Women's eNews | 20.02.2026 06:55
Within the next few months, The Gambian Supreme Court will make a ruling with far reaching consequences. At stake is a fundamental question: Do universal human rights apply to girls even when tradition is invoked to deny them? Once again, the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia is under direct legal attack. Despite the high resistance the law is facing today, I am reminded of a moment years ago when a mother quietly pulled me aside after a community dialogue and whispered, “If this law did not exist, my daughter would already have been cut.” That moment captured what this struggle has always been about: Not abstract debates, but real girls whose bodies and futures depend on legal protection.
