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Reusable sanitary pads bring dignity and confidence to girls with disabilities
Inadequate access to menstrual health and hygiene products keeps girls out of school and widens the inequality gap. However, for persons with disability, the inequalities are further widened by... Read more
Storytelling: a tool for mobilising action against FGM
“Storytelling is an effective way to advance advocacy and raise awareness on why we must end FGM now!” - Fatou Darboe, FGM survivor, activist and teacher The 2019-2022 Demographic and Health Survey... Read more
Op-Ed: Until we guarantee safe birth for every woman in The Gambia, we cannot rest!
By Ms. Ndéye Rose Sarr, UNFPA The Gambia Country Representative on attaining a zero fistula Gambia by 2030 Pregnancy and childbirth are meant to be beautiful experiences filled with incomparable... Read more
Newly renovated maternity unit to bring smiles to the women of Serekunda
Universal access to sexual and reproductive health services requires that everyone, everywhere, can receive affordable, acceptable, and quality care delivered with maximum respect for the dignity and... Read more
Student nurses and midwives, crucial to the elimination of Obstetric Fistula
To achieve a Fistula-free Gambia, we must involve midwives and nurses. They are an important component of the health system and play a crucial role in the prevention of obstetric fistula by improving... Read more
Menstrual Hygiene Day: opportunity to accelerate an end to period shaming and pad poverty
Promoting the menstrual health and hygiene of girls and women is vital to their empowerment and wellbeing. According to a 2021 World Bank report, an estimated 500 million women and girls around the... Read more
Creating spaces for conversations to advance the youth development agenda
The achievement of national development, effective humanitarian action, peace and security demand the inclusion of young people in developmental processes. In The Gambia today, more than half of the... Read more
Zero Fistula Gambia Campaign to empower women and bring hope to communities
Obstetric Fistula affects the psychological and physical health of women and girls. It is a sensitive condition which relegates women to social exclusion and isolation, adverse discrimination, and... Read more
2022 State of World Population highlights urgent need to tackle unintended pregnancies
BANJUL 20 May 2022 – Nearly half of all pregnancies, totalling 121 million each year throughout the world, are unintended. For most of the women and girls affected, the most life-altering... Read more
UNFPA, Government of The Gambia launch the 2022 State of World Population
On Friday 20th May 2022, UNFPA The Gambia in collaboration with the National Population Commission Secretariat, held the in-country launch of the 2022 State of World Population report. This annual... Read more