Egypt FGM

92% OF MARRIED WOMEN IN EGYPT VICTIMS OF FGM…….

With the remaining 8%  largely comprised of Coptic women, so the headline should actually read:

”Almost 100% of Egyptian Muslim married women victims of FGM”.

Shocking figures reveal 92 per cent of married women in Egypt have suffered female genital mutilation 

Up to 92 per cent of married women in Egypt have undergone female genital mutilation, it has been revealed. A young girl is pictured above undergoing FGM in Egypt in 1987

Up to 92 per cent of married women in Egypt have undergone female genital mutilation, it has been revealed. A young girl is pictured above undergoing FGM in Egypt in 1987

  • Figure relates to women aged 15 to 49 and is even higher in remote areas
  • The statistic were revealed by the country’s Minister of Health Adel Adawy
  • He said most females undergo the procedure between ages of nine and 12 

Up to 92 per cent of married women in Egypt have undergone female genital mutilation, it has been revealed.

The country’s Minister of Health Adel Adawy said the figure relates to women aged between 15 and 49 – and is even higher at 95 per cent in rural areas.

Most females undergo the procedure between the ages of nine and 12 and less than a third of the operations are carried out by doctors, the minister said.

According to Egyptian Streets, the statistics were revealed at a conference examining the results of last year’s Egypt Demographic and Health Survey.

It found that 30 per cent of married women believe the practice should be banned – but more than half were in favour of the procedure for religious reasons.

Egypt has one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation in the world and criminalised the practice in 2008, but it remains widespread.

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