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Egypt
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Health
8/30/2022 11:29:29 PM
The fertility rate per woman in Egypt declined in 2021 to 2.8, a 20 percent drop from the 3.5 births per woman figure in the last survey conducted in 2014, the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) said on Tuesday
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Egypt
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Society
4/18/2022 5:57:22 PM
Social norms in Egypt still hold sway over the public when it comes to female genital mutilation (FGM) despite toughening the penalty against the crime in the past decades, concluded a recent study by the Research and Studies Unit of the Cairo-based Egyptian Youth Council (EYC).
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Opinion
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2/6/2022 6:51:32 PM
Last week, the Child Helpline received a call about a midwife who was going to perform Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on five girls in a village in Assiut. Luckily, they moved quickly to save the girls and stop the crime before it took place.
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Life & Style
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Health
2/6/2022 3:02:39 PM
On the 6th of February each year, the world re-sheds light on the quest to put an end to the practice of Female Genital Mutilation around the globe.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
12/5/2021 8:26:36 PM
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Ambassador of Norway to Egypt Hilde Klementsdal hosted a theatrical performance of A Paper Kite to raise awareness of the dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM).
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
11/30/2021 11:05:52 PM
The National Council For Women (NCW) began a 16-day campaign on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/14/2021 9:46:00 AM
Fredrika Meijier, UNFPA country representative of Egypt, speaks with Al-Ahram Weekly on the occasion of National Population Week
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Opinion
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7/1/2021 12:44:00 PM
The political will of Egyptian women and girls triumphed again, on April 30, 2021, when President Sisi signed law no 10 of 2021 to introduce amendments to several provisions of the penal code to toughen the penalty for FGM
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
6/4/2021 12:42:00 PM
The government has been working hard to tighten up the law against female genital mutilation and to rescue more girls from this cruel crime
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Egypt
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Politics
4/25/2021 2:45:00 PM
Medical professionals -- doctors and nurses -- who perform genital mutilation can face between ten and 15 years in prison, according to the amnedments
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Life & Style
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City Lights
4/19/2021 2:27:23 PM
The declarations are meant to stress a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of violence against women.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/31/2021 9:34:00 PM
Parliament approved a landmark law toughening up the penalties for female genital mutilation this week
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Opinion
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3/28/2021 5:41:00 PM
The percentage of girls aged 15 to 17, who have had the procedure, has dropped from 74 percent in 2008 to 61 percent in 2014, and the government is targeting to bring the number down by another 15 percent
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Egypt
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Politics
3/28/2021 5:06:00 PM
Head of the Religious Affairs Committee Ali Gomaa said there is nothing in Islam that supports the practice of female circumcision
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/25/2021 4:10:00 PM
While the Senate approved a law toughening penalties on female circumcision, President Al-Sisi asked parliament to pass a bill banning child marriage,
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Egypt
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Politics
3/21/2021 8:58:00 PM
If a victim dies from undergoing FGM, then the perpetrator can face 10 years in prison if they are not a medical practitioner, and 15 to 20 years if they are a doctor or nurse
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Life & Style
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Health
3/1/2021 12:16:12 PM
Cosmetic gynaecologist Amr Seifeddin talks about supporting FGM survivors through treatment, therapy and surgeries that allow damaged organs to regain function
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Egypt
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Politics
1/20/2021 7:38:24 PM
This is the second time authorities have toughened penalties for FGM in six years, and the decision comes one year after a teenager died in Upper Egypt while being subjected to the procedure
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World
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Region
7/12/2020 10:12:55 PM
The transition government which took over after autocrat Omar al-Bashir was toppled last year has vowed to lead Sudan to democracy, end discrimination and make peace with rebels
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
6/16/2020 5:39:43 PM
There may have been a spike in cases of FGM this year in different parts of the world, including Egypt, which marked the National Anti-FGM Day on 14 June, writes Rasha Geddah
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