Gambia lawmakers move forward on bill to reverse FGM ban

Gambian lawmakers voted on Monday to advance to the next parliamentary stage a bill reverse the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), which has been in place since 2015.

Lawmakers voted 42 in favor and four against to send the bill to a parliamentary committee for at least three months for further scrutiny before it returns for a third reading.

What are the arguments for and against the ban?  

Lawmaker Almameh Gibba, who presented the repeal bill earlier this month, said during…