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Consistency, honesty, and courage are invaluable principles of life that must characterize the conduct of individuals and organizations if they are to earn respect and appreciation. It is perfectly fine that individuals can agree or disagree but what is not fine is when individuals are not consistent and lack the […]
Dear Mr President, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to express my concern about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia and I urge your government to take further action to eliminate this harmful practice for an improved society. I commend your administration’s commitment to human […]
In 1994, as a journalist with Radio Gambia I had the privilege of being the first and only Gambian journalist to interview the imam who came from Mecca to consecrate the State House Mosque. One of my questions to him was about the position of female circumcision in Islam. His […]
31st AUGUST 2023 PRESS RELEASE The Malick Jallow Foundation for Children (MJFC) welcomes the recent and first judicial decision enforcing the penal ban on female genital mutilation in the Gambia which came into force since 2016 by Magistrate Kanjura B. Sambou of the Central River Region and conviction of three […]