EWN

Gambia top court hears case to overturn female genital mutilation ban

The Gambia has one of the highest rates of FGM in the world, with 73 percent of women and girls aged 15 to 49 having ...
Los Angeles Times

Gambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting. Reversing it would have been a global first

BANJUL, Gambia — Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the first country in the ...
News24

Traditionalists challenge Gambia’s female genital mutilation ban despite more baby deaths

The Gambia’s Supreme Court began hearing a case this week brought by religious traditionalists who are hoping to topple the ...
Newsday

3 women in Gambia are charged in the death of one-month-old in female genital mutilation case

SERREKUNDA, Gambia — Three women were charged in Gambia over the death of a one-month-old girl who had undergone female genital mutilation, the police said, in the first such case since the country ...
The Point

BSIC Gambia donates sanitary, hygiene items to female inmates at Mile II Prison

The donation, presented at the headquarters of the Gambia Prisons Service (GPS) in Banjul, included sanitary pads, deodorants ...