THE DEBATE ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
13 th February 2006
GAMCOTRAP would like to constructively engage public and opinion leaders on the issue of female genital mutilation – FGM and other harmful traditional practices that are inimical to the health and well being of women and girl-children. |
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GAMCOTRAP Celebrates 16 Days of Activism 2006
January 2008
The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the health of women and children, GAMCOTRAP recently concluded a series of community based activities in commemoration of 16 Days of Activism in the Kanifing Municipal area, Niamina East, in the Central River Division. |
News story on the training of GAMCOTRAP Community Based Facilitators- CBFs
As a follow up to the recommendations at a series of national training programmes with National assembly members, Religious leaders and Chiefs in 2005, GAMCOTRAP in partnership with Save the Children Sweden Dakar Office has completed a three day training of Community based facilitators at Jarra Pakalinding... |
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STATEMENT FOR PRESS CONFERENCE BY GAMCOTRAP ON THE REMOVAL OF THE RESERVATION ON THE WOMEN’S PROTOCOL BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
As a follow up to the recommendations at a series of national training programmes with National assembly members, Religious leaders and Chiefs in 2005, GAMCOTRAP in partnership with Save the Children Sweden Dakar Office... |
News story on GAMOCTRAP Participation at the Feminist Dialogue and World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya, 2007.
A GAMCOTRAP delegation that comprised of the Executive Director, Dr. Isatou Touray and Programme Coordinator, Amie Bojang Sissoho, recently returned from a series of networking trip in Nairobi, Kenya. |
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News Report
GAMCOTRAP has completed a tour in three regions to meet the Sheroines Against FGM and their Communities in the Upper River Region, Central River Region, Lower River Region. The GAMCOTRAP team led by the Executive Director, Dr. Isatou Touray, visited all the eighteen circumcisers and presented a total of Seventy thousand Dalasis (D70,000)... |
FOROYA Articles 6-7 November, 2006
GIRL, 13, MURDERED IN SIKUNDA
Nyima Sanyang, a 13 year old girl was murdered on Monday. According to family sources, late Nyima had a brawl with her assailant which subsequently led to her untimely death. The tragic incident happened at Sikunda. According to a
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News Release 22nd May 2008
GAMCOTRAP holds Community Training to stop FGM in the Western and Upper River Regions
Over fifty Traditional Birth Attendants and Circumcisers from the five districts of Foni, participated at a three day workshop held in Sibanor, Foni Bintang Karanai.
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