Trainee FGM ‘cutter’ who fled the Gambia fights renewed risk to girls

Maimouna Jawo launches online campaign from UK after Gambian move to rescind female circumcision banA woman who stood up against her community and refused to be a female genital mutilation “cutter” is launching a campaign to protect tens of thousands of girls who are at renewed risk of female circumcision in her home country, the Gambia.Maimouna Jawo, 50, who was herself subjected to FGM, has recently been granted leave to remain in the UK by the Home Office after more than a decade of waiting. Continue reading...

Apr 2, 2024 - 21:30
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Trainee FGM ‘cutter’ who fled the Gambia fights renewed risk to girls

Maimouna Jawo launches online campaign from UK after Gambian move to rescind female circumcision ban

A woman who stood up against her community and refused to be a female genital mutilation “cutter” is launching a campaign to protect tens of thousands of girls who are at renewed risk of female circumcision in her home country, the Gambia.

Maimouna Jawo, 50, who was herself subjected to FGM, has recently been granted leave to remain in the UK by the Home Office after more than a decade of waiting. Continue reading...

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