 
Contact Address:
ADGG
Banjul area Head office
73 Kombo Sillah Drive
Churchill's Town
PO Box 2206 Serrekunda
Kanifing Municipality, Ksmd
The Gambia, West Africa
Tel no: +220 4399880
7707063 / 6592512
9718235 / 9994393
Fax:
4378706
Email: adg_gam@yahoo.com
info@adg-africa.org
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Information:
Africa In Democracy & Good Governance (ADG) was
established in Gambia to promote and instil democratic
principles and ideals in society to promote good governance,
a free society and people participation in African countries.
Its future aims are for a continent where human
rights are respected, sound governance and democracy
are grounded on the ideals of equality and justice,
a free society with civil participation.
Aims & Objectives:
• To deliberate with and
inspire those in authority, governments, and society
in general to enforce and defend the rule of law and
democratic principles, to guarantee property rights,
lives and to ensure a deep appreciation for people's
human rights.
• To advocate and defend for
the rights of women in Africa and urge for ways for
enhancing women's education in relation to their social,
economic, cultural and political rights. Work with relevant
institutions to reduce infant mortality and to promote
women's reproductive health rights.
• Lobbing
to achieve government reforms.
• Fight against
corruption
• To get involved in issues pertaining
to democracy, good governance and human rights.
• To fight against all types of environmental damage
and unsustainable resource exploitation and to encourage
legal protection for the environment.
• To
stimulate public awareness about Malaria, Tuberculosis,
Aids/HIV. Also to advise and run support schemes for
People Living with HIV/Aids (PLWHA) as well as pushing
for laws to ensure their rights
• To recruit
and lobby for support to meet the needs of children's
rights and to ensure they are protected under the different
international, regional and national human rights laws
and conventions. The enhance the capacity and build
the means to provide for the social, educational and
financial support of children orphaned by HIV and other
diseases.
• To rehabilitate prisoners and to
organise awareness programs for prison officers. To
lobby for laws for the rights of detainees and prisoners
and to promote for good standards of detention facilities
and prison governance.
The Africa In Democracy & Good Governance also carries
out:
• Advocacy
• Documentation
• Elections
Monitoring and Observation
• Litigation
• Publishing
of Windows on Africa Magazine
• Research
• Training
Directions:
To the left of the Sonko Jileng Building |
