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Isatou Touray

Isatou Touray

HRD, Executive Director
Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (GAMCOTRAP)

Dr Isatou Touray is a Gambian woman human rights defender and Executive Director of the Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (GAMCOTRAP). She works tirelessly for the well-being of girls by ending harmful traditional practices like FGM and child marriage. She faces ongoing harassment and has been arrested on the 11th October 2010 as a result of her efforts which challenge powerful interests in The Gambia.

Human rights defenders (HRDs) in The Gambia operate in a widespread climate of fear, suspicion and self-censorship. Freedom of expression is gravely limited and human rights defenders and journalists critical of the government are under threat.

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Isatou Touray