U.N. Population Fund: In Gambia, Communities, Faith Leaders Band Together to Protect Girls From Child Marriage
October 09, 2026
October 09, 2026
NEW YORK, Oct. 9 -- The United Nations Population Fund issued the following news:
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In The Gambia, communities and faith leaders band together to protect girls from child marriage
08 October 2026
JARRA SOMA, The Gambia - Fatou Bah was still a schoolgirl when the future she imagined for herself began to slip away.
She was in Grade 7, around 13 years old, in the town of Jarra Soma, The Gambia's Lower River Region, when her . . .
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In The Gambia, communities and faith leaders band together to protect girls from child marriage
08 October 2026
JARRA SOMA, The Gambia - Fatou Bah was still a schoolgirl when the future she imagined for herself began to slip away.
She was in Grade 7, around 13 years old, in the town of Jarra Soma, The Gambia's Lower River Region, when her . . .