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productivity through land and financing policy reform that focusses on women and rural

areas. This is because rural areas tend to have a female face in The Gambia. Additionally,

more women depend on the agriculture/food value chain for employment – all be it that

it is also a sector characterised by vulnerabilities such as unremunerated employment,

underemployment and vulnerability to the negative effects of climate change such as

droughts and floods (that is why a focus on the environment is also critical).

Also important to state is that the agriculture sector is the third biggest by

employment with more women also dependent on it for employment. It is also a sector

characterised by vulnerabilities such as unremunerated employment, underemployment

and vulnerability to the negative effects of climate change such as droughts and floods

(Please also see the economic transformation annex for more).

Gender, youth and spatial equality – triple engines driving economic transformation
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A renewed focus on gender and spatial equality is ‘non-negotiable’ for economic

transformation. Rural areas in the country are typically female and are also the areas

where economic transformation lags the most. In the CCA regional focus paper, the UN

Gambia RCO modelled, using data from the 2018 Gambia Afrobarometer survey, the

conditions of youth in Africa. Among the results which are applicable to The Gambia is

that after education, gender and location are the next most important factor that

7 The Gambia CCA task force team invites you to take an interactive view of gender sentiments in the country
based on results of The Gambia 2018 Afrobarometer survey:
https://public.tableau.com/profile/george.lwanda#!/vizhome/GendersentimentsinTheGambia/Genderequality
sentiments

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