Musoolula Bantaba

FGM ; It’s All A Mere Tradition to Me Thirty women circumcisers vowed to stop Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Does it mean that Gamcotrap’s campaign to eradicate this deep-rooted...	U.N. body agrees on women's rights policy, skirting sexual politics UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. policy-making body agreed upon a declaration Friday urging an end to violence against women and girls despite...
'I have realised that my voice is my power' Amie Bojang-Sissoho, an anti-FGM activist has said she has realised that her voice is her power. "I just found myself getting more involved without...	Njawara Women on Sorel Project, Thanks to FSCO The women of Njawara could not be more grateful than to thank the Italian Program for Food Security, West Africa. As part of...
Mandory Women Decry Bad Roads, Markets Urge Government to Put Aside Symbolic Gesture With solemn voices, Gambian women in the rural village of Mandory, Central Baddibu District, North Bank Region, have recently lamented the poor road...	Gambia’s Ndey Jobarteh Among Top Ten Immigrant Awardees in Norway The Gambia is proud of another great daughter of hers, who has spent her life making a difference and break away from stereotypes often associated to...
Second Batch of Circumcisers from CRRN Receives Training and Support for Alternative Income The efforts to protect girls and women from the harmful effects of Female Genital Mutilation in The Gambia continued in the Central River Region...	Tanji Seaside Women Calls for an End to Harassment Tanji Seaside women fish vendors have called to an end what they described as constant harassment meted on to them by men at the Seaside after...
GAMCOTRAP Honours Surrogate Mother in the Central River Region Janjanbureh ,a historic town and administrative head of the Central River Region, is home to cultural protagonist and well known women’s leader,...	NAWEC’s Erratic Supply –How Women are Bearing the Brunt The biting effects of severe power outages as NAWEC works on fixing a familiar problem perhaps did not spare anyone connected to the grid....
No Woman Should Be Forced To Stay In Marriage - Justice Marie Saine Firdaus One should not be forced to stay in a marriage because consent of both parties is a necessity, Justice Marie Saine Firdaus, a member of...	As GAMCOTRAP Reaches Out to More Communities in CRR North, More Circumcisers Are Pledging to Drop Their Knives Fifty five Communities in Jareng Kerr Mamud, Panchang and Fass clusters in Upper Saloum benefitted from a series of community sensitisation...
Cultural Protagonist Supports the Eradication of FGM in the Central River Region The power of information using the local languages to change perceptions and attitudes continues to give prominence to the work of the...	TRY Oyster Women’s 4th Cultural Festival TRY is an umbrella group supporting 15 communities of women involved with oyster harvesting, on Saturday they held a very successful festival, on the...
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Zero Tolerance to FGM Means FGM Should Not Be Tolerated Zero tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) means the practice should not be tolerated for any reason, no matter the type, who is doing it and...	Teachers Condemn Female Genital Mutilation Secondary school teachers from different schools in region one has condemned the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) after being exposed to...
From Prison, Isatou Enters Battleground When sudden visits by seeming serious-looking male elders to a household headman become frequent, in The Gambian context, there is no need much ...	The role of women in the 2011 Presidential election To vote is a fundamental civic duty of every Gambian woman who has voters’ cards. No woman should not undermine the importance of her single vote,...
‘Any Man Who Beats a Woman Has Given Up His Right to Be Call a Man’ I couldn’t help ruminating about the plight of ‘womankind’ when the United States Ambassador to the Gambia, Pamela White emphasizes that men who have...	Subverting the Crown Feminists and Women’s Rights activists do not usually agree with what at times is considered as exploitation of the bodies of young girls considered...
Rural Women Deserve Better The Gambia has though made some notable improvements in promoting gender equity in recent times, nonetheless, the reality remains that majority of...	WOJAG Prexy on Women’s Rights “Today marks another milestone in the history of journalism in the Gambia because the female journalists in the country have decided to take charge...
“I was kicked Out of My Husband’s House but.....” Neneh Jallow a woman who has been thrown out of her husband’s house by the husband’s brothers was abandoned in a situation of pennilessness. The...	Women’s Empowerment And Education Adelaide Sosseh, Vice president of Alumni Association of International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP) has made an inspiring presentation on...
Do Women Really Cheat On Their Husbands? “Marriage is sometimes entered into lightly, but the reality is that it’s a commitment which needs nurturing and patience in order to be successful....	Married Men Speak Against FGM“If women are affected, men are affected, too” For various so-called cultural reasons, the support of Gambian men in the crusade against deep-seated cultural practice of female genital mutilation...
Women Speak Against Female Genital Mutilation Women who were not spared by Female Genital Mutilation have raised their voices for an end to the harmful practice, which have affected millions of...	Unequal Steps to Gender Equality Lead to Inequality How about Men’s Right? I have been keenly following your column. I must admit that it is one of the columns that I read and get what I LIKE. You must...