The National FGM Abandonment Strategy 2016-2020

The National FGM Abandonment Strategy 2016-2020

September 5, 2018

The Egyptian society's fight against the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and reduction of prevalence rates among the younger generation of Egyptian girls compliments the constitutional and legal obligations of the Egyptian state for the advancement of the status of the Egyptian children, women, and family.

The National FGM Abandonment Strategy comes to confirm the national and international commitments of Egypt, and complete the state's previous government and civil efforts to protect the basic health, psychological and social rights of Egyptian children, women and families.

The strategy is available in English and Arabic.  

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