Women are seen queuing with their children at the rural hospital at Basse in Gambia. Lawmakers in Gambia will vote Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal a 2015 ban on women's genital cutting ...

If Gambia’s National Assembly adopts the Women’s (Amendment) Bill 2024 at its June session, it will become the first country in the world to overturn a ban on FGM.

The study revealed that women over 40 were 3.2 times more likely to use taba than younger women, while women in rural areas were 2.2 times more likely to use it compared with urban dwellers.

Sock joined the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), where her flair for branding and public engagement earned her national attention. "I was just into everything," she recalled.

A new study has highlighted the lasting psychological and social scars left by a state-sponsored witch hunt in The Gambia, ...

Women around the globe have long fought female genital mutilation. A vote to uphold a ban on the practice in Gambia is an immediate win, but the fight for women’s rights is a precarious one.

The Gambia's ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) since 2015 is under threat. Proposed changes before parliament could permit medicalized female genital cutting and allow it for consenting adults.

Gambia has charged six women with offences including rioting, unlawful assembly and inciting violence for demonstrating against the prosecution of dozens of opposition activists, a defence lawyer ...

Merck Foundation Together with African and Asian First Ladies Mark 'World Assisted Reproductive Technology Day' 2025 ...

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers March 16 to March 22.

But two local women are using bicycles to break that cycle of illiteracy. A scientist from Burien and emergency room nurse from West Seattle have taken up a cause 8,000 miles away in the smallest ...