A strategic plan will be implemented to reduce Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) rate among teenagers in Egypt from 60 to 15 percent over 5 years, in coordination with the United Nations Population Fund in Egypt, Youm7 reported Wednesday. “A total of 60 percent of girls aged 15-17 experienced FGM, according to the 2014 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS),” training coordinator for the FGM Free Village Model Program at Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population, Vivian Fouad, told Youm7. Fouad added that enforcement of the law banning FGM is one of the main outputs of this plan. A total of 92 percent of married Egyptian women, aged 15-49, have gone through FGM, but it decreases among girls aged 15-17 to 60 percent, according to the 2014 EDHS. Currently, 58 percent of mothers favor FGM, which is a remarkable decrease compared to 75 percent in 2000, according to Ministry of Health’s Sunday statement on the latest survey. The 2008 EDHS reported that 91.1 percent of women aged 15-49 experienced FGM, and that 74 percent of girls aged 15-17 experienced the practice, marking a reduction from previous surveys. The decline is expected…
Egypt Plans to Reduce Female Genital Mutilation Among Teenagers to 15 Percent
May 28, 2015
