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Empowering women to empower the Sahel

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The Gambia

"May tomorrow’s women be educated, dynamic and empowered! " - Maman Mansour Maiguizo Kane, traditional leader from Niger, and coordinator of the Council of Traditional Leaders of Africa (COTLA) for action against early marriage and female genital mutilation. Find out more

SWEDD en Action

 

Population 2.4 million
AVERAGE AGE 17.8
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Overview

Overview

The Objective of the project is to improve the empowerment of adolescent girls and young women, including their access to quality reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) services, in selected areas of the participating countries and to improve learning, capacity and coordination.

The beneficiaries of the project will be adolescents (aged 10 to 19) and young women, as well as the general population, given the national coverage of the interventions and the health workers who will be trained and deployed at national level.

Facts & Figures

2.4 million
Population
17.8
Average Age
50.4
Share of women
4.4
Fertility rate
39.2 %
Population under 15 years of age (2014)
25.8%
Unmet need for family planning
17.1
Use of modern birth control methods