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Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma stressed his commitment to increasing women’s participation in his government during an event on 8 March, celebrating International Women’s Day in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Speaking at a meeting on International Women’s Day in Freetown, capital city of Sierra Leone, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé praised President Ernest Bai Koroma for his remarkable leadership and personal engagement in the AIDS response.

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé with the Minister of Health, Miatta Kargbo

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé, Cherie Blair, Head of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and Dr Kandeh Yumkella, UNIDO Director General

L to R: UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Alice Sia Nyama Koroma, Cherie Blair, Head of Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and the President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma. Credit: UNAIDS.

First Lady of Sierra Leone, Sia Nyama Koroma presenting her project “the Women’s Initiative for Safer Health” (WISH). Freetown, Sierra Leone. 07 March 2013. Credit: UNAIDS