On Episode 2 of our digest of The Republic published Factsheet on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), we bring you evidence to counter claims that type II and type III FGM do not exist in The Gambia:

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“Among the participants of the 2016 study conducted at 4 major health facilities in the country, at least 704 participants underwent types 2 FGM which includes partial or total removal of the clitoral glans and the labia minora. And 132 participants underwent type 3 FGM…

“Mai Ahmad Fatty, one of the proponents of female circumcision, told a weekly online show, Kerr Fatou, a niece of his who underwent FGM type 3 could not consummate the marriage for three weeks because she was sealed.”