Portrait of a Wolof woman wearing traditional dress. The Gambia, 2020

Gambian women presently constitute half the population of the country. The majority of Gambian women are rural, and are engaged in agricultural production. In agriculture, women are generally involved with Food Production, horticultural production; and women farmers raise and manage most of the small ruminants and rural poultry. Women are also engaged in fisheries as fish off-loaders and fish processors. In forestry, women are engaged in planting seedlings and woodlots The Gambia 2020