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In the quiet communities of Basse Kabakama in eastern Gambia, conversations around women’s rights and harmful traditional practices have often remained behind closed doors. For many years, issues such as female ge***al mutilation (FGM) were considered women’s matters exclusively — topics men neither discussed openly nor questioned.
But for Saikouba Jarra, a member of the Fathers Club in Basse Kabakama, that silence is beginning to change.

Jarra joined the Fathers Club in 2025, inspired by the existence of mothers’ clubs across communities in The Gambia. To him, men also needed a platform where they could discuss family responsibilities, community challenges, and their role in protecting women and children.

“Change Cannot Happen Overnight”: How One Father’s Club Member is Challenging Harmful Traditions in Rural Gambia - SheTale Media Network In the quiet communities of Basse Kabakama in eastern Gambia, conversations around women’s rights and harmful traditional practices have often remained behind closed doors. For many years, issues such as female ge***al mutilation (FGM) were considered women’s matters exclusively — topics men n...