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GMB-2010-L-90619
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Title_of_text
Women's Act, 2010 (Act No. 12/2010).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Gambia
Subjects (Classification)
Equality of opportunity and treatment
Adopted on (Date of text)
2010-12
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
"The act, among other things is meant to implement the legal provision of the National Policy for the Advancement of Gambian Women and Girls and to also incorporate and enforce the internationally agreed instruments and protocols of both the UN and AU to which The Gambia is a member with a view to eliminating all forms of discrimination against women." (SOURCE: The Daily Observer (Banjul), Gambia: Women's Act 2010 Launched, 1 December 2010).
The ILO supervisory bodies request a copy of the Act in 2011 (Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012))
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2015-12-27 (GMB-2015-L-112946)
Women's (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act No. /2015).
Monograph region
Monograph title
Women's Act 2010
Author
Office of the Vice-President and Ministry for Women's Affairs
Country
the Republic of the Gambia
Date
2010-07
File
F-1335047347/GMB90619.pdf (PDF)