MINISTER OF GENDER, CHILDREN AND SOCIAL WELFARE

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HON. FATOU KINTEH

Fatou Kinteh is a Gender and Programme Specialist with over 30 years of programme management experience. She holds a B.A. Degree in Sociology and History from the University of Sierra Leone and a MSc. Degree Economics, Population Policies and Programmes, from the University of Wales, Cardiff in UK.

Fatou Kinteh is a Gender and Programme Specialist with over 30 years of programme management experience. She holds a B.A. Degree in Sociology and History from the University of Sierra Leone and a MSc. Degree Economics, Population Policies and Programmes, from the University of Wales, Cardiff in UK.

 

  • Gender Mainstreaming, Culture and Human Rights, UNFPA online training
  • Mainstreaming Gender and Poverty into the policy process in Gambia; University of Sussex and MDI
  • Gender Policy and Planning for Economic Development in Africa; University of Buea, Cameroon and the Commonwealth Secretariat
 
WORK EXPERIENCE

1990 – 1997: Assistant Programme Officer, then Programme Officer – Gambia Family Planning Association

1997 – 2003: Deputy Executive Director, then Acting Executive Director – Women’s Bureau

2003 – 2008: National Expert Social Protection, then National Coordinator, Fight Against Social and Economic Exclusion Project – UNDP/ ILO

2008: Programme Officer Europen Union

2009 – 2010 National Coordinator, Entrepreneurship Promotion and Microfinance Development Project, African Development Bank (ADB)

2009 – 2010 National Coordinator, Entrepreneurship Promotion and Microfinance Development Project, African Development Bank (ADB)

2019 to date Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare

 

She has successfully managed programmes on women, gender and development and youth for The Gambia Family Planning Association, the Women’s Bureau, the UNDP funded Fight Against Social and Economic Exclusion project which was executed by ILO, this project doubled its target (from 6000 women and youth to 12,000 women and youth). Between 2000 and 2006, the project reached 10% of the population of The Gambia directly. It was the flagship project for both UNDP and ILO.

 

Hon. Fatou Kinteh successfully managed the Gender programme of the UNFPA Gambia country programme for over 9 years, during which, she represented the UNFPA Country in chairing the UN Thematic Group on Gender.

 

She was first appointed Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare in March 2019 and reappointed to the same portfolio on 4th May 2022.