The Gambia: Climate of fear amongst the community of human rights defenders

 PARIS, France, July 22, 2011

 Publication of an international fact-finding mission report
Gambia celebrates today its national holiday, called “Freedom Day” by President Jammeh, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), publishes an international fact-finding mission report on the situation of human rights defenders in The Gambia. On this occasion, a press conference is organised in Dakar.

Human Development Report 2009

“The UNDP Keeping an Eye on Internal and External Exodus”

VOL:1 ISSN:17 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched the Human Development Report 2009 on Wednesday, December 9, at the Kairaba Beach Hotel, Senegambia.
The theme of the Report is, “Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development.”

The Summary of the Report looks into the lives of two people a Mexican child and an Indian woman who are similarly facing troubles driven by poverty and the quest to achieve a sustainable livelihood.

Juan was born into a poor family in rural Mexico; his family struggled to pay for his health care and education. At the age of 12, he dropped out of school to help support his family. Six years later, Juan followed his uncle to Canada in pursuit of higher wages and better opportunities, where the life expectancy is five years higher than that of Mexico and incomes are three times greater.