Minister of Labor Samuel Kofi Woods of Liberia
Since 2006, Woods has been the Minister of Labor under President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
At the height of the war in 1996, Woods was evacuated by the US.
had been appointed to the National Human Rights Commission, Mr.
Woods is not disposed to serve on the Commission.
FIND) and the Justice and Peace Commission Legal Aid Programme.
dismantling of the Liberian state.
identity, participation, authority and penetration.
discovered the weakness and fragility of the nation state.
Labor minister Kofi Woods was one of those mentioned, and the author brought into questioning Woods Ghanaian heritage.
com, one senator Innis insinuated again that Woods was a Ghanaian; he furthered that Woods as a Ghanaian should eat his own because Liberia was an elephant meat.
rights in Liberia was all that mattered.
Woods says he's going back to West Africa to help the people made homeless by Taylor's government.
Samuel Kofi Woods is a lawyer who was born and raised in Liberia.
Paul, Woods said Taylor named him as an enemy.
Woods said he and his family fled to the United States where he won political asylum.
Woods said his human rights work led to his confrontation with Taylor.
Samuel Kofi Woods says under Taylor Liberia has lost its soul.
Woods says even if Taylor isn't arrested, the United Nations war crimes charges serve a useful purpose.
Minister Woods said the generation upon whose shoulders the future of Liberia can be guaranteed has been disappointed.
Minister Woods said “Parents and children now compete in the streets for a survival using means that dehumanize and degrade their moral rectitude.
The Minister of Labor of the Republic of Liberia, Attorney Samuel Kofi Woods speaks labor relations, human rights, and national unity peace and reconciliation in Liberia on Liberia Speaks this Friday, December 5, at 9:30 p.
Woods is expected to address other labor- related issues such as improvement in a minimum wage system, foreign companies responsibility to the host country, child labor and goals for qualified returning citizens employment.
Minister Woods is also the founder and former head of the Foundation for International Dignity (FIND), a non-governmental human right organization.
Kofi WoodsLabor Minister, Samuel Kofi Woods has reminded Liberians that it was time for action in the rebuilding process of the country and not words.
Woods has been holding consultations with the United Nations Security Council on issues of regional peace and security.
Woods was responding to questions regarding the on-going discussions to bring Charles Taylor to justice.
Woods said Firestone is involved in a two-track negotiation with the government and with the workers.
SAMUEL KOFI WOODS is the Founding Director of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, Liberia.
Samuel Kofi Woods is the Founding Director of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, Liberia.
Woods described the Supreme Court ruling as the dawning of a new day in Liberia labor relations.
Labor minister Samuel Kofi Woods says his entire department has one computer that is hardly working and a borrowed printer.
Woods has also been working on a whole new value system that he hopes would inspire confidence and motivate a demoralized civil service.