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Mali’s lack of anti-FGM law challenged

Mali’s lack of anti-FGM law challenged

LEADING women’s rights organizations have jointly filed a case at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice in Abuja, Nigeria, to challenge Mali’s failure to prohibit Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by adopting a legal and policy framework that would criminalize the practice.  Currently, there is no legislation that addresses FGM, leaving women and girls without recourse or protection from this human rights violation.  The case, which was filed by Equality Now, Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), Association Malienne pour le Suivi et l'Orientation des Pratiques Traditionnelles and Association pour le Progrès et…
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Mali’s failure to ban FGM challenged

Mali’s failure to ban FGM challenged

NITA BHALLA MALI’S failure to outlaw female genital mutilation (FGM) is being challenged in West Africa's highest court by rights groups, who accused the country yesterday of failing to protect girls and women from "a grave and systematic violation". Nine out of 10 women and girls in Mali have undergone the ancient ritual, which usually involves the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia and can cause serious health problems, according to the United Nations. Women's rights NGO Equality Now said it had jointly filed a case with two partner organisations at the Economic Community of West African…
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