Gambia: First-Ever Continental Summit to End Gender Based Violence Begins in Dakar

The first ever African continental summit which aims to end Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage, has started in the Senegalese Capital Dakar.

The three-day forum which began yesterday 16th June 2019, is organised by Save Hands for Girls, a local Gambian NGO in collaboration with the governments of Senegalese and Gambia. The theme of the forum is: "Reinforcing the bridge between Africa and the rest of the world to promote an accelerated implementation of zero tolerance policy on FGM/C and Child Marriages. A major focus for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)".

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