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Medie speaks internationally in African Union Panels and United Nations Universities about women violence, women's rights, politics, and feminism.

Before the war pushed her family to relocate, Medie spent her early years in Liberia, where they lost their comfortable way of life. While visiting family and friends in Ghana, she saw that how these families lived differed according to their socioeconomic standing. She compared society expectations to a how well they perform, in which individuals follow rules set out by their social class, as a result of this experience.

She has done some field work in Liberia and Cote Di'ovoire and has spoken to survivors of violence. That wanted to leave abusive relationships but weren't able to. Because people encourage them to stay and people discourage them from leaving family and friends. So it got Medie thinking about the decisions women take in relationships because of the pressures and the advices that they receive around them.

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The global emphasis of Global Norms and Local Action is violence against women globally. It focuses on the struggles faced by women in the legal system to obtain justice. But the mental battle that women must win in order to achieve peace comes before they ever get justice. Because African women, in particular, believe that police cannot relate to their pain and cannot offer enough assistance, police personnel are unable to assist these women.