Marcella Samba Sesay: Effective political participation needed in run-up to Sierra Leone Elections

Marcella Samba Sesay, Head of Programmes of the Campaign for Good Governance, Head of Programmes, spoke with UN Women in Sierra Leone on 18 June 2012 about the national elections scheduled for November 2012. She cautions that growing levels of violence in Sierra Leone do not augur well for the election and post-election periods and says efforts to prevent that violence and to increase effective political participation are necessary. Because young girls and their concerns often get lost in the process, she calls for more discussion on their situation in the run-up to the November elections.