Gambian Girl Stabbed A Second Time For Choosing A Husband

'Women and girls in The Gambia are victims of gender-based violence, and with very little support for redress, they are harassed to silence.' Photo Credit: UN Photo / M. Perret -Violence against women

Gambia: Proposed FGM Bill 'Downplayed'

Anti-FGM campaigners argue that the lack of a law banning the practice weakens the legitimacy and impact of advocacy against harmful tradition practice. Activists Amie Bojang Sissoho, Dr. Isatou Touray, Amie Sillah and Mary Small at Monday's launch of One Billion Rising 2016 (Photo Credit: MSJoof/TNBES/Octover 2015)

Dr. Touray: 1Billion Rising 2016 Calls For Change

“The [West Africa] region is inundated with all forms of violence ranging from FGM, early or forced marriage, rape, state impunity and the ravages of war with its gender dimensions,” she said. (Photo Credit: MSJoof/TNBES/October 2015)

‘No Woman Shall Die Giving Life’

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• ‘No Woman Shall Die Giving Life’

“COMMEMORATION OF UN DAY 2012,” the headline said, announcing the intention of the United Nations (UN) System in The Gambia to join the rest of World to commemorate UN Day on Wednesday, 24^th October, 2012.

“No Woman Shall Die Giving Life” is the theme chosen by the UN System to commemorate the Day, which is a “global advocacy event that offers a unique opportunity for the global community to reflect on and take stock of the work of the United Nations.”  

GYIN-Gambia Secretary attend Global Greens Congress

GYIN-Gambia secretary, Meita Touray

The secretary general, Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN-Gambia), Ms Meita Touray on March 27 arrived in Dakar to partake in the 2012 Global Greens Congress.

She is invited by the organisers, Global Greens to attend the 3^rd Congress, the first held in Africa, in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, from March 29-April 1, 2012. The 1^st and 2^nd congresses were held in Canberra, Australia, in 2001 and Sao Paolo, Brazil, in 2008.

Ki-moon’s message on international women’s day

Ban Ki-moon

Gender equality and the empowerment of women are gaining ground worldwide. 

There are more women Heads of State or Government than ever, and the highest proportion of women serving as Government ministers. 

Women are exercising ever greater influence in business. More girls are going to school, and are growing up healthier and better equipped to realize their potential.

Despite this momentum, there is a long way to go before women and girls can be said to enjoy the fundamental rights, freedom and dignity that are their birthright and that will guarantee their well-being. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the world’s rural areas.

City of Joy, a revolutionary new center for Women Survivors of Gender Violence

V-Day and the Fondation Panzi (DRC), with support from UNICEF, announce on February 4, the opening of City of Joy, a revolutionary new community for women survivors of gender violence in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

City of Joy will provide up to 180 Congolese women a year with an opportunity to benefit from group therapy; self-defense training; comprehensive sexuality education (covering HIV/AIDS, family planning); economic empowerment; storytelling; dance; theater; ecology and horticulture.

Created from their vision, Congolese women will run, operate and direct City of Joy themselves. City of Joy marks the next chapter in V-Day’s ongoing campaign, STOP RAPING OUR GREATEST RESOURCE: Power to the Women and Girls of the DRC. It will provide a powerful new platform for Congolese women to turn their pain to power, restore their sense of agency over their lives, and become leaders who will steer Eastern Congo’s destiny towards peace.