female genital mutilation

The United Nations' Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and Population Fund (UNFPA) have urged Egypt to halt female genital mutilation (FGM)…

The Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday rejected a lawsuit filed by Hamed Seddiq and Sheikh Youssef al-Badry challenging the constitutionality…

The day a girl is circumcised is often remembered as her “black day,” according to the National Council for Childhood…

Omayma Kamel, a member of President Mohamed Morsy’s Advisory Board for Women’s Affairs and of the Constituent Assembly from the…

Minya Governorate will collaborate with the National Council for Women to allocate LE450,000 to a Minya village to raise awareness…

Female circumcision is part of the prophetic Sunnah, said MP Nasser al-Shaker of the Salafi-led Nour Party, who previously proposed…

Egypt’s Minister of Family and Population Moushira Khattab said on Saturday that Egypt is seeking international support in order to…

A recent study showed that most women in Upper Egypt consider beatings and humiliation to be a form of masculinity,…

Egypt, where sex is still a very much taboo subject, ranks high on the list of countries generating the most…

Yesterday was the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, commemorating the 100-140 million women who have been…