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Gender Equality &
Women's NGOs & Charities in Gambia |
Agency
For The Development of Women & Children
Kerewan, North Bank Region
 ADWAC
is a rural development organisation which aims to elevate
the social & economic status of Gambian women &
the young through small loans, adult education, healthcare,
schooling, HIV awareness campaigns. |
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Agency
For Village Support
Janjanbureh, Kaur Wharf Town, Central River Region
 AVISU
is a grassroots charity & Banjul registered NGO
working to empower & increase the capacity of women
in rural village communities to aim towards equality
with men. |
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Association For The
Advancement
of Women Entrepreneurs
Banjul capital
 AAWE
is a non-profit private sector organisation representing
businesswomen in various fields. |
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Association
For Gambian
Women Empowerment
Banjul
The AGWE is a civil society organisation & grassroots
capacity building institution aiming to elevate the
socio-economic status of its members. |
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Association
for Promoting
Girls & Women's Advancement
APGWA is a Serrekunda based NGO founded by a gender
activist & works in 90 rural villages campaigning
for their rights & against the traditional practice
of FGM. |
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BAFROW
The Gambia Foundation for Research on Women's Health,
Productivity & the Environment is a Banjul based
charity & non-governmental organisation fighting
for their socio-economic rights & against female
genital mutilation. |
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Campaign
For Development
& Solidarity
Bakau, Garba Jahumpa Rd., Kanifing Municipality, Ksmd
FORUT is a charity from Norway founded in 1981. It aims
to improve the standards of living of poor females &
the young, through vocational training, health education
& anti-substance abuse programs. |
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Forum for African
Women
Educationalists
FAWEGAM, in Kanifing South, is a Banjul registered,
Pan-African, non-governmental organisation promoting
girl's schooling, mentoring & clubs with the goal
of raising the academic standards of girls education. |
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Gambia
Girl Guides Association
Kairaba Avenue, Serrekunda, Banjul area, Kombo
The TGGGA provides girls with several training programs
& activities aimed at encouraging self-reliance,
national development & civic duties among its members. |
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Gambia
Home Economics
Association
Kanifing Municipality, Ksmd, Old Jeshwang
The GHEASC operates a skill training centre in Old Jeshwang
to teach girls & women between 12 & 24 years
old needlework, dressmaking, English, math, cooking,
Tie & Dye, nutrition, laundry & hotel management. |
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GAMCOTRAP
The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting
the Health of Women & Children is a gender based
NGO that campaigns against female genital mutilation
& promotes social, educational, political &
reproductive rights. |
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GAWFA
Kanifing Industrial Estate, Ksmd, Western Region
This is a microfinance institution providing savings
& micro-loans to women's groups & individuals
as well as business consultation & advice. |
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National Women
Farmers
Association
Kairaba Avenue, Fajara M Section
NAWFA aims to establish commercially viable agriculture
& enhanced food security in order to take them out
of subsistence farming & onto cash crops leading
to greater self-sufficiency. |
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Saint
Martha's Society
The charitable organisation, founded in 1973, teaches
girls & young women skills at their skills training
centres in Bakau, Banjul, Fajikunda, Serrekunda &
Lamin Village. It aims at promoting self-sufficiency
& capacity building. |
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Self-Reliant
Development
Association
140 Bundung Highway, Kanifing Municipality
SERDA is an NGO founded in 1995 & fund local community
projects such as skills training for women, garden crop
horticulture, poultry farming & nursery schools. |
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Planning &
Reproductive Rights |
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| Above you will find background information details
on the list of various civil society organizations (CSOs),
their intervention areas, contact
addresses, telephone numbers, some emails, faxes
& main locations in the Greater Banjul area of the
west coast region, Kombo District & up river areas
of The Gambia, West Africa. |
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