Widespread concerns over regressive calls to repeal law against FGM in Gambia

Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- A joint statement by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) Friday expressed their “deep concern on the current regressive Parliamentary debate” advocating the repeal of the Gambia’s laws prohibiting female genital mutilation (FGM), PANA reported