the Sierra Leone Media Educators, extend our sincere gratitude to each of you who stand daily in defense of dignity, truth, and justice for the people of this nation.
But today, we write not only in gratitude, we write with urgency and deep concern.
Our women and girls are still under threat.
They face abuse, exploitation, forced marriages, sexual violence, and systemic neglect in their homes, schools, and communities. In rural areas, the cries of the vulnerable too often go unheard.
We plead with you do not grow weary. We know the path you walk is difficult. We know the resistance is fierce. But your voice may be the only shield protecting the voiceless.
We ask you to:
• Raise your voice louder for the girl who is denied education.
• Stand taller for the woman whose silence hides years of pain.
• Push harder for justice systems that protect and do not punish.
• Collaborate deeper with organizations like ours to bring education, awareness, and hope to every corner of Sierra Leone.
We are not powerless, together we are the power.
Let us join hands to dismantle the culture of abuse, to expose impunity, and to build a Sierra Leone where human rights are not just words on paper, but realities lived by all.
To every human rights fighter, we say: Your fight is our fight.
And we pledge to use our media platforms, our voices, and our actions to amplify the cause until every woman and girl is safe, free, and empowered.
In solidarity,
Sierra Leone Media Educators
Port Loko District, Sierra Leone
Email:slemesalone.org
www.slemesaone.org