Liberia: Gender Ministry, Legal Experts Clash Over Spousal Support Law

A fierce public dispute has erupted between the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection and legal experts over the interpretation of Liberia’s Domestic Relations Law, triggering a broader debate about spousal obligations, unemployment, gender equality and economic hardship.

The controversy began after Gender Minister Gbeme Horace-Kollie urged unemployed married men whose working wives allegedly failed to support their families to report such cases to the Ministry.

Kollie cited Chapter…