2025 UHC Day Champion
Hon. Rohey Malick Lowe
Mayor of Banjul, The Gambia
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Only by including cities and regions in global decision-making mechanisms can we ensure territorial planning that places people’s care at the center, and health systems that protect us all.
Rohey Malick Lowe was elected Mayor of Banjul on May 2018. She was a founding member of the United Democratic Party and is the first female Mayor at her city. Her priorities include ensuring the youth and women of Banjul, are empowered through skills and entrepreneurship training. She also currently stands as President of REFELA, the Network of Locally Elected Women of Africa.
Mayor Lowe is a signatory to UCLG's Local Social Covenant letter on Public Health, calling for a stronger engagement with local and regional governments, national governments, and the WHO and other international organisations to strengthen health provision and health in cities, a are integral to the advocacy around healthy cities and territories.
An esteemed gender activist, she founded the Rohey Malick Lowe Women and Girls Empowerment Initiative that invests in women’s financial independence and youth capacity-building to contribute to national socio-economic development. Her advocacy extends beyond Banjul, as she has toured rural Gambia to campaign against violence against women, support women’s leadership, and promote zero tolerance for child streetism. Her administration’s microfinance and “Water for Women” projects have brought tangible economic relief to women in remote areas.
