Gambia: Activist Wants Govt Assurance On FGM, Child Marriage Laws

FGM activist and founder of Safe Hands for Girls, Jaha Dukureh, has called on the new government to affirm publicly that Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage laws passed by the former regime are here to stay.

Jaha was briefing journalists on the upcoming FGM Media Award held at the GPU secretariat.

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