By Jewel Howard‑Taylor
Let it be said plainly:
When a woman rises in power, the first weapon thrown at her is not truth, it is propaganda.
For generations, women who dared to lead have been met with smear campaigns, whispered rumors, and coordinated attacks designed to break their spirit and bury their achievements. It is an old playbook, recycled again and again, because some fear nothing more than a woman who refuses to be silent.
And today, that same tired strategy is being used once more.
But let me be clear:
No allegation especially one born from political desperation can erase a lifetime of service.
No rumor can undo decades of courage.
No propaganda machine can dismantle a legacy built on sacrifice, leadership, and impact.
In Liberia’s political arena, misinformation has become a weapon of choice. When opponents cannot defeat a woman’s record, they target her reputation. When they cannot challenge her competence, they attack her character. When they cannot match her strength, they manufacture scandal.
This is not accountability.
This is not justice.
This is an assault on women in leadership.
A woman can serve her nation faithfully for years uplifting communities, mentoring young women, breaking barriers, yet the moment a controversy surfaces, she is dragged before the court of public opinion while men walk free from far greater sins. That double standard is not accidental. It is structural. It is deliberate. And it is wrong.
Let us speak truth without fear:
Propaganda is being used to silence her.
But she will not be silenced.
Because her legacy is not built on gossip.
It is built on service.
It is built on courage.
It is built on the lives she has touched and the doors she has opened.
A single allegation cannot outweigh decades of impact.
A rumor cannot overshadow real leadership.
And no political attack can diminish the power of a woman who has stood tall through storms that would have broken lesser souls.
So yes….judge her.
But judge her by her work.
Judge her by her service.
Judge her by the generations she has empowered.
Judge her by the truth, not by the noise.
I stand with Moriah!
Not because she is perfect,
But because she is powerful,
Because she is human,
And because she has earned the right to be seen in full.
Jewel Howard‑Taylor
First Female Vice President of Liberia
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