Gambian MPs Advance Bill Lifting Ban on Female Genital Mutilation

Anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) protesters demonstrate outside the National Assembly in Banjul, Gambia, March 18, 2024, as lawmakers debate a bill seeking to lift the ban on FGM. Lawmakers voted to advance the measure to the next parliamentary stage. Pro-female Genital Mutilation protesters gather outside the National Assembly in Banjul, Gambia, on March 18, 2024.