92% of Married Women in Egypt Have Undergone Female Genital Mutilation

[Luiz 4,253]

Egypt’s Minister of Health Adel Adawy announced on Sunday that 92 percent of married Egyptian women have experienced female genital mutilation.

The latest results were announced at a conference held to reveal the results of the 2014 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS).

According to the Minister, 92 percent of women aged between 15 and 49 who are or have been married suffer from genital mutilation.

The majority of females undergo genital mutilation between the ages of nine and 12, with only 31 percent of the operations run by doctors, said the Minister of Health.

The Minister of Health added that FGM in rural areas is as high as 95 percent, compared to up to 39.2 percent in urban cities.

The 2014 EDHS further found that more than 50 percent of married women in Egypt favor female genital mutilation and is in accordance with religious teachings, while 30 percent believe it should be banned. FGM is normally carried out by traditional midwives and ‘health barbers’.

Despite a large number of women surveyed believing that FGM is condoned by Islam, Egypt’s top Islamic authority has condemned the act as ‘un-Islamic’ and ‘barbaric’.

Moreover, Egypt banned female genital mutilation in 2008. Article 242 of Egypt’s Penal Code criminalizes the circumcision of girls The punishment for performing FGM is a prison sentence ranging from three months to two years or a fine of 5,000 Egyptian pounds.

http://egyptianstreets.com/2015/05/10/92-of-married-women-in-egypt-have-undergone-female-genital-mutilation/

[barcodemonster 3,525]

Makes me sick that women are so surpressed in that region. 

[SychosSoChic 9,995]

And this was once one of the most powerful nations of humankind  

Like how does this happen?  

How does no one notice that such a large amount of women have had this done to them?  

[Computer 10,980]

Very sad   It should be stopped.

I say this as a victim of male genital mutilation.

[venusian 4,686]

Very sad   It should be stopped.

I say this as a victim of male genital mutilation.

​what happened??

[Computer 10,980]

​what happened??

​I was circumcised   

[venusian 4,686]

​I was circumcised   

​omfg over 70% of people are circumsised , 

[barcodemonster 3,525]

I, barcodemonster, am a victim of male genital mutilation

 

[Computer 10,980]

​omfg over 70% of people are circumsised , 

IKR ​it's like Egypt over here

[venusian 4,686]

IKR ​it's like Egypt over here

​LMAO

[Morphine Prince 109,655]

​omfg over 70% of people are circumsised , 

​Like 30% of men are circumcised worldwide, not 70.  

[field 98]

Turn another thread about female genital mutilation into one about male circumcision in 3, 2, 1....

[NathanC 938]

Turn another thread about female genital mutilation into one about male circumcision in 3, 2, 1....

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