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Woman & Development

‘Activista’ Inaugurate Rural Women Assembly

By Fatoumatta K Jallow ‘Activista’ the Gambia, in collaboration with Action-Aid International, on Monday October 15th 2018, official inaugurated the Rural Women Assembly to...

Minister, NAMs Debate On Election of Women Representatives

By Awa B. Bah The Vice President and Minister for Women’s Affairs Ousainou Darboe, Monday September 10th 2018, faced Deputies at the National Assembly in...

Africa’s Youth Kick-Start A Million Conversations To End Fgm

By Sarjo Camara-Singateh African youth have started their rallying call to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in a generation by sparking one million conversations that...

Women’s Bureau Trains National Women Councillors

By Fatoumatta K Jallow Women’s Bureau on Saturday July 28th 2018, concluded a two day training of National Women Councilors held at Nana Conference...

The Cabinet Reshuffle And The Gender Agenda

On Friday June 29th, 2018, President Adama Barrow effected a major cabinet change. The change saw two women lose their cabinet positions while two...

Women’s Game: Interior over $2000 richer for retaining FF Cup

By Sulayman Bah Interior women’s team over the weekend got over $2000 richer after successfully retaining the Gambia Football Federation Women’s Cup. The police outfit dumped...

Life Of The Rural People What Is The Situation Of Access...

This column is meant to monitor and report on issues that concerns the people of the rural communities in terms of how their development...

ON FEMALE MAYORAL ASPIRANTS: Rohey Malick Lowe Speaks

By Fatoumatta K Jallow Mrs. Rohey Malick Lowe, an aspiring female candidate for the forthcoming Mayoral Elections slated for 12th May 2018, over the weekend spoke...

President Presides Over International Women’s Day Celebrations

By: Kebba AF Touray The Lower River Region’s town of Soma was the venue for this year’s International Women’s Day celebrations and the president of...

Life of Displaced Vendors After Demolition Exercise

By Yankuba Jallow The months February and March have witnessed the demolition of shops and restaurants and many of the vendors and grocery owners lost...

WANEP, Partners, Train Aspiring Female Candidates

By: Kebba AF Touray The West African Network for Peace Building (WANEP) in collaboration with partners, on Monday started a two day training activity for...

Women Vendors Threatened With Eviction Solicit Government Intervention

By MUHAMMED S. BAH Women vendors selling within the precincts of Westfield, told this medium that they have been threatened with eviction by some Municipal...

GAF Officers, Wives Sensitised On GBV

By RoheyJadama The Network Against Gender Based Violence (NGBV) has organized a two-day sensitization programme for Army Officers and soldiers’ wives on gender-based violence and...

‘ATAYA’ Attire Seeks To Empower Young Women

By Saikou Suwareh Jabai ‘Attaya’ Attire is an initiative of WIG and it aims to improve the lives of young women in the country through...

BOOK LAUNCH: Memoirs Of An African Woman On A Mission

By Nelson Manneh and Yankuba Jallow On Friday 22nd December 2017, a book entitled ‘‘Memoirs of an African Woman on a Mission’’, was launched by the...

West African Women Meet On Peace And Security Issues

UNOWAS in partnership with ECOWAS, G5Sahel and the Manu River Union (MRU) organized a Regional Open Day in Dakar Senegal on December 11th 2017 at...

‘Engage, Consult Women in Reform Process’ – DPS Gassama

By Amie Sanneh The Deputy Permanent Secretary Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Binta Gassama, has said that it is absolutely necessary for Gambian women to be...

Women’s Bureau Trains Women on Entrepreneurship, Small Business Management

By Fatoumatta K Jallow The Women’s Bureau in collaboration with COMCEC, Cooperation for Development from the Turkish’s Government, have commenced a seven-day training for women...

Civil Society Organizations Present Statement to Information Minister

BY Nelson Manneh As the 28th of September marks the International Right to Know Day, the undersigned Civil Society Organizations presented a statement on the...

Women’s Bureau Holds National Policy Dialogue Forum

By Fatoumatta K Jallow The Gambia Women’s Bureau in collaboration with Action Aid and the Ministry of Lands and Regional Administration on Tuesday 22 August...