Alpha Daffae Senkpeni is a Liberian journalist based in Grand Bassa, Liberia, and a founding member of the community reporters’ network, Local Voices Liberia. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/alpha-daffae-senkpeni/rss en Education Heroes Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:29:04 +0000 Katherina Thomas, Alpha Daffae Senkpeni https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/06/29/michelle-obama-inspires-schoolgirls-in-liberia https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/06/29/michelle-obama-inspires-schoolgirls-in-liberia On Monday, Michelle Obama visited Liberia to push for girls’ education in one of the world’s most underdeveloped countries. Some of the girls she met say the visit has convinced them to stay in school. Equal Pay and Opportunity Fri, 27 May 2016 03:00:00 +0000 Alpha Daffae Senkpeni https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2016/05/27/plantation-blues-female-rubber-tappers-in-liberia https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2016/05/27/plantation-blues-female-rubber-tappers-in-liberia Hundreds of women work as tappers on Liberia’s vast rubber plantations, extracting latex from hundreds of trees each day, most of them single mothers or war widows trying to create better lives for their children.