Egypt sees FGM decline and stricter laws. The nation's century-long struggle against deeply ingrained cultural norms shows progress, but the fight persists. According to official statistics, female ...

In 2020, surgeons Reham Awwad and Amr Seifeldin became the first to offer the procedure in Egypt through their clinic, Restore FGM — Khaled DESOUKI Intissar was only 10 years old when she was forced ...

Dr. Raslan Fadl was sentenced to two years in prison after a girl died in his care. NPR found him working at a government hospital. Egyptian Doctor Found Guilty Of Female Genital Mutilation Isn't In ...

CAIRO -- An Egyptian court Thursday acquitted a doctor charged with performing female genital mutilation that led to a 13-year-old girl's death in a Nile Delta village, the country's first trial on ...

The procedure, common in some parts of the African continent, is practised by both Muslims and Christians in Egypt. Health ministry officials will monitor and oversee clinics and private hospitals to ...

CAIRO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A doctor in Egypt was jailed on Monday for two years after the death of a 13-year-old girl on whom he performed genital mutilation (FGM), the first conviction since the ...

CAIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women's rights activists hailed the Egyptian government on Monday for advocating increased prison sentences for perpetrators of female genital mutilation (FGM) but ...

According to The World Health Organisation, in countries that practice it, FGM is considered a necessary part of raising a girl and preparing her for adulthood and marriage, as it prevents her from ...

It's estimated that 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone some form of FGM, according to the United Nations (UN). Although primarily concentrated in 30 countries in Africa and the ...

In 2020, surgeons Reham Awwad and Amr Seifeldin became the first to offer the procedure in Egypt through their clinic, Restore FGM - Copyright AFP Khaled DESOUKI In ...

Intissar was only 10 years old when she was forced to undergo genital mutilation, but 30 years later, one clinic is offering help for some of the millions of Egyptian women affected by the ...