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FGM What Decision-Makers Say

Friday, October 02, 2009

It’s decade now since the struggle for the banning of FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) began in the country. What is obvious is that looking into the...

Gambian Parliamentarians Urged To Legislate Against FGM

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Every year women die of complications associated with childbirth, with most of them being related to traditional beliefs and practices that are...

Gamcotrap sensitises UTG students on gender, FGM

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices (GAMCOTRAP) in collaboration with the University of The Gambia Student Union (UTGSU) on Wednesday...

GAMCOTRAP, Yolocamba sensitise communities on FGM

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

GAMCOTRAP with support from a Spanish based organization, Yolocamba, has embarked on sensitising Brikamaba and its surrounding seventeen communities...

GAMCOTRAP Sensitizes Rural communities on FGM, others

Picture: Dr Isatou Touray

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

In line with its objectives to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and to empower women and girls across the country, Gambia Committee on...

Sierra Leone ALERT: Female journalists taken hostage over reports on FGM

Friday, February 13, 2009

Four journalists in Kanema, a town of about 200km from Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone, were on February 7, 2009 taken hostage by members of Bondo...

International Zero Tolerance Day on FGM observed

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices (GAMCOTRAP), in collaboration with Save Humanity Foundation (SAHFA), last Friday celebrated the...

Gamcotrap Celebrates Zero Tolerance on FGM

Monday, February 09, 2009

Female Genital Mutilation refers to any practice that involves the partial or total removal or alteration of the external female genital organs for...

UNICEF: Female genital cutting must stop

Saturday, February 07, 2009

UNICEF today called for increased efforts to end female genital cutting, as the world marks International Day against Female Genital Mutilation. ...

Gamcotrap Vows to Eradicate FGM in The Gambia

Friday, January 30, 2009

The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practice (Gamcotrap) is showing no sign of abating in its efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) in...