Gambia MPs back report upholding genital mutilation ban
Rights groups and the United Nations have urged MPs to reject a repeal of the ban, saying it threatens years of progress and would see The Gambia become the first country to overturn an FGM ban.
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Anti-Female Genital Mutilation protesters outside the National Assembly in Banjul, Gambia, in March this year. (AFP Images)
By NewVision Reporter
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Gambian lawmakers on Monday approved a committee report supporting a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), as a bill seeking to overturn the law