Africa Gambia To repeal existing laws dating back to 1933, legislators concluded the examination phase of the Criminal Offences Bill and Criminal Procedure Bill 2020
Africa Gambia A crisis is unfolding across The Gambia’s peanuts producers as government-operated buying centers, known locally as seccos, closed ahead of schedule for cash shortages: farmers are left with large quantities of unsold crops and mounting financial pressure
Africa Gambia Schools will start teaching the dangers of Female Genital Mutilation and provide support to those who may be at risk, upon directive by Neneh Touray, Deputy Executive Director for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment at the Ministry of Gender Policy
Africa Gambia A two-day intensive training on Sexuality and Sex Education, Gender Based Violence was organized at Jambangjelly Senior School by the Njaboute Foundation, a non-profit organization that aims to improve the living standards of women and girls in The Gambia
Africa Gambia Several countries including Mexico, Romania, Sierra Leone, Colombia, recommended that the Gambia address discrimination based on caste and descent at the ongoing Universal Periodic Review, a unique survey of human rights records of all UN Member States
Africa Gambia The country aims at creating 150.000 new jobs by 2027, prioritising the empowerment of young women, said the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Welfare
Africa Gambia 'Musoolutaa', the first resource app for women to find information on health, safety, job opportunities, access to the women's enterprise fund, was launched by the Ministry for Gender, Children and Social Welfare
Africa Gambia The West African Economic Community ECOWAS approved the establishment of a special tribunal to try crimes committed in The Gambia during the military dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh
Africa Gambia The second National Conference on Women's Leadership was held, an event dedicated to amplifying women's voices in leadership and governance
Africa Gambia Girls' Pride Gambia recently conducted a 10-day training on hygiene and menstrual health management for female students and teachers, using a game-based learning approach
Africa Gambia The Gambia Film Producers Association elected the new board that will lead the association for the coming years, choosing prominent Gambian filmmaker, Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu, President
Africa Gambia A €29.000 women's community garden in the village of Boraba, 300 kilometres from Banjul, has been inaugurated by the German ambassador to The Gambia
Africa Gambia A $1,34 million soil fertility mapping project was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Security with the support of the Islamic Development Bank