The legislative move has sparked intense backlash from activists and human rights organizations. The Gambia’s parliament has voted to advance a bill that could potentially lift the existing ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), positioning the West African nation on the brink of becoming the first country globally to legalize the practice, thereby affecting millions of women and girls.The proposal, which seeks to repeal the 2015 legislation that criminalized FGM, sentencing violators to up to three years in prison, saw a dominant majority vote of 42 to four in favour of its advancement on Mo…