Coinciding with the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, February 6, 2018, a number of Egyptian feminist and human rights organizations announced the revival of the “Anti-FGM Task Force” in order to intensify and unify their efforts to work on creating new policies and work mechanisms that would limit the continuation of this crime in Egypt.

Feminist, human rights and development organizations announced resuming the “Anti-FGM Task Force” in conjunction with the yearly International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on February 6. The establishment of the Task Force comes with the aim of intensifying and unifying efforts to create new policies and action mechanisms that curb the continuation of the FGM crime against girls and women in Egypt.

Tadwein for Gender Studies organized a meeting with civil society organizations working on the issue of violence against women and on female genital mutilation in particular.