NAQAA: GPU journalism school curriculum in line with expectations

Amadou Jallow (right) said the school’s curriculum ascribes to lifelong learning opportunities and  possibilities of self employment, while Saikou Jammeh (left) and Maimuna Sidibeh (center) listen. (Photo Credit: Sanna Camara)

D.A. Jawo hopes GPU School will contribute to national reconciliation

GPU J-School alumni Adam Jobe, flanked by colleagues Mary Gomez and Zainab Faal, is a winner of the 2015 Technology and Innovation Reporting Award (Photo Credit: M.S.Joof/TNBES/2013)

‘Inadequate capacity undermines women empowerment in The Gambia’

The same factors are also undermining the elimination of violence against women and girls in the West African nation: Serrekunda (Photo credit: D. Piris)

Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

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Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO

“The transatlantic slave trade is one of the most extreme violations of human rights in history. The duration, extent and magnitude of this dehumanizing enterprise have led to its universal condemnation. The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition – 23 August – is an opportunity to reflect once again on this tragedy and to pay tribute to those who struggled for its abolition in the light of the universal recognition of human rights. (…) 2011 is also International Year for People of African Descent. This is a chance to examine the effects of the slave trade, whose ignominious practice has in part shaped the face of modern society, across all regions of the world. This history can also nourish our thinking about our multicultural and multiethnic societies today,” stated Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on her message for the occasion.

Access to clean water is a respect for human dignity

Pix by P&G Give Health Clean Water Blogivation (Kenya)

The 2011 World Day for Water was marked on March 22 on the theme “Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge” and UNESCO has once again a called for the response to the immense challenges posed by water management to the entire global community.

The Director General of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Ms Irina Bokova says the theme serves to remind us all that for the first time in the history of humanity, most of the world’s population is living in cities.

“Urban sprawl continues and slums, which continue to expand, represent 38 percent of this growth. Today, they are home to 1 billion people. The rise in the urban population has outstripped the development of water management, treatment and sanitation infrastructure,” Ms Bokova said.

Conflict robbing Million of African Children of future

UNESCO-NATCOM boost Gambia National Library 

Today, conflict is robbing 28 million children of a future. These children are deprived of proper houses, adequate sanitation and most importantly education, the Vice Chairperson National Commission for UNESCO Dr. Fatoumatta Sisay-Joof has said.

Dr. Sisay-Joof was speaking at the launch of the “Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2011” at the Laico Atlantic Hotel in Banjul on March 24. The event was organised by the National Commission for UNESCO-NATCOM.