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Egypt - Politics
Egypt's women's council to file complaint against MP who called for college virginity tests
10/1/2016 9:14:34 PM
In the latest of his controversial proposals, Ilhami Agina said that any woman applying to university should be subject to a virginity test
Egypt - Politics
HRW hails Egypt's new harsher penalties against FGM, says more reform needed
9/9/2016 5:00:33 PM
Egypt's parliament approved a bill criminalizing FGM and increases prison terms for practitioners
Egypt - Politics
MP Agina who called Egyptian men ‘sexually weak’ to be referred to ethics committee
9/7/2016 5:10:00 PM
MP Ilhami Agina had said that he was opposed to making FGM a felony because 'Egypt's men are sexually weak'
Egypt - Politics
Egypt's parliament passes bill designating FGM a felony, imposes stricter penalties
8/31/2016 10:00:00 PM
While female genital mutilation has been criminalised since 2008, it is still prevalent
Egypt - Politics
New bill increases jail terms as FGM becomes a felony in Egypt
8/28/2016 4:49:55 PM
Life & Style - Health
National education campaign, not just laws, needed to fight FGM: Gynaecologist
8/25/2016 8:13:57 PM
Ahram Online talks with Hussein Gohar, a prominent gynaecologist, about how Egypt should combat the practice of female genital mutilation
Egypt - Politics
Egyptian MP's endorsement of FGM stirs controversy but unlikely to have effect
7/12/2016 9:39:56 PM
While female genital mutilation has been criminalised in Egypt since 2008 and awareness of the risks has increased, it is still alarmingly common throughout society
Egypt - Politics
Egypt prosecutors renew mother's detention over daughter's FGM death
6/10/2016 11:24:40 AM
The doctor who committed the banned operation is still on the run
World - International
Kenyan parents fearing ban on FGM get girls cut at night
5/18/2016 11:45:54 AM
Opinion -
Egypt: Only education can bridge the gap between rich and poor
4/14/2016 5:40:59 PM
World - International
Gambia criminalises female genital mutilation
12/29/2015 4:23:27 PM
Opinion -
Efforts are paying off in fighting FGM
6/7/2015 2:31:54 PM
Only 61 percent of girls aged between 15 and 17 were circumcised in 2014, compared to 74 percent in 2008, according to a recent survey
Life & Style - Health
FGM on the decline in Egypt: 2014 Survey
5/27/2015 10:35:28 AM
Practice of female genital mutilation falling among younger generation in Egypt
Egypt - Politics
Egypt convicts doctor, father in first ever FGM trial
1/26/2015 1:04:02 PM
An organisation which has long campaigned against FGM dubbed the verdict "historic."
Life & Style - Health
It's time to fight traditions that harm women's health: WHO
12/22/2014 9:50:07 AM
WHO says time has come to seriously face traditions as child marriage and FGM
Egypt - Politics
Egypt court to hear appeal against acquittal verdict in FGM death case
12/12/2014 6:41:16 PM
A father and doctor were previously acquitted of responsibility for killing a teenage girl in circumcision operation
Arts & Culture - Screens
Egyptian directors show abortion, harassment, FGM in novel ways
12/8/2014 6:58:13 PM
Three shorts by three female Egyptian directors on abortion, sexual harassment and female genital mutilation at the Cairo International Women's Film Festival
Egypt - Politics
HRW calls on Egypt to end FGM
11/27/2014 1:03:14 PM
Acquittals in the first trial for female genital mutilation prompt Human Rights Watch to call on the Egyptian government to take "clear action" to end the practice
World - International
EU vows to combat violence against women
11/25/2014 7:42:00 PM
European Union marks international day to eliminate violence against women
Opinion -
A rural community calls for an end to FGM
11/23/2014 11:36:35 PM
Laws against female genital mutilation have been in place in Egypt for more than half a decade, but they need to be bolstered, so the practice ends and culprits are punished
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