The Executive Director of Women’s Bureau, Fanta Bai Secka has been meeting a delegation of the Senegalo-Gambia Women’s Federation. The visit aimed at strengthening the partnership that exists between the two countries National Women’s Federations. The two bodies with a common goal based on their homogeneity intend to work together in areas such as agriculture, […]
Kunting in Niani District of Central River Region North (CRR/N) gets new women garden project worth D1million through ARAFAT Construction Company and MOBETA Foundation as funding agent. Speaking to our reporter at the project site in Kunting village the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ARAFAT Construction Company, Lamin Yarbou informed that Kunting women garden project is […]
The Music world and soul fans are grieving the loss of the Queen of Soul. For family members this is one of the darkest moments in their lives as they find it difficult to find the appropriate words to express the pain in their hearts. They have lost the matriarch and rock of their family. […]
The vice president and minister of Women’s Affairs has inaugurated the new National Women’s Council at the Kairaba Beach Hotel. The council consists of women councilors from all around the country. The council was created by an act of Parliament in 1980 to serve as an advisory body to government on women issues such as […]
Another Women Council has just been inaugurated, and this time under the UDP- Led coalition. Yet the marginalization of women in the African continent continues unabated. The political landscape calls for women’s political participation to bring legitimacy to government and reinforce democracy in its real and practicable form. Women’s participation renders validity and trust in […]
Throughout history, women who constitute fifty percent of global populations are underrepresented in decision-making processes at all governance levels around the world and even they are dominated and marginalized politically, socially, economically, physically and psychologically by their counter parts. Women have been denied equal access to education, training and gainful employment opportunities and their involvement […]
Jaha Dukureh is the founder and CEO of Safe Hands for Girls. Jaha started Safe Hands out of her living room after realizing that there were so many girls like her in her community and the need for a survivor led movement. Jaha is very passionate about seeing African women leading their own struggles and equipping […]