The National Committee for the Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation renewed its commitment to protecting girls and ...

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 ...

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 Egyptian MP and doctor Ahmed ...

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 ...

LAWYERS in Egypt are warning that the acquittal of a doctor charged with the female genital mutilation of a girl who died sets a precedent.

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LONDON, Nov 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A doctor being tried on charges of female genital mutilation (FGM) was acquitted on Thursday, ending Egypt's first trial of its kind, a rights group said.

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 ...

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 ...