Gambian politicians are seeking to overturn the landmark ban on female genital mutilation

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Gambian politicians are seeking to overturn the landmark ban on female genital mutilation


Gambia has moved a step closer towards repealing a ban on female genital mutilation.
The national assembly voted to send a bill on ending the ban to a parliamentary committee for further discussions.

Removing the ban would end legal protections for millions of girls and women.
Supporters of the proposed measure marched in the capital…

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  1. Jakka Dukhureh got it all wong. Circumcision is Divine hygienic prescription from Allah (Exalted be He). FGM is a scheme against Circumcision to interject at juxtapose.
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  2. Jaha dukureh I have went through Female circumcision and nothing absolutely happened to me. Mind you not only me but my family members, friends, and we all had our kids Alhamdullilah with zero complications. What these people are asking for is simple,they’re not saying everyone should do it By force, it’s only a choice to practice it or not to. By the way you have live in the west, no doubt you have seen transgender people changing their private parts from male to female that’s not an issue and we all know that is way far complicated than circumcision. You and your entourage should spare us with the double standards. You have been advocating the trauma you went through but that shouldn’t determine our choices in our lives. One last thing if you and sister were mutilated that doesn’t determine same thing was done to us, we were circumcised not mutilated!

  3. Men really need to stay out of this conversation. I am no feminist or do I support some of the things that feminists preach but I am totally in agreement with banning FGM. It’s a very bad practice and as a survivor myself, I say stop the practice and let women have the sexual pleasure they deserve after marriage. So unfair 🤦🏾‍♀️

  4. Jaha touray u are not speaking the truth this people some of them have more educated than u

    better let others to practice their culture by choice an they are not protesting nothing but they said let the bill repeal and allow if anybody wants to practice let do and u guys saying no let them jail them u guys are the major problems to our country because of the money u getting from western u ungrateful gang

  5. Obviously the imams and other religious leaders think Allah made some mistskes in his creation so they have to correct them by mutilation of female genitals.

  6. It would have been nice to hear from both parties.. if an activist who wants the bill ban is given chance to speak, i think another who is against the banning should be given a chance on air like jaha .be transparent

  7. WE ALL AGREE FGM IS WRONG, NO ONE DENIES THIS FACT, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS FGM IS DIFFERENT FROM FC, YOU ARE 10000000000000% RIGHT THAT FGM IS HARMFUL, WHAT WE WANT IS FOR IT TO BE DISTINGUISH FROM FC, IF YOU ARE AFRAID THERE ARE PEOPLE DOING FC WRONGLY RESULTING TO FGM, THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE, LET'S TRAIN NURSES TO CARRY OUT THE PRACTICE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT IT SAFELY.

  8. THIS CAPTION IS MISLEADING EVERYONE IN THE GAMBIA IS AGAINST FGM, AND THIS SHOULD NOT BE CONTRADICTED WITH FEMALE CIRCUMCISION. THIS TWO ARE DIFFERENT AND THIS SHOULD BE CLARIFIED. WE ARE ALL ANTI-FGM IN THE GAMBIA, EVEN OUR RELIGION IS AGAINST IT. FGM IS DIFFERENT FROM FC. THIS PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE ADVOCATING FOR FEMALE CIRCUMCISION, THEY SAID THE BANNED, SHOULD BE OVERTURN THEIR RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED. AGAIN NO ONE IN MY COUNTRY IS CAMPAIGNING FOR FGM, WE ARE ALL AGAINST IT. PRO-FC AND ANTI- FGM.

  9. FGM is not a religious practice please! These girls supporting FGM because it's a religious practice have been lied to. Their leaders (mostly men) are brainwashing them. Girls, please learn!

  10. Africans believe WAY too much backwards shyt for me. And the Muslim religion having women walk around with all of those clothes is pure torture. I could never! I am so thankful I was raised in America without religion.

  11. They are fermenting extremist views to divide people. Circumcision has nothing to do with religion. It is a traditional practice that needs to change. Keep up the fight. If you give up your power to these men and some uninformed Women , you will never get it back.