WOMEN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CALL FOR EQUAL POLITICAL REPRESENTATION

The Gambia government currently has about three females in cabinet and five women in the parliament with more men in both arms of government than women. Therefore, scores of women activists have raised concerns over this disparity in the governance structure. Speaking to The Point Newspaper recently, Mbassey Manneh, programme manager for Think Young Women (TYW), expressed concern over the inequality of political representation in the country, saying the number of women in the executive and parliament is low.