Advocates Call For Full Implementation of Ban on FGM To...
MUHAMMED S. BAH (MS)
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a deeply rooted culture which many believe cannot be easily wipe out despite strict laws to...
Women continue to struggle to get fish
With Madiba Singhateh
Women engaged in small scale fishing are faced with several challenges including inadequate access to fund, competition with fish meal factories, and...
EU Scales Up BReST Project for Women, Children
By: Kebba AF Touray
In light of the COVID-19 Pandemic and its unavoidable socio-economic consequences, the European Union has scaled up the BReST Project support...
IOM Trains Female Journalists on Migration Reporting
By Ndey Sowe
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in partnership with Women Journalists Association of the Gambia (WoJAG) has on Tuesday, 10th March 2020...
‘Gender Inequality, Illiteracy Contributes to Vulnerability, Reduced Resilience’ Women’s Minster
By Ndey Sowe
Fatou Kinteh the Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare has said 47.6% women are illiterate with inequalities at the labor markets...
Minister Fatou Kinteh Harps on Empowerment of Women
By Ndey Sowe
Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare Fatou Kinteh has recently emphasized the need for government and its partners to work together...
Villagers Train On Food Processing, Preservation Techniques
By Muhammed Barrow
Villagers of Felengkoto in the Jarra East District of the Lower River Region (LRR), have undergone a five day capacity building...
Women’s Ministry Wants More Stake In New Draft Constitution
By Ndey Sowe
The Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, said the new draft Constitution should cater more for women...
WOJAG President Says Sexual Harassment Policy Not Witch-Hunt Exercise
By Momodou Jarju
The president of Women Journalists Association of The Gambia has revealed that the new sexual harassment policy meant for media workers is...
Reliance Bank Signs D50M Loan Facility With the Senegalo Gambia Women’s...
By Ndey Sowe
Reliance Financial Services (RFS) on Thursday November 7th 2019, signed a D50 million load facility with the Senegalo Gambia Women’s Federation (SGWF).
This...
First-ever Continental Summit to End Gender Based Violence Begins in Dakar
By Sarjo Camara-Singateh from Dakar
The first ever African continental summit which aims to end Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage, has started in the...
From Borrower to Self-Employer: Young Gambian Start-up Business Story
By Momodou Jarju
‘‘Like I always tell people, food is money,” said Francess Squire, age 23, living in Kololi. Every living soul needs to eat...
KMC launch D100 Million project to empower women
By Makutu Manneh
Kanifing Municipal Council in collaboration with Reliance Financial Services Company has launched a hundred-million-dalasi women empowerment project called ‘Dollel Jigeen’.
This project is...
The Plight of Rural Women
By: Amie Sillah
Their life needs not be romanticized; it is their lived reality. She wakes up at dawn to pound the grain for breakfast,...
Tanji Women Fish Mongers Lament ...
By MAKUTU MANNEH
In observance of International Women’s Day, this medium was out and about to sample opinion from women on their plight and awareness...
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2019: (8th March 2019) Women’s Rights Advocates Speak...
By Awa Touray & Rohey Cham
Ahead of the International Women’s Day, women’s rights advocates have expressed their views on the importance of the day.
Mrs....
International Women’s Day 2019: How The European Union Supports Women In...
International Women's Day is a chance to remind ourselves that sixty one years ago, equality between women and men was embedded in the Rome...
GFF Begins Search To Unearth New Women Footballers
Source GFF-The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) on Monday January 28 launched its women talent search at schools level with the objective of unearthing new...
NEMA P2R Equip Rural Women on Forest and Food Processing Techniques
By Awa B. Bah
A four day training programme for rural women on processing of forest and horticulture products ended up in Jenoi Agricultural Center...
GenCED Capacity Building Initiative For Young Women’s Participation In Politics
By: Ndey Sowe
Gender Center for Empowering and Development (GenCED), has initiated young women’s political participation and leadership training on Wednesday October 17th 2018, at...
