The Gambia
Gambia

Key Results

  • In the Republic of The Gambia funds were disbursed towards supporting projects on empowering women through microfinance, strategy for reducing the drudgery of women by providing labour saving and processing devices, popularisation, ratification and domestication of the African Union Protocol on rights of women and Capacity building programme for women members of REPAO organisations.
  • The organisations that were supported in the Republic of The Gambia, include GAWFA (Gambia Women’s Finance Association), The Gambian Women’s Bureau, Equality Now AND REPAO (Le Réseau sur les Politiques de Pêche en Afrique de l’Ouest). In total, 11043 women and men were reached through the advancement of women rights and gender equality and human rights projects.