Gambia muuttaa lakia naisten sukuelinten leikkaamisista

Laki on muuttumassa sallivampaan suuntaan. Naisten sukuelinten silppomisen kielto aiotaan poistaa.

A bill aimed at lifting the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) has been tabled in The Gambia's parliament by an independent lawmaker.

It was outlawed in the mainly Muslim nation in 2015 when Yahya Jammeh was president.

He said it was not required in Islam.

But influential Muslim clerics have been pushing for the ban to be repealed, while women's rights activists have vowed to campaign for it to remain in place.

Mr Jammeh's 22-year authoritarian rule came to an end in 2016.

More than three-quarters of Gambian females aged between 15 and 49 have undergone FGM, according to the UN.

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Followers of an outspoken Muslim cleric, Abdoulie Fatty, rallied in support of the bill shortly before it was introduced in parliament on Monday.

They chanted: "Female circumcision is my religious belief, Gambia is not for sale."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68476922

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