The state owned Gambia Radio and Television (GRTS) yesterday featured President Yahya Jammeh's announcement of a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM). According to GRTS, the President made this announcement at Kanilai while on his presidential tour.
President Jammeh said that the days when women and girls undergo FGM are over and as from now on FGM would be banned forever. He indicated that the ban is meant to safeguard the rights of women and girls and to protect them from serious infections. He cited effects of FGM such as cervical cancer and women dying in labour. He said FGM is now history.
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