Under 2025 har vi ägnat vår tid till att i förtid (pga Tidö.regeringens beslut om bistånd – läs mer här) avsluta vårt projekt Upper Fulladou Women for Change. Innebörden av den kortare projekttiden är att vi inte kan bistå byarna i Gambia med bidragsmedel för en fortsatt demokratisering. Resultatet är ändå över målen och vi är stolta över vad vi åstadkommit vilket understryks av den fina slutrapport vi fått från ForumCiv.
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Summering av uppnådda mål nedan:
The initiative has led to:
✓ There is now a network called Upper Fulladou Women for Change involving 6 women’s groups in the
town of Bansang and 38 more women’s groups in the villages outside Bansang.
✓ A total of 2619 registered persons are involved in the project’s activities of which 1954 are
women and 280 are men.
✓ Local information meetings used in all the villages. Eight seminars (four per year) where
representatives have been invited to deepen their knowledge about gender, local democracy,
representation, poverty eradication, climate change and the tools: study circles Networking and
problem solving.
✓ Educated study circle leaders, 4 women in each village. The Educators are study circle leaders
themselves in Bansang who have concentrated on one topic each. They have also been touring the
villages to help the new study circle leaders get started.
✓ The Network uses WhatsApp to communicate, a Facebook site to inform the surrounding society and
the project homepage for internal information and tools.
✓ Sololo Kafoo and the Network: Upper Fulladou Women for Change, are now known to be the strongest
women Network in the region after some representatives have participated in 3 regional seminars
about women empowerment, facilitated by UNDP and the regional authorities.
✓ Inclusion is important as Gambian politics has been very tribal. Thus, Study Circle materials
have been transformed into sound files and in some of the local languages. Some study circle
materials are transformed into just pictures for those who cannot read and write. Solidarity
actions for women with special needs have brought the women together no matter their differences.
✓ Women in the network prepared to be nominated in coming elections. The Network has tested and
knows how to nominate and campaign for their representatives.
✓ They also have experience now of reaching out to local and regional authorities with their
demands for changes.
