Alerted by the fact that the Gambia risks becoming the first country in the world to cancel legal protection against female genital mutilation (FGM), MEPs on Thursday 25 April urged the Gambian Parliament to reject the proposal to repeal FGM and to support its criminalisation of FGM (see EUROPE B13399A10).
In the joint resolution that they adopted (535 votes in favour, one against and one abstention), the MEPs also urged the Gambian government to redouble its efforts to prevent and...