More women have undergone FGM in Egypt than any other country. Here, women wait to tell their stories about living with FGM at the Society of Islamic Center near Sohag in January 2015.
More women have undergone FGM in Egypt than any other country. Here, women wait to tell their stories about living with FGM at the Society of Islamic Center near Sohag in January 2015.
Christina Mourad/UNFPA/Egypt/2015
Most Egyptian girls are "cut," as it is often called, between the ages of nine and 12. Here, in a photo provided to CNN by the UNFPA, children of a similar age attend class at a school in Assiut on February 1.
Most Egyptian girls are "cut," as it is often called, between the ages of nine and 12. Here, in a photo provided to CNN by the UNFPA, children of a similar age attend class at a school in Assiut on February 1.
Christina Mourad/UNFPA/Egypt/2015
The practice was banned in 2008, but Egypt predicts that more than half of girls in the future will be submitted to FGM. Here, in a photo provided to CNN by the UNFPA, children attend school in Assiut on February 1st, 2015.
The practice was banned in 2008, but Egypt predicts that more than half of girls in the future will be submitted to FGM. Here, in a photo provided to CNN by the UNFPA, children attend school in Assiut on February 1st, 2015.
Christina Mourad/UNFPA/Egypt/2015
U.N. agencies have adopted a school-based model to try to educate girls about the procedure. Here, in a photo provided to CNN by the UNFPA, a group of girls stand outside the Society of Islamic Center near Sohag on January 31.
U.N. agencies have adopted a school-based model to try to educate girls about the procedure. Here, in a photo provided to CNN by the UNFPA, a group of girls stand outside the Society of Islamic Center near Sohag on January 31.
Christina Mourad/UNFPA/Egypt/2015