Latest items for Gambia
Nov. 13, 2024, 1:05 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"[I]nfluential Muslim clerics have been pushing for the ban [on FGM] to be repealed, while women's rights activists have vowed to campaign for it to remain in place...Followers of an outspoken Muslim cleric, Abdoulie Fatty, rallied in support of the bill shortly before it was introduced in parliament on Monday. They chanted: 'Female circumcision is my religious belief, Gambia is not for sale'...The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council, the main body of Muslim clerics in the country, called for the ban to be scrapped...The Gambian lawmaker who is championing the bill, Almammeh Gibba, said it sought to 'uphold religious purity and safeguard cultural norms and values', the privately owned Point newspaper...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"[I]nfluential Muslim clerics have been pushing for the ban [on FGM] to be repealed, while women's rights activists have vowed to campaign for it to remain in place...Followers of an outspoken Muslim cleric, Abdoulie Fatty, rallied in support of the bill shortly before it was introduced in parliament on Monday. They chanted: 'Female circumcision is my religious belief, Gambia is not for sale'...The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council, the main body of Muslim clerics in the country, called for the ban to be scrapped...The Gambian lawmaker who is championing the bill, Almammeh Gibba, said it sought to 'uphold religious purity and safeguard cultural norms and values', the privately owned Point newspaper...more
Nov. 13, 2024, 1:05 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
"The head of The Gambia's Female Lawyers Association, Anna Njie, said that repealing the ban [on FGM] would be a backward step" (15).
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
"The head of The Gambia's Female Lawyers Association, Anna Njie, said that repealing the ban [on FGM] would be a backward step" (15).
Nov. 13, 2024, 1:05 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: INFIB-PRACTICE-1
"A bill aimed at lifting the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) has been tabled in The Gambia's parliament by an independent lawmaker...But influential Muslim clerics have been pushing for the ban to be repealed, while women's rights activists have vowed to campaign for it to remain in place...In the procedure's most severe form, after removing the sensitive clitoris, the genitals are cut and stitched closed so that the woman cannot have or enjoy sex. Followers of an outspoken Muslim cleric, Abdoulie Fatty, rallied in support of the bill shortly before it was introduced in parliament on Monday. They chanted: 'Female circumcision is my religious belief, Gambia is not for...more
Variables: INFIB-PRACTICE-1
"A bill aimed at lifting the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) has been tabled in The Gambia's parliament by an independent lawmaker...But influential Muslim clerics have been pushing for the ban to be repealed, while women's rights activists have vowed to campaign for it to remain in place...In the procedure's most severe form, after removing the sensitive clitoris, the genitals are cut and stitched closed so that the woman cannot have or enjoy sex. Followers of an outspoken Muslim cleric, Abdoulie Fatty, rallied in support of the bill shortly before it was introduced in parliament on Monday. They chanted: 'Female circumcision is my religious belief, Gambia is not for...more
Nov. 13, 2024, 1:05 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: INFIB-LAW-1
"A bill aimed at lifting the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) has been tabled in The Gambia's parliament by an independent lawmaker. It was outlawed in the mainly Muslim nation in 2015 when Yahya Jammeh was president...Last year, [a] cleric helped pay the fines of three women who were convicted of carrying out FGM on young girls" (1-2, 10).
Variables: INFIB-LAW-1
"A bill aimed at lifting the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) has been tabled in The Gambia's parliament by an independent lawmaker. It was outlawed in the mainly Muslim nation in 2015 when Yahya Jammeh was president...Last year, [a] cleric helped pay the fines of three women who were convicted of carrying out FGM on young girls" (1-2, 10).
Nov. 13, 2024, 1:05 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: INFIB-DATA-2
"More than three-quarters of Gambian females aged between 15 and 49 have undergone FGM, according to the UN" (6).
Variables: INFIB-DATA-2
"More than three-quarters of Gambian females aged between 15 and 49 have undergone FGM, according to the UN" (6).
Nov. 13, 2024, 1:05 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: INFIB-DATA-1
"In the [FGM] procedure's most severe form, after removing the sensitive clitoris, the genitals are cut and stitched closed so that the woman cannot have or enjoy sex" (7).
Variables: INFIB-DATA-1
"In the [FGM] procedure's most severe form, after removing the sensitive clitoris, the genitals are cut and stitched closed so that the woman cannot have or enjoy sex" (7).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh, Chad, Gambia, India, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Togo
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
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Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
14.0
May 23, 2024, 9:48 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"The government modestly increased law enforcement efforts. The 2007 Trafficking in Persons Act, as amended in 2010, criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking and prescribed penalties of 50 years to life imprisonment and a fine of between 50,000 and 500,000 dalasi ($820-$8,200). These penalties were sufficiently stringent and, with respect to sex trafficking, commensurate with penalties prescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape. The Tourism Offences Act additionally criminalized child trafficking crimes committed by tourists, prescribing penalties of life imprisonment and a fine of between 100,000 and 500,000 dalasi ($1,640-$8,200)." (3).
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"The government modestly increased law enforcement efforts. The 2007 Trafficking in Persons Act, as amended in 2010, criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking and prescribed penalties of 50 years to life imprisonment and a fine of between 50,000 and 500,000 dalasi ($820-$8,200). These penalties were sufficiently stringent and, with respect to sex trafficking, commensurate with penalties prescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape. The Tourism Offences Act additionally criminalized child trafficking crimes committed by tourists, prescribing penalties of life imprisonment and a fine of between 100,000 and 500,000 dalasi ($1,640-$8,200)." (3).
