Countries: Gambia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, the Gambia ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).

Countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Countries: Gambia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Gambia is 57.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Gambia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Gambia is 63.4 years for men and 67.7 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Gambia
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"32.3 births per 1000 population"

Countries: Gambia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4

"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '12.3%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '7.9%.'"

Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2

"A widow has the right to an equitable share in the inheritance of the property of her husband, subject to personal law. A widow has the right to continue to live in the matrimonial home, subject to personal law. In case of remarriage, a widow shall retain the right to live in her previous matrimonial home if it belongs to her or if she has inherited it" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to widow inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER...more

Countries: Gambia
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Every woman, whether by means of inheritance or otherwise, has the right to acquire and own, movable and immovable property, and to administer, manage and dispose of, the property freely without restrictions" (10). "A woman has the right to acquire her own property and to administer and manage it freely" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to women's property ownership are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), female and male surviving spouses do not have equal rights to inherit assets. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Women’s Act 2010, Art. 44(2).

Countries: Gambia
Variables: LO-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law does not prohibit discrimination in access to credit based on gender. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can sign a contract in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Women’s Act 2010, Art. 7(2)(a)(b) and (3). According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can register a business in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According...more

Countries: Gambia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"Cross-cousin marriages are very frequent, especially in Mandinka, Fula and Serahule groups, with the aim of continuing kinship networks and maintaining the proximity of offspring and investing in one's own family" (28). The largest ethnic populations of Gambia, Mandinika and Filani, prefer cousin marriage; this indicates consanguineous prevalence of over 15% in the population (VC - CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Gambia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1, ATDW-PRACTICE-1

"A respondent who had previously conducted research on sex work explained that during his research he came across several female sex workers who were infertile. Following divorce, these women were pushed into prostitution, because their families had refused to take them back into the compound, leaving them with no place to live nor resources to rely on" (para 27).

Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAD-PRACTICE-1

"[The Committee recommends that the state party]...Encourage religious (qadi) and common law courts, law enforcement officers and imams to respect, in their decisions and actions, the State party’s commitments deriving from its ratification of the Convention to ensure that Muslim women and girls enjoy equal rights in all aspects of family life, including in marriage, divorce, inheritance, marital property, adoption, burial and devolution of property on death, including through the Faith for Rights initiative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights" (3).