11 october 2024 - 13:03:43
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia on Friday joined the the world in celebrating International Day of the Girl which is [...] Full text...
01 august 2024 - 14:37:56
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The United Nations in The Gambia has commended President Adama Barrow, the Government of The Gambia, the [...] Full text...
16 july 2024 - 09:59:51
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International has welcomed “with great relief” the rejection of a bill aimed [...] Full text...
15 july 2024 - 22:44:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Gamia's decision to uphold ban on FGM Monday received widespread commendation from the United Nations [...] Full text...
15 july 2024 - 19:17:55
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Lawmakers in the Gambia have rejected the repeal of the Women’s (Amendment) Act 2015, which prohibits the [...] Full text...
14 june 2024 - 17:32:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global fight to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) is being undermined by the movement of [...] Full text...
20 april 2024 - 16:21:36
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Rights group Human Rights Watch said here Saturday that a bill before Gambia’s National Assembly to reverse a [...] Full text...
11 march 2024 - 13:01:09
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) --In Sierra Leone, women and girls experience a lifecycle of Gender Based Violence (GBV). From childhood [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 17:41:30
New York, US (PANA) - More than 230 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to female genital [...] Full text...
28 february 2024 - 10:00:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concern over attempts to repeal the law that [...] Full text...
06 february 2024 - 19:20:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The world observed the International Day of Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM) amid [...] Full text...
06 february 2024 - 06:05:47
New York, US (PANA) - Some 4.4 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year, the UN Secretary-General [...] Full text...
13 october 2023 - 18:42:13
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- A joint statement by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and the African Committee [...] Full text...
13 october 2023 - 18:31:14
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Some 180 civil society organizations from across Africa and around the world co-signed an open letter urging the [...] Full text...
11 july 2023 - 11:54:41
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Vice President Muhammad B.S. Jallow said on Tuesday that gender equality stands as an essential [...] Full text...
07 february 2023 - 19:51:29
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN agencies working in Ethiopia have called for enhanced efforts to combat female genital mutilation [...] Full text...
07 february 2023 - 06:27:37
Washington, DC, (PANA) - The United States says it stands with the more than 200 million survivors of female genital [...] Full text...
07 february 2023 - 05:04:34
New York, US (PANA) - Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is an “abhorrent violation of fundamental human rights” said the UN [...] Full text...
23 december 2022 - 05:46:30
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The number of children suffering from dire drought conditions across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more [...] Full text...
04 october 2022 - 09:45:47
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The world’s largest annual gathering of partners on ending female genital mutilation (FGM) opened in The [...] Full text...
24 august 2022 - 16:46:00
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Wednesday for stronger measures to prevent and penalize female [...] Full text...
16 june 2022 - 10:57:21
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says the Day of the African Child presents an [...] Full text...
06 february 2022 - 05:43:55
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - In Somalia, over 90 per cent or more of girls and women, have been subjected to [...] Full text...
27 january 2022 - 05:40:09
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secetary-General, Antonio Guterres, has again condemned female genitcal mutination (FGM) and called for [...] Full text...
20 july 2021 - 05:41:24
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Deteriorating economic conditions since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in Sudan, a UN-backed study [...] Full text...
13 july 2021 - 10:06:07
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Vice President Dr Isatou Touray has expressed concern about rights violations against women and girls, [...] Full text...
21 march 2021 - 14:43:40
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called for increased international support for [...] Full text...
08 february 2021 - 20:50:45
Banjul, The Gambia (PANA) - A surge in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is feared in The Gambia as COVID-19 disrupts [...] Full text...
05 february 2021 - 14:08:04
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has called for collaboration at all levels, and across all sectors of [...] Full text...
06 november 2020 - 10:47:13
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Australian company, FGM Fortescue, is prepared to invest in the Grand Inga hydroelectric construction project [...] Full text...
12 october 2020 - 20:41:06
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The National Human Rights Commission said here Monday many girls in Gambia continued to face Female [...] Full text...
17 july 2020 - 18:50:40
New York, US (PANA) - The 2020 Nelson Mandela Prize, which is awarded every five years and recognises those who [...] Full text...
