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| Dr. Isatou Touray |
After
concluding a day training on Monday, teachers has resolved to join,
GAMCOTRAP, a women’s rights advocacy group to educated children on the
effects of FGM.
The event brought together 25 from various schools in the West Coast Region. The project, from a health-based to a right-based approach fighting against Female Genital Mutilation
seeks to introduced module on FGM and child’s rights for grade 4-9
basic and secondary education sector hopefully next year . It is funded
by Save the Children International.
The
modules on FGM are meant to contribute to efforts by the education
sector to promote gender equality and development as part of overall
policy to promote girls’ education.
Gamcotrap,
have over the years been very active and effective in the promotion of
women and children’s rights. Gamcotrap's agenda is to end discriminatory
practices like FGM and early marriage and ha trained hundreds of teachers over the years.
Prior
to the training, majority of the teachers admitted that they are not
aware that the Gambia is a signatory to the Maputo protocol, convention
of the right of the child and the CEDAW.
Gamcotrap has signed a MOU with Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, (MoBSE) in 2007 and renewed it in 2009.
