Tadwein for Gender Studies in collaboration with Love Matters organized a conference to present the study findings and recommendations. These included the necessity of developing a unified law against violence against women, having special courts to deal with cases about violence against women, and ensuring data confidentiality of victims. Parliamentarian Martha Mahrous, Counselor Mohamed Samir, and representatives of women’s and human rights organizations all attended the conference.

In celebration of the National Day of Combating FGM (June 14th, 2021), the Anti-FGM Task Force has initiated a discussion around the latest amendments to the penal code, which includes Article (242) bis and (242) (a) bis on criminalizing FGM. The discussion revolved around the new amendments, such as: expanding, professional and social responsibility by closing any institutions that conduct FGM on its premises, eliminating the clause on “medical necessity” from the article as an excuse for FGM, refuting any legality added to female circumcision by deleting the reference to Article 61 of the Penal Code, and finally, including penalties for those in charge of advocating and promoting FGM even if it does not result in action.

Endless Pain is a campaign launched by Tadwein for Gender Studies in conjunction with the National Day Against Female Genital Mutilation. In this campaign, stories of women who have undergone female genital mutilation were published.
Female genital mutilation, as defined by the United Nations, is “all procedures that involve the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injuries to the female genital organs for cultural or other non-medical reasons.” It is a crime against girls and women.

Endless Pain is a campaign launched by Tadwein for Gender Studies in conjunction with the National Day Against Female Genital Mutilation on June 14.