01 july 2020 - 21:13:07
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, in partnership with Paradise Foundation and United Nations [...] Full text...
30 june 2020 - 16:55:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - At least 19 harmful practices, ranging from breast ironing to virginity testing, are considered human rights [...] Full text...
16 june 2020 - 14:39:58
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF country representative to the Gambia, Sandra Lattouf, has said that “access to child-friendly justice is [...] Full text...
22 may 2020 - 19:32:52
New York, US (PANA) - The fight to end obstetric fistula, one of the most serious and tragic injuries that can [...] Full text...
03 may 2020 - 08:38:40
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the landmark move by Sudan’s transitional government this week [...] Full text...
29 april 2020 - 06:11:41
New York, US (PANA) - Ongoing lockdowns and major disruptions to health services during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic could result [...] Full text...
28 april 2020 - 21:48:26
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government Tuesday passed a law criminalizing female genital mutilation(FGM), a law pushed back so [...] Full text...
08 february 2020 - 00:05:12
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A movement called “99 -05” was launched by young girls here Thursday in Kolda, in the [...] Full text...
06 february 2020 - 21:00:35
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare Mrs. Fatou Kinteh said here Thursday the practice [...] Full text...
06 february 2020 - 06:03:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) not only poses serious risks to the health and well-being of women and girls, but it also exacts [...] Full text...
05 february 2020 - 21:45:25
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Women rights group, Wassu Kafo Gambia, in collaboration with partners, Wednesday commemorated Intentional Day Of Zero [...] Full text...
14 november 2019 - 18:52:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – European Union members of Parliament and diplomats have praised the efforts of the African civil society [...] Full text...
31 october 2019 - 17:42:57
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia should be commended for embarking on a national process of healing and reconciliation, reversing [...] Full text...
18 may 2019 - 13:24:09
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As Burkina Faso on Saturday commemorates the 18th edition of the National Day for Combating [...] Full text...
18 may 2019 - 10:21:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As Burkina Faso on Saturday commemorates the 18th edition of the National Day for Combating [...] Full text...
20 march 2019 - 10:05:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Leah Adhiambo breathes a sigh of relief. The girl-talk-session had ended successfully even though on an [...] Full text...
26 february 2019 - 21:38:37
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has appointed Mrs. Fatou Kinteh as Minister of Women's Affairs, Children, and [...] Full text...
14 february 2019 - 12:05:10
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The 16th international FGM zero tolerance day will be commemorated on 20 February in the [...] Full text...
11 february 2019 - 11:56:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Monday urged African leaders to fight against [...] Full text...
07 february 2019 - 22:25:48
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger made significant progress in the fight against female genital mutilation (FGM), with the national prevalence [...] Full text...
06 february 2019 - 22:07:14
New York, US (PANA) - Female genital mutilation, is “an abhorrent human rights violation” still affecting women and girls around [...] Full text...
27 january 2019 - 18:52:55
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A workshop on female genital mutilation (FGM), aimed at building the capacity of officials and state [...] Full text...
14 november 2018 - 15:40:16
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali on Tuesday launched a national campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM), on the initiative of [...] Full text...
18 october 2018 - 11:10:23
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Gender-based violence remains an issue that sparks huge concerns in Mauritania, despite progress made over the [...] Full text...
14 september 2018 - 06:36:52
New York, US (PANA) - Despite remarkable achievements in Somalia in the recent past, structural challenges remain and continue to [...] Full text...
08 may 2018 - 13:02:55
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United States Department of State has released its 2017 Human Rights Report, recognizing that Gambia’s [...] Full text...
28 february 2018 - 12:03:12
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A Gambian army battalion set to leave for Darfur, Sudan, on a peacekeeping mission, kicked off [...] Full text...
26 february 2018 - 11:54:59
Hargeisa, Somaliland (PANA) – Child rights organizations operating in Somaliland have expressed concern on a recent ruling by the Somaliland [...] Full text...
26 february 2018 - 10:08:47
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - International human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has lauded the new government in Gambia for its commitment [...] Full text...
