Egypt: In Egypt, Men and Boys Stand Firm Against Female Genital Mutilation

Upper Egypt, Egypt — “People tell me we inherited this practice – that they’re doing it because their neighbours are doing it,” Georgi Wahba told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.

In his village in the Minya Governorate of Upper Egypt, Mr. Wahba, 53, has become well known for his advocacy against female genital mutilation – a practice that although outlawed in the country, remains widespread. An estimated 86 per cent of ever-married women, aged 15 to 49, in Egypt…