Tag: FGM/C

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PRESS STATEMENT: MJFC Welcomes Declining Trend In FGM/C Practice

                                                                    8th  February 2024 The Malick Jallow Foundation for Children (MJFC) joins the rest of the world in marking the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) earmarked for the 6th February of each year. According to the United Nations, the aim of this day is to amplify and  direct […]

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MJFC Welcomes Court Decision on FGM-C

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 […]