07 february 2018 - 14:52:43
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) Gambian Vice President Aja Fatoumata Tambajang Jallow, has told an international forum on female genital mutilation (FGM) [...] Full text...
07 february 2018 - 07:02:13
New York, US (PANA) - On the occasion of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), [...] Full text...
07 february 2018 - 06:38:05
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Nine years ago, one community in Sudan decided to follow the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations [...] Full text...
06 february 2018 - 05:38:44
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – As the world marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on [...] Full text...
05 february 2018 - 18:54:26
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As a result of concerted action by the government of Burkina Faso, in collaboration with [...] Full text...
31 october 2017 - 17:24:00
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) special representative for Human Rights, Stavros Lambrinidis, has commended Gambian leader Adama [...] Full text...
17 october 2017 - 11:32:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ugandan film, Surrogate, was on Monday night voted the Best African production at the ongoing 7th [...] Full text...
05 august 2017 - 10:14:36
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Although Liberia has made significant progress since the civil war ended, precarious human rights conditions have [...] Full text...
01 august 2017 - 19:39:44
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The European Union Delegation in Tanzania on Tuesday launched a Euros 600,000 (equivalent to [...] Full text...
01 july 2017 - 11:19:16
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has called for an end to the [...] Full text...
24 june 2017 - 13:27:14
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has urged all his cabinet ministers to declare their assets in July [...] Full text...
06 february 2017 - 14:38:59
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Monday said female genital mutilation denies women and girls [...] Full text...
06 february 2017 - 14:02:05
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has said that Nigeria and The Gambia are [...] Full text...
16 may 2016 - 18:13:46
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday released
new guidelines aimed at helping health workers [...] Full text...
26 april 2016 - 16:30:22
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- US Ambassador at large for global women issues Catherine Russells has called on the government of Sudan [...] Full text...
25 april 2016 - 21:12:49
New York, US (PANA) - Despite being forbidden by national and international
law, a new UN report, stated that female [...] Full text...
16 march 2016 - 06:09:59
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the lead UN agency for delivery a world where [...] Full text...
09 february 2016 - 07:33:29
New York, US (PANA) - Dozens of women, girls, experts, and United Nations officials gathered on Monday at a special [...] Full text...
06 february 2016 - 07:53:36
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togo's Minister of Social Action, Promotion of Women and Literacy Ms. Tchabinandi Kolani Yentchare has called [...] Full text...
05 february 2016 - 16:01:02
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and some senior UN
officials are urging the world to eliminate [...] Full text...
30 december 2015 - 20:42:32
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Committee on Harmful Traditional Practices (Gamcotrap) has welcomed the amendment to the Women Act [...] Full text...
29 december 2015 - 14:38:24
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The Gambia has become the 27th country in sub-Saharan Africa to legislate against female genital mutilation (FGM) [...] Full text...
26 july 2015 - 16:16:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - United States President Barack Obama is urging African countries to discard old practices and traditions that [...] Full text...
08 july 2015 - 18:00:26
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Around 23.5 percent of the female population aged between 15 and 19 years in Burkina [...] Full text...
08 march 2015 - 15:12:55
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A report by UN Women, published on the occasion of the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary [...] Full text...
06 february 2015 - 20:52:44
New York, US (PANA) - On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, marked every year on [...] Full text...
06 february 2015 - 20:32:05
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations resident coordinator in Gambia, Ms Ade Mamonyane Lekoetje and European Union Chargée d'Affaires, [...] Full text...
02 february 2015 - 08:34:45
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The global media campaign to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by the British newspaper, The Guardian, [...] Full text...
25 november 2014 - 07:55:49
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Idah Chilufya is a cross-border trader in the Great Lakes region. She is a [...] Full text...
30 october 2014 - 17:41:06
New York, US (PANA) - The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) must come to
a quick end and the global [...] Full text...
09 october 2014 - 07:24:45
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Coordinator of the Girl Generation of United Kingdom and Kenya Keli Kpognon has said it is [...] Full text...
21 august 2014 - 20:40:00
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Gambia government, is assisting the West [...] Full text...
