Egypt’s top prosecutor on Saturday referred a doctor and two others to the criminal court after a 12-year old girl died undergoing female circumcision, also known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), that he performed in Upper Egypt’s Assiut. Four...اقرأ المزيد
Marking the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Egypt’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mohamed Idris affirmed the government’s keenness to continue efforts to eliminate the long-standing phenomenon. This...اقرأ المزيد
A delegation from national human rights entities met on Tuesday with an anti-violence official from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, where they discussed the situation concerning violence against women in Egypt. The...اقرأ المزيد
Cairo released on Thursday a Call for Action to eliminate child marriage and Female Genital Mutilation practice in Africa, during a regional conference attended by representatives of African Union member states, UN agencies and civil associations on June...اقرأ المزيد
Dar al-Ifta, Egypt’s central authority for issuing religious rulings, confirmed that Islam did not order Muslims to circumcise their daughters, and that it was not proven that Prophet Muhammad circumcised his daughters. In a Motion Graphics video,...اقرأ المزيد
Soad El Masry, Parliamentarian and Member of the small and medium enterprises, called for imposing harsh penalty on parents and physician, who are involved in female genital mutilation (FGM) crimes. El Masry said in a press statement, “we have to strengthen...اقرأ المزيد
A new website, titled “Enough with FGM” has been launched to combat Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), as a part of a wider campaign to raise awareness of the pratice, Vivian Fouad, coordinator of the National Strategy against FGM announced. The website...اقرأ المزيد
The National Population Council said this week that the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) among teenage girls aged 15-17 dropped in Egypt from 74 percent to 61 percent from the years 2008-2014. The health ministry, along with the National...اقرأ المزيد
Tadwein Center for Gender Studies launched on Sunday its first campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM) under the slogan “It doesn’t work” in line with the International Day against FGM, February 6, 2018. Tadwein said in a statement on Sunday...اقرأ المزيد
Humanitarian organization Plan International Egypt organized four training camps in Sohag governorate, Upper Egypt, under the slogan “no violence against girls” to raise awareness about discrimination against woman. The camps targeted children of...اقرأ المزيد
