FILE - Relatives of a 13-year-old girl who died undergoing a female circumcision procedure walk in front of her home, in Dierb Biqtaris village, 120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of Cairo, Egypt ...

For millions of schoolgirls in Egypt, summer can be a terrifying time – it’s the start of the female genital mutilation season.

Here's an unbelievable number: 99 percent of women in Egypt have been sexually harassed. Living in Egypt, I have no doubt this number is accurate. Women wearing head scarves has never been a problem.

Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said on Saturday that 66.4 percent of married women in the country use family planning methods, a 7.9 percent increase over ...

Egypt’s ministry of health has published brief awareness pamphlets on its social media platforms about the virus, noting some of its key symptoms and asking women to schedule routine check-ups.

The number of women and girls at risk for female genital mutilation (FGM) in the United States has more than doubled in the past 10 years, ... In Egypt, where female circumcision is illegal, ...

Egypt appointed its first female judge, Tahani Al Gebali, this year. Good, say observers, however, they add, she may become a lonely pioneer unless the nation’s prosecutors’ offices–the training ...

Egypt’s ministry of health has published brief awareness pamphlets on its social media platforms about the virus, noting some of its key symptoms and asking women to schedule routine check-ups.