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A mother’s decision to protect her daughters from female genital mutilation (FGM) led to the breakdown of her marriage in Wellingara Ba, a rural community in Jarra East, Bureng Ward in The Gambia’s Lower River Region.
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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 Region. Chickens scra...
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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 continent. This was...
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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 violence, which was once...
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*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 400 cases of Sexual an...