Lawmakers in Gambia are set to vote on a bill that would repeal a 2015 ban on women's genital cutting, making the country the first to reverse such legislation.
Lawmakers in Gambia will vote Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal a 2015 ban on female genital cutting, which would make the West African nation the first country anywhere to make that reversal. The procedure, which also has been called female genital mutilation, includes the partial or full removal of external genitalia, often by traditional community practitioners with tools such as razor blades or at times by health workers.
If they succeed with this repeal, we know that they might come after the child marriage law and even the domestic violence law. This is not about religion but the cycle of controlling women and their bodies,' she said. The bill is backed by religious conservatives in the largely Muslim nation of less than 3 million people. Its text says that 'it seeks to uphold religious purity and safeguard cultural norms and values.
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