In Gambia, lawmakers have voted to uphold legislation banning female genital mutilation. The vote comes after Gambia’s National Assembly in March approved a move to repeal the landmark 2015 ban on female genital cutting. Some lawmakers say they were willing to lose their seat by speaking out against the practice.

Gibbi Mballow: “What is wrong shall never be right. This is wrong, and I will stand to say it’s wrong. Even it has taken me to lose this seat, I was ready to resign and said, 'Look, I will not be a part of a legislative that will tend to return my country in those old age.'”