FAWEGAM

FAWEGAM is Forum for African Women Educationalists- The Gambia Chapter. We are non-political, voluntary, charitable & non-sectarian.

[UNFPA in The Gambia @UNFPATheGambia]

Report cases✅
Talk about it✅
Provide effective counseling to survivors✅
Stop⛔️ stigmatising survivors✅
Do not encourage victim-blaming✅

These are some ways we can eradicate sexual violence from our communities.

Staying quiet promotes inequality & strengthens perpetrators.

[FAWEGAM @FAWEGAM]

A8. Eradicate all forms of "maslaha" syndrome in The Gambia through advocacy. Break the culture of silence and make the tools available well known to the people.
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#ENDSEXUALVIOLENCE220
@heforshegambia

[FAWEGAM @FAWEGAM]

A7. Prioritize them in providing all forms if aid.
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[FAWEGAM @FAWEGAM]

A5. Child marriage is not a religious obligation because it affects the wellbeing of its victims which every religion is against.
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@NgbvTheGambia

[FAWEGAM @FAWEGAM]

A4. Yes! Child marriage and sexual violence are still happening in The Gambia
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@NgbvTheGambia
@heforshegambia

[FAWEGAM @FAWEGAM]

Q3. No. Authorities need to understand the seriousness of child marriage so that all the reported cases can reach the courts to start with.
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#ENDCHILDMARRIAGE220
#ENDSEXUALVIOLENCE220
@NgbvTheGambia

[FAWEGAM @FAWEGAM]

Of course this cannot be achieved without empowering our girls first and making sure the laws are implemented
#DAC2019 #ENDCHILDMARRIAGE220
#ENDSEXUALVIOLENCE220
@heforshegambia
@NgbvTheGambia

[FAWEGAM @FAWEGAM]

Q2. Make the tools against child marriage known to every girl so that it will be easy for them to report cases.
#DAC2019
#ENDCHILDMARRIAGE220
#ENDSEXUALVIOLENCE220
@heforshegambia
@NgbvTheGambia

[FAWEGAM @FAWEGAM]

Did you know; children are the greatest asset of a nation?
Invest in them now for a better Africa.
#DAC2019
#ENDSEXUALVIOLENCE220
#ENDCHILDMARRIAGE
@heforshegambia
@NgbvTheGambia
@amplifyfund
@ActionAidGambia
@UNFPATheGambia
@UNICEFGambia

[FAWEGAM @FAWEGAM]

#EndChildMarriage requires so much work across all sectors. it requires all stakeholder to comprehend the driving force behind the issue and the disadvantages and complications it brings so as to combat the practice. @NgbvTheGambia @jmendy88 @Ykongira

[FAWEGAM @FAWEGAM]

Every child deserves an education, Child marriage should not deter children from the right to education and MUST NOT be an alternative to education #endchildmarriage220 @ngbvTheGambia

[FAWEGAM @FAWEGAM]

Girls are not allowed to complete schooling and rather given to be wives and mothers when they are not ready yet #EndChildMarriage

[FAWEGAM @FAWEGAM]

FAWEGAM 9th General Assembly current on the way

[Andrew Andy Gibba @andrewgibba]

I can’t wait to celebrate #InternationalWomensDay tomorrow but wouldn’t it be brilliant if women were celebrated & championed just as loudly throughout the rest of the year? Let me share some on the beautiful moments I had talking about women on the #YouthShow #IWD2018

[Girls Not Brides @GirlsNotBrides]

Great to see #childmarriage mentioned so many times in @DFID_UK's new strategy for gender equality! Ending child marriage is 🔑 to building a 🌍 where women and men are equal. https://t.co/ototEgR6HO

[Richard Branson @richardbranson]

.@girlsnotbrides welcomes historic drop in global number of child marriages, but warns complacency is not an option https://t.co/ldZMROh8Cn

[FAWEGAM @FAWEGAM]

With education comes great change. #PressforProgress

[FAWEZI @FAWEZim]

The Forum for African Women Educationalists-Zimbabwe Chapter (FAWEZI) is looking for an M&E expert, or... https://t.co/VzsaSRkGI8