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UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women Joint Statement on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM 2019
Mary Oloiparuni was 13 when she was mutilated. Restrained in a doorway early one morning in her home, she was cut, bled profusely and experienced agonizing pain. The scarring she endured then... Read more
Awareness Walk on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence to Wrap Up 16 Days of Activism against GBV
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10th December 1948 and to mark the end of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), an... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Human Rights Day
On this day, 70 years ago, United Nations Member States adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which affirms that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”. UNFPA’s... Read more
UNFPA joins the UN Country Team to host a symposium on Sexual Harassment in commemoration of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
On December 4 2018, the UN Gender Theme Group, led by UNFPA The Gambia, held a symposium on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) with specific focus on Sexual Harassment, at the Laico Atlantic... Read more
UNFPA The Gambia Representative Talks Gender Equality at the 2nd Women’s Leadership Forum
On November 27 2018, UNFPA The Gambia Representative, Kunle Adeniyi spoke at a panel on Championing Gender Equality as part of the Women’s Leadership Forum. Organised by Bridging Gaps Advisory, with... Read more
Joint UN Statement on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Statement by the Heads of UN agencies, UNFPA, UNDP, UNICEF and UN WOMEN, calling for solidarity with survivors and survivor advocates and women’s... Read more
"I love being a midwife!" Diminga Gomez shares her passion for her life-saving work
Midwives – and people with midwifery skills – are the main caregivers for women and their newborns during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and in the... Read more
Let's Put Young People at the Centre
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, on International Youth Day 2018.
UNFPA The Gambia Representative Shares his Thoughts on the Imperatives of Family Planning in The Gambia
Whilst modern contraceptive use worldwide has nearly doubled from 36 per cent in 1970 to 64 per cent in 2016, contraceptive prevalence in The Gambia... Read more
The Professor Babatunde Osotimehin Essay Competition and Annual Lecture - The Gambia
UNFPA The Gambia launches the First Professor Babatunde Osotimehin Essay Competition and Annual Lecture in The Gambia, in honour of the life, times... Read more