VDAY EGYPT

Beginning in 2005, V-Day is proud to make Cairo home to the Secretariat for V-Day Africa, the Middle East, Asia as well as the hub of our Karama Program in the Middle East and North Africa.

In 1997, an Egyptian government survey found that 97 percent of all ever-married Egyptian women have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a cultural practice that is deeply imbedded in social norms regulating women’s role with regard to their marital and reproductive lives.[1] The hazardous practice of FGM has been linked to numerous health problems among women that adversely affect their reproductive capacities, self-esteem, and in some cases their mortality.

Egyptian groups including the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) and others are spearheading a campaign to stop the practice of FGM by means of a three-year initiative focusing on 60 villages in Upper Egypt. The campaign faces steep challenges due to seemingly inflexible social attitudes and practices deeply rooted in tradition.

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