As
part of celebrations of the 2020 International Women’s Day, stakeholders in the
fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV), last Friday briefed journalists on
the important of the day.
The
press briefing which took place at Action-Aid The Gambia office, was attended
by gender activists and organizations in
the country. The theme for this year’s celebration is ‘Equal World is an
Enable.’
Halimatou
Jallow, GBV programme manager said International Women’s Day is celebrated on
the 8th of March every year to support
women rights, adding that the idea is to bring attention to the social,
political, economic and cultural issues that women faced and to advocate for
the advancement of women in all aspects.
“As
organizers of the celebration through collaboration, we can support women’s
advancement and the day also used to recognize women that made significant
contribution to the society.”
Ramu
Sonko, Women Rights Specialist at Action-Aid The Gambia said the global strike
marked 25 years since the first women conference in China, adding that this is
to respond to the facts that the promises made by our governments is to advance
the quality development and peace for women, not kept women and girls continue
to suffer discrimination and violence.
Ebrima
Njie of Beakanjang said people who are
affected most are the women, saying they are the most vulnerable when it comes to decent work.
Standard
Chartered Bank Hosts Thought Leadership Series –
The
Gambia Economic Outlook 2020S
tandard
Chartered Bank Gambia hosted a Thought Leadership Forum on The Gambia Economic
Outlook on Thursday 5th March 2020 at Coco Ocean Resort and Spa. This is part
of efforts to enhance the relationship between the Public Sector and the
Organised Private Sector.
The
event was attended by stakeholders, members of the diplomatic corps, policy
makers, members of the private sector as well as major players from the
financial sector.
In
his welcome address K.O Adenowo, CEO Standard Chartered Bank, Gambia said as a
responsible institution we want to assist the government and most importantly
the citizenry in The Gambia to discuss the 2020 Budget, The Gambia Economic
Outlook with key focus being on “Opportunities and Challenges”.
The
2020 budget highlight as it relates to the key drivers of economy form an
important part in today’s discussion as national budgets provides investors,
businesses, non-profits, citizens and others a sense of where the current
government will invest in or support specific initiative
He
thanked the panelists and the audience for gracing this occasion and assured
them of the bank’s commitment to promote dialogue through forums like this.
The
panelists were Mamadou Dioulde Barry Resident Representative IMF, Mehwish
Ashraf Country Economist World Bank, Alieu Secka CEO GCCI and Bai Madi Ceesay,
Director of Budget at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. The session
was moderated by Mustapha John.
Emmanuel
Kwapong, Standard Chartered Bank’s Africa Economist responsible for The Gambia
presented the global macroeconomic outlook, the outlook within Africa, The
Gambia and the forecasted impact of the corona virus on both the local and the
global economy.
The
interactive Forum drew key stakeholders and diverse representatives from most
sectors in The Gambian economy who asked important questions and gave positive
recommendations on the way forward.
