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While, on the one hand, the Egyptian feminist movement seems to be taking great strides forward, particularly on the grassroots level, with young women inventing new forms of activism to draw attention…

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A series of violent crimes against women in Egypt has drawn attention to gaps in legal and social protections that leave female citizens vulnerable to attacks and harassment, victims and activists

CAIRO (Reuters) - A series of violent crimes against women in Egypt has drawn attention to gaps in legal and social protections that leave female citizens vulnerable to attacks and harassment, victims and activists say.

The first association defending men’s rights was recently established in Egypt, in light of the growing calls of women’s movements and organizations to grant women wider rights in the personal status law, which is currently under the amendment.

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Violence Against Women, Egypt, FGM, Prison Terms, Government, Punishment, Five Foundation advocacy group, Cairo Foundation for Development and Law, Entessar El-Saeed, Brendan Wynne.

Frustration in Egypt as Cairo hotel gang rape case is shelved Reuters 2 hrs ago By Menna A. Farouk CAIRO, May 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Egyptians said on Wednesday that attitudes towards women need to change to end sexual violence in the north African country, after a high-profile gang rape case was shelved. Public prosecutors on Tuesday freed four suspects in a case involving a woman who said she was drugged and raped in 2014 at the Fairmont Hotel in the capital, Cairo, as evidence a...

Egypt toughens penalties for female genital mutilation; activists remain sceptical By Menna A. Farouk - 26 April 2021 Most of the 28 countries in Africa where FGM is endemic have banned FGM, although enforcement is generally weak. Image: 123RF/ ammentorp Egypt has toughened penalties for female genital mutilation (FGM), imposing prison terms of up to 20 years in a push to end the ancient practice. It is the second time Egypts parliament has cracked down on FGM - ...

4 Min Read CAIRO, April 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Egypt has toughened penalties for female genital mutilation (FGM), imposing prison terms of up to 20 years in a push to end the ancient practice. It is the second time Egypt’s parliament has cracked down on FGM - which typically involves the removal of a girl’s external genitalia - but activists remain sceptical about enforcement in a country where cutting is deep-rooted and widespread. “It’s fantastic news that Egypt has strengt...