 
Contact Address Details:
Dept. of Women's Affairs
State House
Banjul, The Gambia
Phone no: 4227 605
Fax:
4201 463
Office of The Vice-President
National Women's Council (NWC)
1 Marina Parade
c/o The President's Office
State House,
PO Box 83, Banjul
The Executive Secretary,
Women's Bureau
14/15 Marina Parade
Banjul
Phone: 4228 730
Fax: 4229 846
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Background Information:
The Department of State for Women's Affairs is a ministerial
portfolio that is held under the Vice-President.
The department is responsible for giving policy guidance and
proposals to the Gambia
Government on issues affecting women. The National Women's
Council acts as a forum for women while the Women's Bureau
serves as the Secretariat to the NWC.
 In
this respect, the bureau currently focuses on information
collection, distribution, and research. The Bureau assists
the NWC in looking for trends and creating ties with other
institutions on the socio-economic and political front, reviewing
bills, laws, programmes, new technologies, policies,
and giving out pertinent information for the country's leading
decision making.
The office also helps in identifying capacity building and
training bodies. It is also required to take on a front role
in the coordination of women's issues.
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