{"id":82971,"date":"2025-07-29T17:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/gadhoh-female-wing-seeks-meeting-with-barrow-over-discrimination"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:45:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:45:26","slug":"gadhoh-female-wing-seeks-meeting-with-barrow-over-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gadhoh-female-wing-seeks-meeting-with-barrow-over-discrimination","title":{"rendered":"GADHOH Female Wing Seeks Meeting with Barrow over \u2018Discrimination\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Members of the Female wing of Gambia Association of the Deaf and Head of Hearing (GADHOH), has expressed their wish to meet President Adama Barrow, for him to personally hear from them the challenges they are facing, including escalating discrimination against them as persons with disability.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Director of GADHOH\u2019s female wing skills centre Isatou Sayang, said despite the presence of highly trained and skilled professionals in different skills from soap making to tailoring, tie and dye among others, her members face challenges accessing funding and empowerment from the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want government to treat us and the abled bodied persons equally. For example at this skills centre here none of our trainers go home with a salary which is painful. Myself I have worked here for 15 years without receiving a salary. We want government to come to our skills centre, see what we are doing and empower us by employing trainers and creating opportunities for sign language professionals, as well, \u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n<p>Fana Secka secretary at the Skill Centre, said governments must act now to help the deaf and heard of hearing. \u201cMaybe the government is thinking that the deaf community cannot do anything in this society. The government has forgotten that we are Gambians paying taxes and voting during elections. So we want equality,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Secka disclosed that unlike abled bodied people, whenever they apply for funding at government institutions, their applications are always turned down which is why they want to meet the president so that he can create opportunities for persons with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>She lamented that there are no sign language interpreters at our television stations, hospitals, police stations or courts. \u201d\u2019 One sure way of changing these is to help GADHOH\u2019s skills centre and also recruit sign language interpreters in national dialogues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are sad citizens of the Gambia,\u201d Secka lamented.<\/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. Members of the Female wing of Gambia Association of the Deaf and Head of Hearing (GADHOH), has expressed their wish to meet President Adama Barrow, for him to personally hear from them the challenges they are facing, including escalating discrimination against them as persons with disability. 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