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“I Suffered During Childbirth” – Wellingara Ba Mother Speaks Out Against FGM

Category:Human Rights| Posted on2026-03-02 13:12:29

The afternoon sun fell gently across the sandy compound as Juma Conteh sat on a wooden chair outside her home in Wellingara Ba, a quiet village in Jarra East, Bureng Ward in The Gambia’s Lower River...

“I Suffered During Childbirth” – Wellingara Ba Mother Speaks Out Against FGM

A Call for Justice and Reparations: NGO Forum Highlights Ongoing Human Rights Violations Against Africans and People of African Descent

Category:Human Rights| Posted on2025-10-23 11:57:24

Human rights defenders, experts, leaders, and advocates are calling for justice and reparations for Africans and people of African descent while highlighting ongoing human rights violations across the...

A Call for Justice and Reparations: NGO Forum Highlights Ongoing Human Rights Violations Against Africans and People of African Descent

Rape of Boys: An Emerging Pattern of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Gambia

Category:Human Rights| Posted on2025-10-21 16:12:35

Fallu Sowe, the National Coordinator of the Network Against Gender-Based Violence (NGBV), has raised significant concerns about a troubling new trend in The Gambia: the rape of boys. This form of viol...

Rape of Boys: An Emerging Pattern of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Gambia

Fallu Sowe: 400 Cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Recorded

Category:Human Rights| Posted on2025-10-21 11:34:52

*Exclusive Interview with Fallu Sowe, National Coordinator of the Network Against Gender Based Violence, The Gambia*

In an interview, Mr Sowe reported that the network has recorded approximately 40...

GPU Raise Concerns Over Re-emergence of Physical & Online Threats

Category:Human Rights| Posted on2025-08-26 13:09:22

Photo: Meita Touray

Meita Touray, Treasurer of the Gambia Press Union, has expressed concern over the re-emergence of both old and new threats, both physical and online. She emphasised the urgent n...

GPU Raise Concerns Over Re-emergence of Physical & Online Threats