Every girl in The Gambia is waiting to find out whether the law protecting her from female genital mutilation (FGM) will survive. Development Diaries reports that the Supreme Court in Banjul is hearing a constitutional challenge seeking to overturn Sections 32A and 32B of the Women’s Act, the provisions that criminalise FGM. Filed by Almameh Gibba and seven others against the Attorney General, the case asks the court to decide whether the ban vi…
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