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Browsing: Gambia’s Female Lawyers Association
- In Gambia, two opposing sides clash over whether to repeal or keep an existing FGM ban.
- This contest pits influential Muslim clerics, who are supporting a new bill seeking to repeal a 2015 law that banned FGM, against women rights activists.
- The Supreme Islamic Council of the Gambia has already issued a strong condemnation of anyone who denounces FGM.
The Gambia, one of the smallest countries in Africa, has been thrust into the global limelight as two opposing sides clash over whether to repeal or keep an existing FGM ban.
This contest pits influential Muslim clerics, who are supporting a new bill seeking to repeal a 2015 law that banned female genital mutilation (FGM) against women rights activists, who seek to have the law stay in place.
In the last week, supporters of the cut have thronged the country’s streets seeking the lifting FGM ban, which has been in place …