Why The Gambia could be reversing its FGM ban?

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Why The Gambia could be reversing its FGM ban?


The Gambian parliament will debate today a bill that seeks to reverse a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM).

If the legislators agree to consider it, the bill will be taken through a committee for further scrutiny.

FGM was criminalised in The Gambia in 2015, but some seek to overturn the ban, claiming it violates religious freedom and…

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  1. Unfortunate that us men decide about genital mutilation in women when Women are the majority in the world.
    I watched a FGM video from the Gambia and Mali And could only pity the babies/young girls .

  2. It will make no difference whether the bill is repealed or not. Its the women who perpetuate this disgusting practice, and legal or not, they will continue to do it. Stone age culture.

  3. FGM is not religious, it is cultural, and it is an outright lie to suggest otherwise. It is an abhorrent practice that needs to be permanently confined to the pages of history.

  4. It’s not a religious custom, it just ruins the lives of XX humans. Don’t the men realise, they have a better time if their partners can enjoy the best pleasure God gave us. PEACE ;]

  5. Idc tbh if it’s legal or not because it’s not exactly illegal for people to mutilate boys genitals aka circumcision and boys can actually bleed to death but that’s ok but the moment it’s a girl is just a step too far so until mgm is illegal i don’t give an actual fuck 😂

  6. I have a friend who worked in Kenya years ago. She was to help Kenyans to stop FGM, along with a team of men, commissioned by the government. In the first meeting, the men all laughed and said they would never get people to stop. It is such a wicked practice.

  7. We keep being told how colonialism was a bad thing. As soon as we're out of the picture though, this is the kind of thing these barbarians revert to.