An anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) protester outside the National Assembly in Banjul on March 18, 2024, during the debate between lawmakers on a highly controversial bill seeking to lift the ban ...

Many in Gambia still practice FGM despite ban A final vote on whether to reverse ban due July 24 Some Gambians see FGM ban as attack on African culture Others worry about ripple effects of reversing ...

Despite legal frameworks, millions of girls in Africa remain at risk of child marriage and FGM, as a new report reveals significant gaps in enforcement and support systems.

She wasn’t sick. She wasn’t in danger. She was born a girl, and that was enough. In parts of the world today, being a girl still comes with one of the most brutal rites imaginable: Female genital ...

Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) remains a threat to the rights of women in Southeast Asia, often religiously and culturally justified. Yet, despite lasting physical and psychological ...

Gambia’s parliament has voted to uphold a landmark law that bans female genital mutilation (FGM) in the largely Muslim nation, after religious groups pushed for the legislation to be repealed. If ...

Millions of girls in Africa are still at risk of child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) despite bans in most countries. A new report by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and ...

DAKAR, April 8 (Reuters) - Gambian lawmaker Almaneh Gibba started his campaign to overturn a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation after the West African country imposed its first fines on those found ...