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The GIZ recently organised a stakeholders meeting with civil society organisations working on sexual and gender-based violence. The meeting took place on 28th February at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center in Bijilo. According to the organisers, the “Police Programme Africa – Joint EU-German Support to the Gambia Police (Phase 2)”, […]
Market vendors have raised concerns over the skyrocketing prices of market commodities especially during the month of Ramadan. They called for government’s intervention and rapid solution to help families and the needy people. During Ramadan, market vendors in the country are facing challenges with the skyrocketing prices of basic commodities. Many […]
Fatoumatta: History will remember President Yahya Jammeh, among others, for enacting significant legislation banning the harmful cultural and traditional practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and ensuring quality and fair representation of women in positions of political leadership within the executive, judiciary, and legislature branches during his rule. I will […]
By a concerned Gambian anti-FGM/C advocate In part two (2) of this article, I shall talk about how anti-FGM/C advocates like myself are yet to be convinced that the practice is religious and what is our take on the proposal that the current law should be reversed to make the […]