Liberia Confirms First Female Chief Justice in 19 Years

Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh is the third female Chief Justice in Liberia’s 175 years of existence. The founding member of the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) and former Associate Justice was one of two female judges in the current five-member Supreme Court.

The Liberian senate has confirmed Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh as the country’s new Chief Justice. She will be the first woman to become CJ since 2003 but the third female CJ to head the Supreme Court since Liberia’s…