Gambia: Gamcotrap and UNFPA Launch an Anti-FGM Crusade to End FGM in Two Districts of the North Bank Region

GAMCOTRAP is targeting one hundred and eighteen communities in Upper Badibou and Sabach Sanjal Districts in a three year project funded by the UNFPA/Gambia Government Country Programme 2012 - 2016 entitled: "Accelerating the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the Gambia."

To launch the project in the North Bank Region, GAMCOTRAP paid a courtesy call on the Governor of the Region, Mr. Lamin Quin Jammeh at Kerewan. Briefing him on the project, the Executive Director of GAMCOTRAP, Dr. Isatou Touray informed him of the project objectives which aims at raising awareness and empowering communities to end FGM and protect their girls and women.

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