SERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — Three women were charged in Gambia over the death of a one-month-old girl who had undergone female genital mutilation, the police said, in the first such case since the ...

Jainaba Johm, the vice chairman at the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), said the persistent underrepresentation of ...

The Gambia's ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) since 2015 is under threat. Proposed changes before parliament could permit medicalized female genital cutting and allow it for consenting adults.

Lawmakers in Gambia are set to vote on Monday regarding legislation aiming to repeal a 2015 ban on women's genital cutting. The bill is supported by religious conservatives, citing religious purity ...

The president of the Female Lawyers Association - The Gambia (FLAG), reminded that women in The Gambia are leaders every day at home, in the community, in the economy and in peacebuilding, yet they ...

Supported by UNDP The Gambia and the European Union through the co-funded GREAT initiative, the sessions aim to close ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Political and Religious Leaders Push to Decriminalize FGM Members of the Gambian ...

For the West African nation of The Gambia, agriculture is a particularly valuable economic driver. Agriculture is the backbone of the African economy, regardless of a surplus or deficiency of oil or ...

Three women have accused the former longtime president of Gambia of rape or sexual assault while he was in office, according to a report released by two human rights groups on Wednesday. The report ...