THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA’S COMBINED REPORT ON THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN & PEOPLES’ RIGHTS & INITIAL REPORT ON THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA  Training of service providers on contraceptive technology  By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes;  Proportion of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods;  7.1% the percentage of women of reproductive age who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods of contraception;  By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes. In the area of HIV/AIDS prevention, in 2004 6,000 booklets on HIV/AIDS were produced and distributed among young people. Each year since 2004, there has been a national drama competition on HIV/AIDS for schools. Weekly radio talk shows about HIV/AIDS on a local FM station potentially reach all the young people in the Kanifing Municipality. In 2005 a Life Skills Programme and Manual for HIV Prevention among young people was developed and finalized; this was used to train over 1000 youth in 2006. Government institutions such as the Reproductive and Child Health Unit of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and non-Governmental organisations such as TYW also embark on awareness raising campaigns on sexual and reproduction health particularly for regional communities. THEME 5. ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS 5.1 Economic and welfare rights : The 1997 Constitution recognises the right of women to participate in political and public life as provided in Section 26. In addition, Section 214(4) states that “in the composition of Government, women shall be fairly represented”. The Constitution also guarantees protection from forced labour and slavery. The 2007 Labour Act also contains extensive provisions on the right to work, conditions of employment and protection from wrongful dismissal or termination of employment. he Act also requires the provisions of 154