May 23, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"He calls it the epicenter of Gambian sex tourism. 'Couples don’t even try to hide it,' he says. 'Here in Serekunda, sex for money has become the norm.' Cham says this phenomenon impacts the entire community. 'It paves the way to other kinds of abuse,' he explains. 'Pedophilia is also getting to be more common. White men rent villas and let the bumsters (a name for men who run sex tourism) bring them kids. That’s how sex tourism is ruining an entire generation'" (para 7). The extension of prostitution from adults to children signifies that many of those engaged in prostitution have few to no rights relative to those who...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"He calls it the epicenter of Gambian sex tourism. 'Couples don’t even try to hide it,' he says. 'Here in Serekunda, sex for money has become the norm.' Cham says this phenomenon impacts the entire community. 'It paves the way to other kinds of abuse,' he explains. 'Pedophilia is also getting to be more common. White men rent villas and let the bumsters (a name for men who run sex tourism) bring them kids. That’s how sex tourism is ruining an entire generation'" (para 7). The extension of prostitution from adults to children signifies that many of those engaged in prostitution have few to no rights relative to those who...more
May 23, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Officially, visitors’ guests are not allowed to sleep at the hotel, but if tourists slip some money to the receptionist, they turn a blind eye. In the majority of cases, their guests leave that night. 'But sometimes, girls come to the front desk crying,' the guard says, sighing. And although the girls say that they’ve been treated rudely, or worse, they hardly ever call the police. 'The hotel’s customers pay them not to talk, and it’s over. It doesn’t feel good, but we have to be on our customers’ side. If we aren’t, they’ll fire us,' says the guard" (para 3). "The sex tourism that attracts some of these European...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Officially, visitors’ guests are not allowed to sleep at the hotel, but if tourists slip some money to the receptionist, they turn a blind eye. In the majority of cases, their guests leave that night. 'But sometimes, girls come to the front desk crying,' the guard says, sighing. And although the girls say that they’ve been treated rudely, or worse, they hardly ever call the police. 'The hotel’s customers pay them not to talk, and it’s over. It doesn’t feel good, but we have to be on our customers’ side. If we aren’t, they’ll fire us,' says the guard" (para 3). "The sex tourism that attracts some of these European...more
May 9, 2024, 11:06 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex and soliciting to sell sex are criminalised. Is buying sex criminalised? Yes buying sex is criminalised. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - procuring, enticing or leading away for 'prostitution'; exploiting or being an accomplice in the 'prostitution of another' (even with consent); living on the earnings all criminalised.
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex and soliciting to sell sex are criminalised. Is buying sex criminalised? Yes buying sex is criminalised. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - procuring, enticing or leading away for 'prostitution'; exploiting or being an accomplice in the 'prostitution of another' (even with consent); living on the earnings all criminalised.
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, the Gambia ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, the Gambia ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in the Gambia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 25 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in the Gambia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 25 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
4
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
4
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
458
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
458
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, Gambia, Guinea, Iceland, India, Liberia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Togo
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
2
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
2
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
2
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
2
Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in the Gambia was 458 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in the Gambia was 458 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Gambia is 57.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Gambia is 57.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in the Gambia is 64 years for women and 61 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in the Gambia is 64 years for women and 61 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Gambia is 63.4 years for men and 67.7 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Gambia is 63.4 years for men and 67.7 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
2
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
2
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"32.3 births per 1000 population"
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"32.3 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 8, 2023, 10:37 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '23.1%.'"
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '23.1%.'"
Aug. 28, 2023, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4
"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '12.3%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '7.9%.'"
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4
"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '12.3%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '7.9%.'"
Aug. 11, 2023, 11:36 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"A man and a woman have the right to inherit, in equitable shared, their parents' properties, subject to personal law" (21). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to daughters inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"A man and a woman have the right to inherit, in equitable shared, their parents' properties, subject to personal law" (21). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to daughters inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Aug. 11, 2023, 11:35 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"A widow has the right to an equitable share in the inheritance of the property of her husband, subject to personal law. A widow has the right to continue to live in the matrimonial home, subject to personal law. In case of remarriage, a widow shall retain the right to live in her previous matrimonial home if it belongs to her or if she has inherited it" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to widow inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER...more
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"A widow has the right to an equitable share in the inheritance of the property of her husband, subject to personal law. A widow has the right to continue to live in the matrimonial home, subject to personal law. In case of remarriage, a widow shall retain the right to live in her previous matrimonial home if it belongs to her or if she has inherited it" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to widow inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER...more
Aug. 11, 2023, 11:25 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"Every woman shall enjoy equitable rights as men in case of separation, divorce or annulment of marriage, subject to personal law...In the case of separation, divorce or annulment of marriage, a man and a woman have the right to an equitable sharing of the joint property derived from the marriage" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to division of property are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"Every woman shall enjoy equitable rights as men in case of separation, divorce or annulment of marriage, subject to personal law...In the case of separation, divorce or annulment of marriage, a man and a woman have the right to an equitable sharing of the joint property derived from the marriage" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to division of property are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).