{"id":82327,"date":"2025-07-18T18:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/women-enterprise-fund-inaugurates-new-board"},"modified":"2025-07-18T18:56:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:56:52","slug":"women-enterprise-fund-inaugurates-new-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/women-enterprise-fund-inaugurates-new-board","title":{"rendered":"Women Enterprise Fund Inaugurates New Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) has inaugurated its new board on Wednesday, 16th July 2025. The newly appointed board will oversee the strategic direction and management of the fund.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The WEF is a project under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare,<\/p>\n<p>The Permanent Secretary (Technical), Mr. Saikou Trawally, inaugurated the board on behalf of the Hon. Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare, Fatou Kinteh. In his remarks, Mr. Trawally commended the outgoing chairperson and her board members for their excellent work and dedication during their tenure. He highlighted that the previous board had worked diligently to grow the fund\u2019s portfolio to D80 million.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the importance of collaboration among the new board members to ensure the achievement of their set goals. Mr. Trawally reaffirmed that WEF was here to stay and remained committed to supporting and economically empowering women. He underscored the vital role women play in the socio-economic development of The Gambia. He emphasised the importance of the board in mobilising resources for the fund to widen the coverage. He also indicated that when women are economically empowered, they contribute to the nutrition, and education in the socioeconomic development of the country.<\/p>\n<p>In her acceptance speech and vote of thanks, the new board Chairperson, Mrs. Naffie Barry, expressed her gratitude to His Excellency President Adama Barrow for endorsing her appointment. She also extended her heartfelt appreciation to the outgoing chairperson of the board. Mrs. Barry pledged, with the support of her colleagues and partners, to strive to exceed the D80 million portfolio achieved by the previous board.<\/p>\n<p>She emphasised that women make up 51% of the population, and uplifting their status could significantly transform the nation. \u201cWomen are the breadwinners, they support their families\u2019 education, and contribute meaningfully to national development,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>The inauguration was chaired by Alpha Humma, the Funds Manager, he said they were out to support women, build their capacity and enhanced or uplift their economic status.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, the outgoing Chairperson, Fatou Deen Touray, and the former Chairperson of the National Women\u2019s Council, Mrs. Dea Sawaneh, were awarded certificates of recognition in absentia for their outstanding contributions to the advancement of women through the Fund.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) has inaugurated its new board on Wednesday, 16th July 2025. The newly appointed board will oversee the strategic direction and management of the fund. The WEF is a project under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare, The Permanent Secretary (Technical), Mr. Saikou Trawally, inaugurated the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":82326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-82327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Women Enterprise Fund Inaugurates New Board - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) has inaugurated its new board on Wednesday, 16th July 2025. 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