February 6th is the World Day of rejecting female genital mutilation, known as FGM, sponsored by UNICEF (one of UN organizations) to defend childhood rights and which seeks to eliminate this harmful and dangerous practice. Every 15 second girl is undergone this practice in different regions in the world.
Paradoxically, this day comes while Egypt is witnessing a recession in defending women's and childhood rights. This recession condition is represented in the lawsuit that was sued by political Islam lawyers to appeal upon the unconstitutionality of article no. 212 (repeated) of penal law and the health minister's decision no. 271 of 2007 concerning banning FGM and criminalizing it on the pretext of contradicting the Islamic rules (Shariaa') and traditions, the decision that was rejected by the constitutional court and supported the decision of banning FGM.
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