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Egypt toughens sexual harassment law

Egypt toughens sexual harassment law

MENNA A FAROUK EGYPTIAN women's rights activists have called for laws protecting women to be better enforced after the introduction of stronger penalties for sexual harassment offences. They welcomed a move by Egypt's parliament on Sunday to reclassify sexual harassment as a felony, increase the minimum jail sentence from one to two years and raise the fine to at least 100,000 Egyptian pounds ($6,400). But they warned this would only be effective if enforcement of such laws was improved, citing a lack of awareness among police, judges and society as a whole. The legal amendments are the latest in a…
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Egypt’s cabinet toughens law banning female genital mutilation

Egypt’s cabinet toughens law banning female genital mutilation

MENNA A FAROUK EGYPT’S cabinet has toughened a law banning female genital mutilation (FGM) - imposing jail terms of up to 20 years as part of efforts to stamp out the ancient practice. Nearly 90% of Egyptian women and girls aged between 15 and 49 have undergone FGM, according to a 2016 survey by the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the ritual is practised widely by both Muslims and Christians despite the 2008 ban. Amendments to the FGM law approved by the cabinet on Wednesday include hiking the maximum sentence from the current seven years and banning doctors and other…
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