Enhancing Press Freedom, Women’s Digital Rights and Accountable Governance in Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone A component of the project will focus on continuing with past and ongoing efforts to improve women’s right online, reduce the digital gender gap; and promoting fact-based, independent investigative journalism that stimulates transparency and accountability in governance in Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Specifically, the proposed project will be implemented under the following four components: a) Improving press freedom, safety of journalists and countering impunity for crimes against journalists in target countries; b) Promoting transparency and accountability in governance through independent investigative journalism and enhanced citizens’ access to governance information through the application of RTI laws; c) Countering misinformation through fact-checking; and d)   Promoting the online/digital rights of women to reduce digital gender gap