• 09/19/2024

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

New York Times

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.

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