This is the maiden edition of the UNFPA Gambia Country Office bi-monthly newsletter. In this edition you will find information on capacity building initiatives by our implementing partners;  a flashback on the tenth anniversary of the coming into force of the African Youth Charter (Banjul +10), World Population Day 2016 and other exciting initiatives and stories.

Also highlighted in this edition is the story of a former circumciser and now one of the most vocal community-based advocates against the age-old practice of Female Genital Mutilation in The Gambia