Gambian MPs Advance Bill Lifting Ban on Female Genital Mutilation
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Gambian lawmakers voted on Monday to advance to the next parliamentary stage a highly controversial bill that seeks to lift a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), which has been in place since 2015. The issue has divided the tiny West African nation for months, with hundreds gathering to...
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Gambia may become first nation to reverse female genital mutilation ban
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Gambian MPs Advance Bill Lifting Ban on Female Genital Mutilation
Lawmakers in Gambia will vote Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal a 2015 ban on female genital cutting, which would make the West African nation the first country anywhere to make that reversal.
Gambian lawmakers on Monday debated a highly controversial bill seeking to lift the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in force since 2015, before suspending the vote for at least three months.
If lawmakers in the West African country vote to repeal a 2015 ban, Gambia would become the first nation to roll back protections against the practice.
Lawmakers in Gambia are set to vote on a bill that would repeal a 2015 ban on women's genital cutting, making the country the first to reverse such legislation.
If Gambia repeals the ban on female genital mutilation, it will become the first nation to roll back protections against cutting. Several people were fined last year for carrying out the practice on young girls.
ERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in Gambia will vote Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal a ban on female genital cutting, which would make the West African nation the first country anywhere to make that reversal.
Gambian lawmakers voted on Monday to advance to the next parliamentary stage a highly controversial bill that seeks to lift a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), which has been in place since 2015. The issue has divided the tiny West African nation for months, with hundreds gathering to...
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jaha Dukureh, the founder of Safe Hands for Girls, a Gambian group that aims to end female genital mutilation. Lawmakers there advanced a bill that would end its FGM ban.
