Episode Synopsis "2 Vivienne Francis in Liberia - 'Change is happening...women are realising they can use their rights.' "

'Change is happening. Even when I go about into the communities, I can see that the message is getting out there and some women are realising they can use their rights.' Vivienne Francis is a Gender Officer with Action for Community Transformation (ACT), a community empowerment NGO in Liberia. She's passionate about the work, and a believer in the possibility of positive change for women and girls. Even if progress is slow, she says, it's happening. Vivienne spoke with Dominic Black about optimism; the challenges for communities who want to benefit from new land registration laws in Liberia; why land matters; and how she found her way into this work.  In April 2021 she was one of the participants in the inaugural course from the Women’s Land Rights Institute exploring effective ways of securing land and resource rights for women. You can find more details about the course here. 

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