insert_link Oshiwambo Ehangano lyuundjolowele muuyuni oliindiile omilandu dhoku keelela aanilonga yuuhaku yaaha ninge omakenko gaakiintu Momilandu omipe,ehangano lyo WHO olya dhenge omuthindo onkandangala ya simana hayi dhanwa kaanambelewa yuuhaku oku tothamo noku yambidhidha ooluhupe yomukalo nguka gwa nika oshiponga,omanga tali nongele uumbangi kutya aanilonga yamwe yuuhaku oyo ya kala taya ningi omakenko gaakiintu-FGM. today30 April, 2025
insert_link Africa Gambia MPs uphold ban on female genital mutilation Gambian lawmakers voted this afternoon to uphold a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation, rejecting a controversial bill seeking to overturn the law after months of heated debate and international pressure. Legislators killed the bill by voting against all the proposed amendments to the 2015 text that would have decriminalised the practice. Rights groups and the United Nations had urged MPs to reject the bill, saying it […] today15 July, 2024
insert_link Africa Female genital mutilation is on the rise in Africa: disturbing new trends are driving up the numbers By Tamsin Bradley, University of Portsmouth Thirteen-year-old Salamatu Jalloh had her whole future to look forward to. But in January 2023, her lifeless body was found wrapped in a pink and blue shroud on an earthen floor in a village in north-west Sierra Leone. Salamatu and two other girls bled to death after participating in a secret Bondo society initiation into womanhood. The ceremony, which […] today13 May, 2024
insert_link Africa The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights By Satang Nabaneh, University of Dayton The Gambia’s ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) since 2015 is under threat. Proposed changes before parliament could permit medicalised female genital cutting and allow it for consenting adults. This potential reversal has thrust the country into the global spotlight as the latest example of the backlash against gender equality. The Gambia’s criminalisation of FGM was not the first in west […] today2 April, 2024
