{"id":2307,"date":"2026-01-22T19:10:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/international-idea-supports-na-select-committee-on-gender-children-and-social-welfare-to-review-the-proposed-reservation-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T19:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:10:05","slug":"international-idea-supports-na-select-committee-on-gender-children-and-social-welfare-to-review-the-proposed-reservation-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/international-idea-supports-na-select-committee-on-gender-children-and-social-welfare-to-review-the-proposed-reservation-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"International IDEA supports National Assembly Select Committee on Gender, Children, and Social Welfare to review the proposed Reservation Bill."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of the Clerk, in collaboration with International IDEA under the Consolidation of Democratic Reforms (CODE) Project, convened a two-day strategic engagement for the Select Committee on Gender, Children, and Social Welfare to review the proposed Reservation Bill.<\/p>\n<p>The engagement seeks to build a shared understanding of the provisions among Committee Members and key stakeholders, while outlining a clear roadmap for its formal introduction and tabling before the National Assembly. It also provides a platform for technical input to ensure the Bill is aligned with international best practice and national development priorities, thereby strengthening the legislative framework for inclusive and equitable governance.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairperson of the Committee, Hon. Fatoumatta Touma Njai, noted that Members showed strong interest in the Bill and described the discussions as highly engaging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is for this Committee to be remembered for advancing legislation that benefits Gambian women, who constitute 57 per cent of the population, and for leaving a lasting legacy for future generations,\u201d the Chairperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of the Clerk, in collaboration with International IDEA under the Consolidation of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}