MPs warn against “foreigners’ beliefs," although female circumcision remains prevalent in Egypt.
In a surprise development, 2015 saw the conviction of a doctor for performing female circumcision after 13-year-old Soheir al-Batea died during the procedure. Batea’s parents took the doctor to court,…
A report published by a UK-based organization reveals that Egypt has the world's highest rate of female circumcision
Egypt’s Cabinet approved on Sunday an amendment to the law criminalizing female circumcision, increasing the penalty to five to 15 years in…
Doctor Raslan Fadl told AP that his sentence was reduced from two years to three months by a court in Mansoura.
A teenage girl died on Sunday as a result of a female circumcision operation in a private hospital in Suez, according to a…
On the 12th annual International Day for Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Egypt still holds the dubious distinction of performing…
Raslan Fadl became the first doctor in Egypt to be convicted of illegally performing female genital mutilation (FGM) when he was sentenced…
«Their efforts miss the point, addressing a practice that has, in the minds of many, ceased to exist»
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