{"id":5594,"date":"2026-01-16T23:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=5594"},"modified":"2026-01-16T23:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:01:15","slug":"attempt-to-overturn-the-gambias-ban-on-fgm-heard-by-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/01\/16\/attempt-to-overturn-the-gambias-ban-on-fgm-heard-by-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Attempt to overturn the Gambia\u2019s ban on FGM heard by supreme court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Supreme Court of The Gambia has begun hearing a case brought by religious leaders and an MP seeking to overturn the country&#8217;s ban on female genital mutilation (FGM). The plaintiffs argue the ban violates cultural and religious rights, a move that follows a failed legislative attempt to decriminalize the practice in 2024. Rights groups warn that legalizing FGM would be a major setback for women&#8217;s rights and could encourage similar regressions globally. The case comes amid reports of infant deaths related to the practice and continued high rates of FGM in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: January 9, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2026\/jan\/09\/the-gambia-female-genital-mutilation-fgm-supreme-court-case-overturn-ban\">theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court of The Gambia has begun hearing a case brought by religious leaders and an MP seeking to overturn the country&#8217;s ban on female genital mutilation (FGM). The plaintiffs argue the ban violates cultural and religious rights, a move that follows a failed legislative attempt to decriminalize the practice in 2024. Rights groups [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":5616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gender-equality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5597,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5594\/revisions\/5597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}