Liberia – Rural Women’s Plea: “Take the Cassava Sticks From Me”

October 10, 2025

MONROVIA – In a powerful and emotional appeal that left many in tears, rural women’s rights advocate Ma Nowaai Ida Kaiser from Palala, Bong County, stood before hundreds of delegates at the Second National SRHR Conference and made a desperate plea to Liberia’s leadership: “Please take unsafe abortion from me.”

Speaking at the three-day conference themed “Breaking Barriers, Promoting Access to SRHR for All in Liberia,” Ma Nowaai painted a haunting picture of the reality facing rural women who resort to dangerous methods to terminate unwanted pregnancies.

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