“During its one year of existence as a law, the temporary ban on FGM was not as effective as initially anticipated. On this day, therefore, we would like to remind Liberia to put in place a permanent anti-FGM law,” explained Ms. Gitonga. On 19th January 2018, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf signed Executive Order 92 banning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) for one year. The temporary ban, however, only covered girls below the age of 18 and imposed lenient penalties on perpetrators. Other than the temporary ban on FGM, there has never been any solid attempt at making FGM illegal in Liberia.

Source: Front Page Africa March 13, 2019 23:01 UTC