Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Welfare

Name

Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Welfare

Legal name

Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Welfare

Website

https://mogcsw.gov.gm

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Social Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAKAD

Family & Child Benefits Administration (Child Allowance, Parental Leave)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Social Security, Benefits & Welfare Administration

SECONDARYBPAGABAF

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/International Development & Poverty Alleviation

SECONDARYBPAGABAG

Child Protection & Child Rights

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/International Development & Poverty Alleviation

SECONDARYBPAGAEAE

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPAGAEAC

Family & Parenting Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPADAGAF

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Human Rights, Democracy & Governance

Keywords

• Gender equality programs
• Child protection services
• Social welfare programs
• Women empowerment initiatives
• Cash transfer programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Kanifing

HQ country

Gambia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: The Ministry operates as a government ministry funded through national budget allocations and international development assistance to implement gender equality, child protection, and social welfare programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Welfare is the government ministry of The Gambia responsible for advising the government on gender equality and the welfare of women, children, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups. It delivers programs including the Women Enterprise Fund (cash loans at 5% interest for women groups), the Family Strengthening Programme (quarterly cash transfers to vulnerable individuals), the Bakoteh Shelter for Children, the Eveline Schouten School, and the SWEDD+ Small Grants Project for adolescent girls and young women. Services are provided directly to citizens at no cost and funded through national budget allocations and international development assistance.

Product overview

The Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Welfare operates as a government ministry providing social services and protection programs rather than a commercial technology product company. Its portfolio includes the Women Enterprise Fund (financial loans at 5% interest for women entrepreneurs), the Bakoteh Shelter for Children (residential care facility), the Eveline Schouten School (education for vulnerable children), the SWEDD+ Small Grants Project (economic empowerment for adolescent girls), and the Family Strengthening Programme (cash transfers to vulnerable populations). These programs operate as standalone government initiatives without a unified digital product platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Women Enterprise Fund (WEF): A government initiative established by act of parliament in 2020 to provide financial assistance to women-led businesses through cash loans at 5% interest rate.
• SWEDD+
• National Women's Council

Products and services

• Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) A government initiative established in 2020 providing cash loans to women groups at a 5% straight interest rate to support women entrepreneurship and economic empowerment. Beneficiaries receive financial literacy and entrepreneurship training before funds are released.
• Bakoteh Shelter for Children A residential facility providing care, protection, and rehabilitation for vulnerable children. The shelter was improved with hard landscaping, concrete slabs, perimeter fencing with barbed wires, and wheelchair-accessible ramps, funded by the Government of China.
• Eveline Schouten School A school located within the Bakoteh Shelter providing education to shelter children and surrounding community youth. Features eight classrooms, administrative offices, and additional facilities. Named in honor of Eveline Schouten, late daughter of Dutch philanthropists Jan and Maureen Schouten.
• SWEDD+ Small Grants Project An initiative under the Women Entrepreneurship Fund project targeting adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24 years. Provides economic opportunities, financial inclusion, safe spaces, and livelihood skills training to promote birth registration, delay marriages until age 18, and support secondary education completion.
• Family Strengthening Programme A social protection initiative providing quarterly cash transfers to vulnerable individuals, supporting over 5,000 beneficiaries with financial assistance for basic needs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced maternal mortality from 433 to 289 per 100,000 live births
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• National Climate Action Centre (NCAC)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Collaborated on Training of Trainers workshop on Gender and Climate Resilience; housed at University of The Gambia.
• Both Ends Believing (BEB)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 August 2024Donated laptops to MoGCSW and partnered on implementing Children's Software Technology in care institutions to secure data and control visibility of orphans and vulnerable children.
• Maa Foundation (Fatoumata Jawara)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 16 December 2023Implemented the Gambifood Processing Center project in Kerr Jarga, funded by UN, to empower women in entrepreneurship.
• TostancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 December 2023International NGO collaborating on cross-border forums addressing FGM/C and child marriage between Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau. Senegal branch has helped over 7,000 communities declare abandonment of FGM/C.
• UNICEF GambiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey partner in child rights and child protection; provides technical support, funding for training programs, and capacity building for ministry staff. Collaborated on Child Rights Essentials training and child protection initiatives.
• UNFPAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN sexual and reproductive health agency; collaborates on women's empowerment programs and participated in cross-border forums on FGM/C and gender-based violence.
• UNDPmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN Development Programme supporting sustainable development initiatives and governance programs.
• ChildFund InternationalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational child development organization partnering on child protection programs and hosted laptop donation ceremony for MoGCSW.
• Action AidmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational anti-poverty organization working on women's rights and social justice programs.
• African UnionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerContinental body supporting gender equality and women's empowerment initiatives across Africa.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• UN Women: UN Women is the global UN entity dedicated to gender equality and women's empowerment, providing normative guidance, funding, and technical assistance that shape the Ministry's gender policy and National Women's Council programs.
• World Bank Gender Group: The World Bank funds the SWEDD+ project through the Ministry and operates the broader gender and human-capital agenda across the Sahel region, making it a major financial and strategic peer for women's empowerment programming.
• African Union - Women, Gender and Development Directorate: The AU Women, Gender and Development Directorate shapes continental gender equality policy that the Ministry implements at the national level, and convenes the regional gender forums in which the Ministry participates.

Emerging players

• Save the Children: Save the Children is a global child rights organization with active programming in West Africa, operating child protection, education, and shelter-related interventions that overlap with the Ministry's child welfare mandate though not always co-located in The Gambia.

Direct peers

• ChildFund International: ChildFund partners directly on child protection programs and has hosted laptop donation ceremonies for the Ministry, serving overlapping child populations in The Gambia with similar shelter-and-child-welfare interventions.
• Tostan: Tostan is a core partner running the cross-border FGM/C and child marriage programs with the Ministry; its Senegal branch has helped 7,000+ communities declare FGM/C abandonment, making it a direct operational peer in the same community-based mobilization model.
• UNDP Gambia: UNDP supports governance and sustainable development programs that overlap with the Ministry's gender mainstreaming and women's economic empowerment agenda, sharing implementation capacity and donor-coordination roles in The Gambia.
• ActionAid International: ActionAid works alongside the Ministry on women's rights and social justice programs in The Gambia, with overlapping beneficiary populations (rural women, survivors of GBV) and similar community-empowerment methodologies.
• UNFPA Gambia: UNFPA co-implements sexual and reproductive health, FGM/C abandonment, and gender-based violence programs with the Ministry, including the SWEDD+ adolescent-girls agenda and cross-border forums targeting the same beneficiaries.
• UNICEF Gambia: UNICEF's Gambia country office operates a near-identical child-rights and child-protection mandate, co-funds child rights training and protection programs with the Ministry, and serves the same child population via shared technical and financial resources.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MoCDE_Gambia
• Facebookfacebook.com/100070229588702
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ministry-of-gender-children-social-welfare

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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