31 july 2014 - 09:13:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - UNICEF has said there is no time to lose in the struggle against female genital mutilation [...] Full text...
24 july 2014 - 17:01:51
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations (UN) Thursday expressed worry at the gradual reduction of global pressure for the [...] Full text...
22 july 2014 - 15:15:18
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The number of Ethiopian girls undergoing the retrogressive cultural practice of female circumcision and early [...] Full text...
26 june 2014 - 17:30:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Twenty of the thirty targeted villages in Malia's Koulikoro region, 60 km east of the capital [...] Full text...
16 june 2014 - 16:02:25
New York, US (PANA) - The outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navi Pillay,
on Monday called for [...] Full text...
04 march 2014 - 14:56:01
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - An international non-profit organization, Clitoraid, has alleged that pressure from the Catholic Church and other [...] Full text...
01 march 2014 - 13:42:09
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Forty-five Malian villages have given up female genital mutilation (FGM) under a convention signed on Friday [...] Full text...
07 february 2014 - 14:23:32
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Ivorian Solidarity, Family, Women and Child Minister, Anne Désirée Ouloto, on Thursday deplored the [...] Full text...
06 february 2014 - 17:59:38
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - As the world marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Modulation (FGM), participants [...] Full text...
06 february 2014 - 17:16:57
New York, US (PANA) - UN officials on Thursday called for a complete end to genital
mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) to ensure [...] Full text...
06 february 2014 - 16:41:40
Yaoundé, Cameroun (PANA) – Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) will be considered an offence in Cameroon, under the country's penal code [...] Full text...
05 february 2014 - 19:35:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The rate of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Malian women, aged between 15 and 49 years, [...] Full text...
01 november 2013 - 07:42:27
New York, US (PANA) - The Geneva-based UN Human Rights Committee has urged the government of Djibouti to effectively enforce [...] Full text...
16 may 2013 - 13:55:45
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Practitioners of the Female Genital Mutilation (FMG) in 20 villages in Niger Republic on Thursday vowed [...] Full text...
16 april 2013 - 13:54:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Thirty traditional female circumcisers in Gambia have publicly declared to “drop the knife”, committing themselves to [...] Full text...
07 february 2013 - 10:40:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A new report released by the UN Wednesday points to fewer girls being subjected to [...] Full text...
06 february 2013 - 20:16:28
New York, US (PANA) – UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UN Children Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday called for more [...] Full text...
05 february 2013 - 21:50:44
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) – Nearly 95 per cent of Cameroonians are against female genital mutilation (FGM), according to the [...] Full text...
28 january 2013 - 08:31:13
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has appealed to African male leaders to join his campaign [...] Full text...
20 december 2012 - 17:45:34
New York, US (PANA) – Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday welcomed a resolution against female genital mutilation (FGM), which was [...] Full text...
27 november 2012 - 07:36:24
New York, US (PANA) - Amnesty International says Monday's adoption of a resolution against female genital mutilation (FGM) at the [...] Full text...
15 november 2012 - 07:58:36
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Over 150 women in Zalingei in Darfur's central region in Sudan took part in a three-day [...] Full text...
18 september 2012 - 16:25:12
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The 2012 Nansen Refugee Award has been won by Hawa Aden Mohamed, the founder and director [...] Full text...
12 september 2012 - 21:39:48
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The umbrella body of women organizations in The Gambia, the ‘Women’s Bureau’s has restored it [...] Full text...
31 august 2012 - 14:20:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An international gathering of anti-violence activists Friday called on governments to implement the African Union (AU) [...] Full text...
22 august 2012 - 16:46:01
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Equality Now, an international human rights organisation that works to protect and promote the [...] Full text...
14 march 2012 - 17:25:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The global press freedom watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Tuesday expressed alarm over threats [...] Full text...
10 march 2012 - 11:43:31
New York, US (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Liberian authorities to ensure the safety [...] Full text...
29 february 2012 - 15:37:02
New York, US (PANA) - The UN advocate and renowned singer and song writer, Angelique Kidjo, on Wednesday urged all [...] Full text...
