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 graduates is 12,678, representing 32% of the target.14 The Integrated Functional Literacy Project sponsored by the Islamic Development Bank has designed a curriculum for 400 contact hours for 2,000 young men and women and produced didactic materials the national languages in thirteen subject areas including agriculture, literacy, numeracy, health, nutrition, environment, forestry, live skills, livelihood skills, gender, governance, peace and security and human rights. Facilitators have been trained in the use of these materials and it is expected that the service providers will use them in their functional literacy classes. The MoBSE has expanded the space for CSO participation in education at all levels ranging from policy formulation, implementation, service delivery, infrastructure development and monitoring and evaluation. This has increased public interest and involvement in education, leading to a broadening and deepening of participation at all levels by key players such as the Education for All Campaign Network (EFANet), ChildFund, Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO), Peace Corps, Future in Our Hands (FIOH), GAMCOTRAP, SIMMA, Association for the Promotion of Women’s and Girls Advancement (APWGA), Foundation for Women’s Research and the Environment (BAFROW), Women in Service and Development (WISDOM), Forum for African Women, Educationalist-Gambia (FAWEGAM), National Women’s Framers Association (NAWFA), Pro-poor Advocacy Group (Pro-PAG), Gambia Teacher’s Union (GTU), Girls Guide Association, Gambia Home Economics Association and Faith Based organizations. Mother’s Clubs: The FAWEGAM-Mother’s Clubs play a role in closing the gap between boys and girls in schools by generating income to cover the indirect cost of school fees, give guidance and counselling to families and girls to promote the retention of girls in school and engage in environmental cleanliness of the school. The American Girls Scholarship Programme (AGSP) is jointly implemented by Education for All Campaign Network, FAWEGAM and BAFROW. From its inception in 2005, 1,600 girls in the Western region have benefited from the programme which covers school fees, uniforms and books and mentors the girls to enhance their performance in schools. 14 CSIP Contribution to the BPFA Report. 135