Born: 1941, Gambia
Died: 15 July 2015
Country most active: Gambia
Also known as: NA
Nyimasata Sanneh-Bojang was a Gambian politician and activist. She became the first woman to be elected to the Gambian National Assembly when she won the seat of Northern Kombo for the People’s Progressive Party in 1982. She was appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary of Education, and was made a Member of Parliament by Yahya Jammeh under the candidacy of Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction party. Although she kept the seat in 1987, she was deselected by her party and did not contest the 1992 election.
From 2006 until her death in 2015, she served as the Director of The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (GAMCOTRAP), working on anti-FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) activism. She was made a Member of Parliament by Yahya Jammeh under the candidacy of Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction party. She was voted to replace Duta Kamaso at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) parliament on 8 June 2006. In the role, she worked for a series of women empowerment initiatives in The Gambia.