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Liberia: PAYOWI condemns FGM incident in Lofa

Liberia: PAYOWI condemns FGM incident in Lofa

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with New Dawn
Published on 2025-08-15 09:45:06

MONROVIA, LIBERIA, August 15, 2025:  The Paramount Young Women Initiative (PAYOWI) has issued a strong condemnation following reports that 500 girls were recently “graduated” from a Sande bush school in Konia, Lofa County, on August 8, 2025, in what rights advocates fear involved acts of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) despite a national moratorium on such practices.

The incident, which occurred under the watch of traditional leaders in Zorzor District, has sparked national outrage….

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