The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights

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The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights

The Gambia’s ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) since 2015 is under threat. Proposed changes before parliament could permit medicalised female genital cutting and allow it for consenting adults. This potential reversal has thrust the country into the global spotlight as the latest example of the backlash against gender equality. The Gambia’s criminalisation of FGM was not the first in west Africa but it came as a surprise. The president at …