this just makes me ill.
If convicted, the doctor faces a sentence about between three months and three years. FGM is illegal in Egypt. It was banned by President Hosni Mubarak's government in 2008. The practice is remains widespread however. Statistics suggest that 98% of Egyptian girls have undergone the procedure.
According to the director of the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights Nihad Abualqmassan, efforts to halt FGM in Egypt stopped during the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood. She said of the case, and the broader struggle to end the practice "this will continue to need a lot of work and effort by the state to apply the law. Most cases don't get to the prosecutor unless the girl suffers health consequences."
According to the World Health Organization, as of 2008, 130 million girls have been cut.
A growing international campaign against the practice was given a boost last month on International Zero Tolerance for FGM Day (February 6) with the introduction of a new initiative by the British government backed by the Guardian newspaper. With the help of social workers, law enforcement, and widespread cultural education, the aim is to eliminate the practice in one generation. It is based on the campaigns to end footbinding, which were successful in China in the early 20th century.
I am at a loss for words. I truly am.
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