In a video to illustrate what happened to her vulva when she was aged six she cut off the petals of a rose with a razor blade ...

Gambia is at the center of the global fight to stop women’s rights from being rolled back. Now, a male-dominated Parliament ...

Gambian lawmakers rejected a bill that would have overturned its ban on female genital mutilation. The vote marks a victory ...

Over the past year, Gambia — a tiny majority-Muslim country — has been engulfed in a nationwide debate about female genital cutting, which is widely known as female genital mutilation (FGM).

“Till today, it is difficult for me to look at myself in the mirror and any ... Section 6 of the Act prohibits harmful traditional practices like FGM. This raises the question of enforcement.

HELP IS at hand for anyone being forced into marriage this summer - thats the message from West Midlands Police.

For Mariama Jarjou, taking her two daughters to a traditional circumciser when they were 5 and 4 was an act of love - a ...

Gambia’s parliament has voted to uphold a landmark law that bans female genital mutilation (FGM) in the largely Muslim nation, after religious groups pushed for the legislation to be repealed.

And that's why Janjou is strongly in favor of an attempt in Gambia's parliament to become the first country to repeal a ban on female genital mutilation. "Yes, I want them to allow us to do it ...

Ms Sharawe decided to look for funds to pay for ... is a passionate campaigner against FGM The physical toll of such operations means some doctors, like Dr Reham Awwad in Egypt, are keen to ...

Now 28, Ndure learnt through NGO-led advocacy about the harmful consequences of FGM on women's health. She noted that elders like Jarjou can feel offended by such campaigns. "They say they are ...