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Other pages in this profile of the Gambia:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Office of the Chief of Defense: Gambian National Army (National Guard, GNA), Gambian Navy (GN) (2008) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 379,668 females age 16-49: 384,438 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 230,202 females age 16-49: 244,480 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 0.5% (2006) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition attempts to stem refugees, cross-border raids, arms smuggling, and other illegal activities by separatists from southern Senegal's Casamance region, as well as from conflicts in other west African states |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
Definition refugees (country of origin): 5,955 (Sierra Leone) (2007) |
Trafficking in persons |
Definition current situation: The Gambia is a source, transit, and destination country for children and women trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; women and girls, and to a lesser extent boys, are trafficked for sexual exploitation - in particular to meet the demand for European sex tourism - and for domestic servitude; boys are trafficked within the country for forced begging and street vending; Gambian women and children may be trafficked to Europe through trafficking schemes disguised as migrant smuggling tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - for a second consecutive year, The Gambia is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking; The Gambia failed to report any trafficking arrests, prosecutions, or convictions in 2007, and the government demonstrated weak victim protection efforts during the reporting period (2008) |
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