When Gambia Banned Female Genital Cutting, a Defiant 96-Year-Old Resisted

Yassin Fatty, a traditional practitioner of female genital cutting in the West African nation of Gambia, became the first to be convicted there. But her case led to a backlash and a popular campaign to make it legal again.

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