{"id":55419,"date":"2024-03-26T14:27:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=55419"},"modified":"2024-03-26T14:16:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:16:17","slug":"unicef-unfpa-reps-urge-gambia-to-keep-fgm-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/unicef-unfpa-reps-urge-gambia-to-keep-fgm-ban","title":{"rendered":"Unicef, UNFPA reps urge Gambia to keep FGM ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Plans to reverse a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia, which outlawed the practice in 2015, risks setting a \u201cdangerous precedent,\u201d UN representatives warned Friday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Legislators in The Gambia began considering the reversal earlier this month, before this week agreeing to send it for committee consideration before a final vote.<\/p>\n<p>Adopting the law would \u201cset a dangerous precedent and make The Gambia the first country in the world to have stepped back from such commitments,\u201d said Nafisa Binte Shafique, the country\u2019s representative for children\u2019s agency Unicef, and Ndeye Rose Sarr, representative for sexual and reproductive health agency, United Nations Population Fund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sends a message that the rights and dignity of girls and women are expendable, perpetuating a cycle of discrimination and violence that has no place in a just and equitable society,\u201d they said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Gambia\u2019s ban on FGM in 2015 has served as \u201ca beacon of hope for countless girls,\u201d the UN officials said, adding a call for the country to uphold its existing legislation.<\/p>\n<p>A Unicef report this month found that more than 230 million women and girls around the world are survivors of FGM practices, sometimes referred to as \u201cfemale circumcision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, 73 percent of Gambian girls and women aged 15 to 49 have undergone genital mutilation \u2013 a figure that has largely stayed the same for the last 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Unicef defines the practice as \u201cthe partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons\u201d and says it can lead to serious health problems including infections, bleeding, infertility and childbirth complications, while also impairing sexual pleasure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Plans to reverse a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia, which outlawed the practice in 2015, risks setting a \u201cdangerous precedent,\u201d UN representatives warned Friday. Legislators in The Gambia began considering the reversal earlier this month, before this week agreeing to send it for committee consideration before a final [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,2366],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-55419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unicef, UNFPA reps urge Gambia to keep FGM ban - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Plans to reverse a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia, which outlawed the practice in 2015, risks s ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/unicef-unfpa-reps-urge-gambia-to-keep-fgm-ban\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Unicef, UNFPA reps urge Gambia to keep FGM ban\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Plans to reverse a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia, which outlawed the practice in 2015, risks s ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/unicef-unfpa-reps-urge-gambia-to-keep-fgm-ban\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-26T14:27:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2024\/03\/sm_1711449508.139097.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/unicef-unfpa-reps-urge-gambia-to-keep-fgm-ban#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/unicef-unfpa-reps-urge-gambia-to-keep-fgm-ban\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Unicef, UNFPA reps urge Gambia to keep FGM ban\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-26T14:27:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/unicef-unfpa-reps-urge-gambia-to-keep-fgm-ban\"},\"wordCount\":298,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/unicef-unfpa-reps-urge-gambia-to-keep-fgm-ban#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2024\/03\/sm_1711449508.139097.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/unicef-unfpa-reps-urge-gambia-to-keep-fgm-ban#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/unicef-unfpa-reps-urge-gambia-to-keep-fgm-ban\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/unicef-unfpa-reps-urge-gambia-to-keep-fgm-ban\",\"name\":\"Unicef, UNFPA reps urge Gambia to keep FGM ban - 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