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UNFPA Gambia Country Office and Partners Commemorate World Population Day

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Saturday July 11th 2009 was observed throughout the world as World Population Day, this year witnessing the 20th Annual World Population. The day’s...

Saturday is World Population Day

Friday, July 10, 2009

The Gambia and the rest of the world will on Saturday 11th of July commemorate World Population Day. The theme for this year is on “responding to the...

Network of Adolescent and Youth on Population and Development Hold Congress

Monday, July 06, 2009

Youth’s representative or delegates across the country last Saturday 4th July, 2009 convened at friendship hotel in Bakau to witness yet another...

NYP celebrates seventh anniversary

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The Gambia National Youth Parliament (NYP), formed in 2002, last Sunday, celebrated its seventh anniversary at the National Assembly Chambers in...

2008 world population report launched

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), on Wednesday launched the State of the World Population Report 2008 at the Gambia...

CRR communities sensitised on Obstetric Fistula

Thursday, January 22, 2009

The National Reproductive & Child Health Programe Unit, under the Department of State for Health and Social Welfare, in collaboration with UNFPA and...

Network of Journalists Workshop Ends

Friday, January 09, 2009

A one-day orientation workshop for members of the Network of Journalists on population and development recently wrapped up at the Girl Guides Hall...

Journalists capacitised on population issues

Monday, December 29, 2008

At least, 28 journalist drawn from the print and electronic media within the Network of Journalists on Population and Development last Saturday...

Gamcotrap trains security officers

Monday, October 20, 2008

Over fifty security officers last Friday attended a one-day training seminar on the theme "Management and Prevention of Gender Based Violation" at...

Disaster committee to assess strategies

Thursday, August 28, 2008

The National Disaster Management Committee (NDMC) under the Office of the Vice President will embark on a five-day monitoring and assessment visit to...