FGM

When 13-year-old Malika from a dusty village outside Cairo, Egypt turned 11, her mother took her to the doctor late…

Maya Morsy, chairman of the National Council for Women, has called for legal action against MP Elhamy Agena after he…

MP Elhamy Agena has said that a law criminalizing female genital mutilation (FGM) will not quash the traditional practice, saying,…

Egyptian feminist Janet Abdel Aleem has ridiculed statements by a male member of parliament who suggested that female genital mutilation…

The Cabinet has approved an amendment to the law criminalizing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), increasing the penalty to five to…

The prosecutor's office in Suez governorate has referred four defendants to criminal court on charges relating to the death of…

The Centre for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance (CEWLA) has slammed MP Ahmed al-Tahawy, member of the parliamentary health committee, for…

Suez Misdemeanor Court canceled on Saturday an earlier ruling to release on bail a mother accused of subjecting her daughter to a…

The mother of a 17-year-old has been detained for four days pending investigations into allegations that she subjected her daughter…

Kenyan families wanting their daughters to undergo ritual genital cutting are increasingly arranging for it to be done secretly at…