Medical schools add female genital mutilation to curricula

By Ashraf Khaled. In a bid to curb the age-old practice, Egyptian medical students are to study female genital mutilation as part of their training in a country where more than 80% of mutilations are believed to be conducted by medical workers.
He cited 2014 government statistics that said around 92% of Egypt’s women aged 15 to 49 years have been subjected to female genital mutilation. The rates dropped to 61% among girls under the age of 15, compared to 74% in 2008. Read more...