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Efforts will Have Serious Consequences for Gender Equality and Women’s Health Gambia may soon become the first nation to reverse a ban against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). Gambia passed a law banning the practice in 2015. But the parliament is now moving to overturn the ban, arguing that such an effort is […]
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Political and Religious Leaders Push to Decriminalize FGM Members of the Gambian National Assembly may soon propose legislation to decriminalize female genital mutilation (FGM), which was banned in the country eight years ago. Support for repealing the law is not only limited to parliament, as the Supreme Islamic Council has also issued a fatwa condemning anyone who denounces […]
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