Actualité

Gambia: excision ban will be respected, for now, says president.

Friday, June 28, 2024

Banjul, Gambia

Gambian President Adama Barrow yesterday Thursday June 27, 2024 assured that his government would continue to enforce the ban on female circumcision and genital mutilation pending a possible vote by Parliament to lift the proscription.
Parliament approved a bill in March to repeal the 2015 legislation banning such mutilation in the predominantly Muslim West African country.
The text has been referred to a commission for review before a final vote. The commission could present its report to Parliament in the next few days.
If Parliament were to adopt the text, Gambia would become the first country in the world to rescind its ban on such mutilation, according to the UN.
“Pending its outcome (of the parliamentary review), the government remains committed to enforcing the ban on female genital mutilation,” said President Barrow during a state of the nation address broadcast on television and social networks.
Mr. Barrow said nothing about his intentions should the text be adopted.
He is under pressure from part of the international community and his own opinion to maintain the ban, and from another part of Gambians in favor of lifting it in the name of tradition and rules presented as moral.

The Gambia is one of the ten countries where FGM is most widespread: 73% of women and girls aged between 15 and 49 have undergone the procedure, according to Unicef figures.
UN representatives warned in March that overturning the ban “would set a dangerous precedent”. The NGO Human Rights Watch also expressed concern that lifting the ban would encourage other countries to follow suit.
Unicef defines FGM as the partial or total removal of a woman’s external genitalia or any other injury to the female genitalia for non-medical reasons.

Humaniterre with AFP

 

 

Download

the online magazine

Similar items

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 By Marietou Bâ Touba, Ivory Coast When he was a fetishist, convinced that it would bring

Pas de pauvreté

Éliminer la pauvreté sous toutes ses formes et partout dans le monde.

No poverty

End poverty in all its forms and everywhere.

Faim«zero»

Éliminer la faim, assurer la sécurité alimentaire, améliorer la nutrition et promouvoir l’agriculture durable.

Zero hunger

Éliminer la faim, assurer la sécurité alimentaire, améliorer la nutrition et promouvoir l’agriculture durable.

Bonne santé et bien-être

Assurer une vie saine et promouvoir le bien-être pour tous à tout âge.

Good health and well-being

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Education de qualité

Assurer une éducation de qualité exclusive et équitable et promouvoir les possibilités d’apprentissage tout au long de la vie pour tous.

Quality education

Ensure exclusive and equitable  quality education and promote lifelong learnig opportunities for all.

égalité entre les sexes

Assurer l’égalité des sexes et l’autonomisation de toutes les femmes et les filles.

Gender equality

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Eau propre et assainissement

Assurer la disponibilité et la gestion durable de l’eau et de l’assainissement pour tous.

Clean water and sanitation

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Energie propre et D’un coût abordable

Assurer l’accès à une énergie abordable, fiable, durable et moderne pour tous.

Affordable and clean energy

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

Travail décent et croissance économique

Promouvoir une croissance économique soutenue, inclusive et durable, le plein emploi productif et un travail décent pour tous.

Decent work and economic growth

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Industrie, innovation et infrastructure

Construire des infrastructures résilientes, promouvoir une industrialisation inclusive et durable et encourager l’innovation.

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.

Inégalités réduites

Réduire les inégalités entre les pays et au sein des pays.

Reduced inequalities

Reduce inequalities among and within countries.

Ville et communautés durables

Rendre les villes et les établissements humains inclusifs, sûrs, résiliants et durables.

Sustainable cities and communities

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Consommation et production responsable

Assurer des modes de consommation et de production durables.

Responsible consumption and production

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Mesure relatives à la lutte contre les changements climatiques

Prendre des mesures urgentes pour lutter contre le changement climatique et ses impacts.

Climate action

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

Vie aquatique

Conserver et utiliser durablement les océans, les mers et les ressources marines pour le développement durable.

Life below water

Conserve ans sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

Vie Terrestre

Protéger, restaurer et promouvoir l’utilisation durable des écosystèmes terrestres, gérer durablement les forêts, lutter contre la désertification, stopper et inverser la dégradation des sols et mettre un terme à la perte de biodiversité.

Life on land

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Paix, justice et institutions efficaces

Promouvoir des sociétés pacifiques et inclusives pour le développement durable, assurer l’accès à la justice pour tous et mettre en place des institutions efficaces, responsables et inclusives à tous les niveaux.

Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Partenariats pour la réalisation des Objectifs

Renforcer les moyens de mise en œuvre et revitaliser le partenariat mondial pour le développement durable.

Partnerships for the goals

Strenghen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.