FGM

Egypt’s House of Representatives has approved, by a two-thirds majority, a bill to tighten the penalty for female genital mutilation…

Egypt’s Public Prosecutor Hamada al-Sawy on Wednesday called for harsher punishment for the crime of female genital mutilation (FGM), especially…

Egypt’s National Council for Women said on Monday that it is in the process of studying the article related to…

Under the slogan “Circumcision is a burial ground,” a number of women’s and human rights organizations have launched campaigns against…

Supported by the Norwegian Embassy, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is collaborating with the Sports Ministry to kick off…

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli met Wednesday with President of the National Council for Women Maya Morsi to follow up on…

The national councils for Population, and Childhood and Motherhood on Wednesday will commemorate the International Day of Zero Tolerance for…

The United Nations honored Egyptian politician Moushira Khattab at a conference in San Francisco and awarded her the World Humanitarian…

In a case considered the first of its kind in Upper Egypt, a man is accusing his wife of ordering…

  Some schoolgirls in the United Kingdom have been pressured by their peers into undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM), according…