07 february 2012 - 17:26:19
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese religious scholars, senior journalists and doctors held a special event here on Tuesday in a [...] Full text...
07 february 2012 - 07:11:56
New York, US (PANA) - As the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting was observed globally on [...] Full text...
06 february 2012 - 18:22:32
New York, US (PANA) - A new finding by UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on [...] Full text...
06 february 2012 - 18:12:28
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – A survey conducted by the Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp, at the request of the [...] Full text...
13 december 2011 - 14:28:14
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Polygamy and payment of dowry are long-established customs in the Tanzanian society and there [...] Full text...
13 september 2011 - 17:04:34
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - About 60 scientists from eight Islamic countries in West Africa Monday began talks at a sub-regional [...] Full text...
15 july 2011 - 16:33:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (GAMCOTRAP) is gaining [...] Full text...
15 july 2011 - 07:28:52
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - International human rights organisation Equality Now, in conjunction with Solidarity for African Women’s Rights [...] Full text...
26 june 2011 - 13:56:47
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - Prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is part of the agenda of the 19th Ordinary Session [...] Full text...
25 march 2011 - 15:55:51
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Determined to sensitize the people on the dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM), Malian NGO, "Aid [...] Full text...
08 march 2011 - 15:26:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Tuesday launched the road map for accelerating the Reduction of Maternal and [...] Full text...
09 december 2010 - 18:28:28
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - An international human rights group has asked authorities in Tanzania to save about [...] Full text...
17 september 2010 - 11:45:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Two young Sierra Leonean women were due to be sent back to their country from Belgium [...] Full text...
03 september 2010 - 17:39:00
Bajul- Gambia (PANA) -- A three-day, capacity-building training on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) for 30 media practitioners across the Gambia [...] Full text...
12 august 2010 - 15:57:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Despite some resistance, the fight against female genital mutilations (FGM) has recorded significant progress in Mali, [...] Full text...
17 may 2010 - 22:10:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) â" Gambia on Monday launched a three--year programme aimed to eradicating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) form the [...] Full text...
10 may 2010 - 19:13:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) â" A member of the Gambian P-arliament (MP), Sidia Jatta, has warned against female genital mutilation (FGM), [...] Full text...
08 march 2010 - 15:02:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The International Womenâ?s Day was marked Monday amid complaints that more than half of the [...] Full text...
10 february 2010 - 18:56:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Gambian Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (GAMCOTRAP), in partnership [...] Full text...
09 february 2010 - 19:00:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (GAMCOTRAP), a women's [...] Full text...
07 february 2010 - 08:04:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says three million girls are still at the risk [...] Full text...
08 december 2009 - 12:45:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- GAMCOTRAP, an NGO that promotes women's social, politi cal, economic and cultural rights and focuses on [...] Full text...
08 december 2009 - 12:21:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- GAMCOTRAP, a womanâ?s Rights NGO that promotes womenâ? s social, political, economic and cultural rights and [...] Full text...
08 december 2009 - 10:52:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- GAMCOTRAP, a womanâ?s Rights NGO that promotes womenâ? s social, political, economic and cultural rights and [...] Full text...
02 december 2009 - 21:59:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Gambia women rights group, The Gambia Committee on Tradi tional Practices Affecting the Health of Women [...] Full text...
06 august 2009 - 12:15:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Health care practitioners are now performing Female Geni tal Mutilation {FGM} in a process known as [...] Full text...
14 july 2009 - 15:15:00
Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- While the Ugandan leader, Yoweri Museveni, criticized F emale Genital Mutilation (FGM) as ‘interference’ with God’s [...] Full text...
25 may 2009 - 08:19:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Gambiam President Yahya Jammeh said his government had b een vindicated by the final report of [...] Full text...
07 april 2009 - 15:08:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Ten villages in western Niger have decided to end the pra ctice of female genital mutilations, [...] Full text...
11 february 2009 - 19:50:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Wednes day strongly condemned “the humiliating and degrading treatment” suffered [...] Full text...
08 january 2009 - 12:06:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali's National Programme to fight Female Circumcision (PNLE) plans to reduce the practice from 85% to [...] Full text...