The Gambian parliament debated a bill to reverse its ban on FGM.
In a historic move, lawmakers and religious groups in Gambia aimed to repeal a ban on female genital mutilation, a dangerous tradition that the United Nations classified as a human rights abuse. The cutting often leads to lifelong physical and mental problems such as infertility, difficulties giving birth, infections, severe pain, trauma and even death. This film follows a group of activists fighting for the ban to stay in place and for communities to abandon the practice.
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