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When Gambia Banned Female Genital Cutting, a Defiant 96-Year-Old Resisted

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Yassin Fatty, a traditional practitioner of female genital cutting in the West African nation of Gambia, became the first to be convicted there. But her case led to a backlash and a popular campaign to make it legal again.



Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/world/africa/gambia-female-genital-cutting.html

Author : Ruth Maclean, Matty Jobe and Kiana Hayeri

Publish date : 2024-09-05 17:43:18

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