A market project that is being implemented by the Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund continues to lie in ruins after neglect and damage from storms.
Hope Rises for Ganta’s Abandoned Market Project
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has ordered Rep. Jeremiah Koung of Nimba’s first electoral district to present to her office with a “fair estimate†of the costs that will cover the completion of the abandoned Ganta Market Project.
A Look at the Market Woman: The Cornerstone of Liberian Commerce
With over 78% percent of the informal economy being comprised of “market women,†the Liberian economy is primarily driven by women merchants. During the civil war, it was the market women who were brave enough to continue traveling across enemy lines to secure food and supplies for their communities and were very instrumental in helping pressure warring parties for a ceasefire.