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A decade after the Women's (Amendment) Act 2015 outlawed female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia, women in the Lower River Region (LRR) remain deeply divided — caught between loyalty to tradition and growing awaren...
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“They told me it was the mark of a woman; I decided it was the scar of a secret I refused to carry.”
When Mrs. Nyaranding Cham was asked to inherit the title of “Ngansingbaa”—the community’s traditional cutter—after h...
In the bustling village of Kaiaf in The Gambia’s Lower River Region, a senior religious leader finds himself caught between deeply held beliefs and the realities of the law.
Musa Babanding Kassama, representing the im...
A resident of Bundung has called on Gambians—particularly young people—to respect the country’s ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), urging communities to abandon a practice he says continues to put the health and rig...
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In this episode of "Breaking the Silence: Voices of FGM Survivors" podcast, we spoke with Amie Ceesay, Chairperson of the Jarra West District Youth Committee and a student at the Community Health Nurse School in Mansakon...
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