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The Inquiry: Why Can’t Egypt Stop FGM?

Dalia abd El-Hameed says Egypt needs a sexual revolution if it’s to end FGM.

Since FGM was outlawed in Egypt in 2008 the percentage of girls aged 15 to 17 who have had FGM has dropped from 75% to 60%. In this excerpt from The Inquiry, women’s rights activist Dalia abd El-Hameed says Egypt needs a sexual revolution if it’s to get that number down to zero.

(Image: A gynaecologist cooperating with the Coptic Center for Training and Development gives a lecture on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in a village close to Beni Sueif a town 130 kilometers south of Cairo.)

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Wed 8 Jun 2016 15:23GMT

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