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 CPT- Co-trimoxazole Preventative Therapy CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child CRR- Central River Region CSIP- Community Skills Improvement Project CSOs- Civil Society Organisations DHS- Demographic Health Survey DOT- Direct Observation of Treatment DSW- Department of Social Welfare ECD- Early Childhood Development ECOMOG- Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group ECOWAS- The Economic Community of West African States EFA Net- Education for All Network EFA- Education For All EIA- Environmental Impact Assessment EID- Early Infant Diagnosis EMIS- Education Management Information System eMTCT- Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission ESSP- Education Sector Strategic Plan FAWEGAM- Forum for African Women Educationalists, Gambia FGM- Female Genital Mutilation FIOH- Future in our Hands FLAG- Female Lawyers Association of The Gambia FTI- Fast Track Initiative GAF- Gambia Armed Forces GAMCOTRAP – Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting Health of Women & Children 4