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Gambian Activists Speak Against Parliamentary Efforts to End Ban on FGM


Gambian Activists Speak Against Parliamentary Efforts to End Ban on FGM
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Gambian activists took to the streets of the nation’s capital, Banjul, on Monday to protest debates by lawmakers that could overturn a ban on female genital mutilation, FGM. Human rights groups say FGM is disastrous for women’s rights worldwide, despite many communities continuing the practice as a right of womanhood, according to the United Nations. Reuters’ David Doyle has more.

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