FGM

Egyptian parliament tightens penalty for female genital mutilation
Egypt

Egyptian parliament tightens penalty for female genital mutilation

Egypt’s House of Representatives has approved, by a two-thirds majority, a bill to tighten the penalty for female genital mutilation…
Egypt’s Public Prosecutor calls for harsher punishments for FGM, presses charges against 2 suspects
Egypt

Egypt’s Public Prosecutor calls for harsher punishments for FGM, presses charges against 2 suspects

Egypt’s Public Prosecutor Hamada al-Sawy on Wednesday called for harsher punishment for the crime of female genital mutilation (FGM), especially…
Egypt’s National Council for Women to propose toughening anti-FGM law
Egypt

Egypt’s National Council for Women to propose toughening anti-FGM law

Egypt’s National Council for Women said on Monday that it is in the process of studying the article related to…
On international day against FGM, women’s organizations condemn practice in Egypt
Egypt

On international day against FGM, women’s organizations condemn practice in Egypt

Under the slogan “Circumcision is a burial ground,” a number of women’s and human rights organizations have launched campaigns against…
Destination Egypt 2030: Combating FGM through arts and sports
Egypt

Destination Egypt 2030: Combating FGM through arts and sports

Supported by the Norwegian Embassy, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is collaborating with the Sports Ministry to kick off…
PM meets head of National Council for Women
Egypt

PM meets head of National Council for Women

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli met Wednesday with President of the National Council for Women Maya Morsi to follow up on…
Egypt prepares to commemorate counter-FGM day
Society

Egypt prepares to commemorate counter-FGM day

The national councils for Population, and Childhood and Motherhood on Wednesday will commemorate the International Day of Zero Tolerance for…
Moushira Khattab granted UN World Humanitarian Award
Egypt

Moushira Khattab granted UN World Humanitarian Award

The United Nations honored Egyptian politician Moushira Khattab at a conference in San Francisco and awarded her the World Humanitarian…
Unprecedented case in Egypt: Man reports his wife for performing FGM on his daughters
Egypt

Unprecedented case in Egypt: Man reports his wife for performing FGM on his daughters

In a case considered the first of its kind in Upper Egypt, a man is accusing his wife of ordering…
UK schoolgirls have been pressured by peers to have FGM, campaigner says
Life & Style

UK schoolgirls have been pressured by peers to have FGM, campaigner says

  Some schoolgirls in the United Kingdom have been pressured by their peers into undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM), according…
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