A spike in gender-based violence is one of the side effects of the pandemic. In Sierra Leone, violence against women was already a national crisis. Today, we revisit an episode from last summer about efforts there to end sexual violence from the top down — and the ground up.

In this episode:

Sam Liebmann, director of The Husband School, and Vickie Remoe (@VickieRemoe), writer and blogger.

For more:

Watch the documentary The Husband School on Al Jazeera.

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A spike in gender-based violence is one of the side effects of the pandemic. In Sierra Leone, violence against women was already a national crisis. Today, we revisit an episode from last summer about efforts there to end sexual violence from the top down —&nbsp;and the ground up.In this episode:Sam Liebmann, director of The Husband School, and Vickie Remoe (<a href="https://twitter.com/VickieRemoe" target="_blank">@VickieRemoe</a>), writer and blogger.For more:Watch the documentary <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2019/02/sierra-leone-husband-school-190225142951896.html" target="_blank">The Husband School on Al Jazeera</a>.Connect with The Take:&nbsp;Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/AJTheTake" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>), Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajthetake/" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheTakePod/" target="_blank">@TheTakePod</a>).

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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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