Dropping the knife: One woman joins the fight for women ’s rights in the Gambia

Language EnglishJAJANBUREH, The Gambia – For years, Aja Babung Sidibeh would gathered girls together in the Central River Region of the Gambia and prepared them to take part in an initiation rite. The girls would come stay with her until a circumciser arrived to cut them – a practice known asfemale genital mutilation (FGM).
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