All posts tagged "female genital mutilation"

Growing up in Egypt, female genital mutilation (FGM) was to me, a woman, a well-known, much-feared and...

Egypt’s government announced on Wednesday that it had approved legal amendments toughening the penalties for female genital...

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is one of the biggest issues facing Egypt’s female population. The United Nations...

  The National Committee for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), headed by the National Council...

Police have arrested four people after a 12-year-old girl died when a doctor performed a female genital...

In a novel case for Egypt, a man has pressed charges against his wife after he discovered...

Despite the ongoing practices of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Egypt’s Health Ministry announced that the rate of teenage FGM has fallen from...

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)/Cutting remains widely practiced in Egypt. According to the 2015 Egyptian Health Issues Survey...

Policies aimed at eradicating female genital cutting, known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), since the 1950s have not...

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a long-debated issue in Egypt, with Egypt being among the top six...

An Egyptian Member of Parliament (MP) is to be investigated by the Parliament’s ethics committee for apparently...

Egyptian member of parliament Elhamy Agina has encouraged women to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) to “reduce...

Egypt’s cabinet of ministers approved a draft bill to increase prison time for the practice of female...

By Nourhan Fahmy and Menna Zaki Local rights groups criticized on Tuesday the legal provision on female...

Security forces in Egypt’s Daqahliya governorate have imprisoned Raslan Fadl, the first Egyptian doctor to be brought to...

A teenage Egyptian girl died on Sunday after undergoing female genital mutilation at a private hospital in...

An Egyptian court has revoked the medical license of Raslan Fadl a year after he was found...