While efforts to end the practice over the last few decades have led to major successes—including banning the practice in dozens of countries and reducing the likeliness of at-risk girls from being cut by 33 percent—the recent attempt in The Gambia to reverse such laws is indicative of the persistence of harmful attitudes that perpetuate FGM.
Gambiaj.com – (DAKAR, Senegal) – Since assuming power, Senegal’s new administration has faced a series of crises exposing its struggles in
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – Women are the defenders of the ecological resources of Gambian communities. Women observe sustainable methods of harvesting wild fruit and leaves, cooking practices and cultivation, in their daily activities linked to feeding the family.
Gambiaj.com – (DAKAR, Senegal) – In front of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, his Malian counterpart Choguel Maïga dared to describe Senegal as a “theoretical democracy.”
Gambiaj.com – (DAKAR, Senegal) – Once a leading figure in the opposition, Senegal’s Prime Minister, Ousman Sonko, has now discovered the hard way the challenges of being a leader at the top of the state. Between managing internal struggles, facing pressure from the youth, and meeting ethical demands, the Prime Minister is undergoing a test of resilience and rebirth.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, the Gambia) – It is indeed concerning that the largest opposition political party, UDP would vote against the FGM Report which has recommended that the banning of FGM remains unchanged in the Women’s Act.
By Jean Pierre Correa, Journalist Gambiaj.com – (DAKAR, Senegal) – The Project has apparently not been the subject of serious work.
Gambiaj.com – (DAKAR, Senegal) – Since the presidential election of March 2024, where a plebiscite was held on Pastef’s project, the new opposition seems to have taken a real blow. It might even be a little generous to speak of an opposition since there is almost none to date.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL) – The Gambia’s ambitious transition to democracy started when President Adama Barrow was elected in 2016, ending Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year rule. But socio-political disagreements are preventing the country from fully breaking away from its autocratic past.
Homosexuality is legally punished and criminally repressed in Senegal as an offense against morals. It is legally defined as an “indecent or unnatural act with an individual of the same sex” and is punishable by one to five years in prison.
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