The legislative move has sparked intense backlash from activists and human rights organizations. The Gambia’s parliament ... the brink of becoming the first country globally to legalize the ...

A survivor and the founder of the organization Women in Liberation & Leadership (WILL), Baldeh, 41, is a leading activist fighting against the practice in Gambia. Although FGM has been banned in her ...

During his annual meeting with the Banjul Muslim Elders for Koriteh at the State House on 2 May 2022, President Adama Barrow accused human rights defender Madi Jobarteh of being a “troublemaker” who ...

I don’t want my research to sit on a shelf. I want it to be used by those doing the incredible work of transforming their ...

The European Union has withdrawn millions of euros of funding from Gambia due to its poor human rights record, according to an EU spokesman, at a time when the mainly Muslim West African nation is ...

With Rights Comes Responsibilities: Promoting a Holistic Culture of Respect for Human Rights”, seeks to empower young ...

The EU decided unanimously that Gambia was contravening an international accord that stipulates aid can be delivered only in return for progress in human rights, but Gambian officials accused the ...