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 a matter that the Commission can consider. Furthermore, a petition has been filed at the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutionality of this provision.6 Policy and Administration Presently, there is an Interparty Committee comprising of Political Parties and their role is to determine Politicians’ conduct, language used during campaign, to sit down and mediate and dialogue between political parties when there is a problem. Although it is independent, the IEC assists the Interparty Committee and has helped it to get a Secretariat and there are plans to give it statutory backing. The country’s political system is based on multi-party democracy with eleven (11) registered political parties recognized at the national level. According to the 2013 Census, out of an estimated population of 1,882,450, The Gambia Bureau of Statistics provides that there are 796,929 registered voters. It should be noted that The Gambia boasts of universal adult suffrage, any person over the age of 18 can vote. Furthermore, a person has a right to publicly challenge the eligibility of persons on the voters list before a revising court, which is established specially for this purpose. In addition to this, any person aggrieved by the outcome of elections, may challenge same before the courts of law. The National Council for Civic Education has the mandate to sensitize the public on the importance of their active role in politics and governance. On the participation of women, Gambian Women constitute 58% of the electorate however only 10% of representation in the National Assembly is found to be women. There are 5 women of which 2 are elected and 2 nominated by the President. Thus, the proportion of female parliamentarians is well below the 30% goal. 6 Lamin J Darbo v The Attorney General and Minister of Justice SC002/2017 60