#female genital cutting
Despite the ongoing practices of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Egypt's Health Ministry announced that the rate of teenage FGM has fallen from 74 percent in 2008 to 61 percent in 2014. The ministry released a statement marking Day of Zero Tolerance, a United Nations annual awareness day that has been taking place on 6 February since 2003, for FGM stating that government policies and awareness campaigns have contributed to the decrease in the overall percentage of FGM practices in Egypt. FGM is the crime of “intentionally…
