Liberia: ‘We Will Pass the Anti-FGM Bill’

Bong County Representative Miama Briggs Mensah has assured the women and the public in general that a bill to abolish the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) would be passed.

Addressing women at the just-ended Women Consultative Conference in Ganta recently, she said the FGM bill will be passed in a modified way, where the bad parts will be removed.

“The FGM Bill be modified where the good ones will be practiced, instead of the bad ones,” she said.

She explained other good practices within…