NDMA Donates Food Commodities To 250 Women-headed Households
with: Aja Musu Bah-Daffeh
As part of their mandate to assist disaster victims in the Gambia, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) on Wednesday,...
FGM Menace And Why The Young Must Be Educated On Sexual...
By Ndey Sowe
One of the most restricted topics in The Gambia is to discuss the sex and sexual life of people. It is considered...
‘Girl Power’ Organizes Seminar to Empower, Inspire Young Girls
By Ndey Sowe
Gambian 'Girl Power', a local civil society organisation in collaboration with the International Open University (IOU), on Thursday 30th December 2021, organized...
Single Mothers Scheme CEO Declares Interest in Serekunda Parliamentary Seat
By: Ndey Sowe
Young Gambian charity founder, Ms. Fatoumatta Jammeh-Jeng, declared her interest to run as a member of parliament for the Serekunda Constituency on...
Centre Providing Emergency Care Services for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Launched
By Ndey Sowe
Partners has on Thursday, 11 November, 2021 launched a Women Empowerment and Peacebuilding Center dubbed “Women Wellness Center” at the Bundung Maternal...
GCCI Initiates D1 Million Challenge Fund for Women Entrepreneurs
By Ndey Sow
The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) with support from the International Trade Center (ITC) on Tuesday, 5th October, 2021 launched a...
15 Gambian Women Trained On Political Participation
By Mustapha Jallow
Officials of the West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP), The Gambia on Monday trained fifteen (15) women from different regions across...
What Is The Price Of Narrow Nationalism?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Narrow Nationalism leads a person to hate a person of another nationality by stigmatizing the person on the basis of origin....
GADHOH Female Wing Commemorates International Women’s Day
By Makutu Manneh
The Gambia Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (GADHOHF) on 13th March 2021 commemorated International Women’s Day.
The observation of the day took place at the...
Touma Njie Pledges to Work to Ensuring Women Take Up Leadership...
By Ndey Sowe
The National Assembly Member (NAM) for Banjul South, Fatoumatta Touma Njie, has pledged her commitment to work to ensure that women take...
Gender Minister Observes International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM
By Ndey Sowe
The Minster for Gender, Children and Social Welfare for The Gambia has on Tuesday, 9th February, 2021 taken part in the commemoration of...
Minister Badjie harps on Women’s Rights
Makutu Manneh
Minister of Youth and Sports Bakary Badjie said Friday his Ministry is committed to working with civil society organizations to promoting the rights...
Women’s Bureau Communication Officer Says FGM/C Declined by 41% in Gambia
Mariama Marong
Neneh Touray, the Head of Communication of Women’s Bureau, has revealed that Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C) has dropped from 98% to 57%.
The...
Over 30 Communities Turn Their Back to FGM/C, Child Marriage
By Lamin Fatty
More than 30 Communities in Upper River Region (URR) on Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th December, 2020, called it quit to Female...
Network Launches Over D20 Million Project to Tackle Gender Based Violence
By Mustapha Jallow
The Network Against Gender-Based Violence (NGBV) has on Monday launched a project in a bid to fight against gender-based violence in The...
Gambia Launches 16 Days Campaign of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
By Mustapha Jallow
The Gambia has joined the rest of the world to lead the campaign against gender-based violence.
The Network Against Gender-Based Violence (NGBV) in...
58% Girls, Young Women Face Online Harassment, Abuse- Says Global Survey
By Ndey Sowe
A latest global survey carried out across 22 countries has revealed that girls and young women are one of the biggest targets...
Parliamentarians Debate on Bill that Seeks to Protect Pregnant Women from...
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Legislative House on Tuesday debated on the Forced Labour (Amendment) Bill 2020. The move was aimed to enacting a bill...
Traditional Leaders Trained To Suport Women Empowerment
Abdoulai G. Dibba
The EU Funded project that is being implemented in Central River Region South by Action Aid International the Gambia, has trained 62...
Gambian Ministry Plans to Create Women Bank
By Momodou Jarju
The ministry of women, children and social welfare has revealed its plan to create a Women Bank through a ‘Women Enterprise Fund’...
