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Egypt aims increasing penalty for those who force women to undergo genital mutilation.

The Egyptian cabinet has approved plans to impose jail terms of between five and seven years, with harsher sentences if the procedure leads to death or deformity.

Presently; the statutory prison term recommended for offenders of FGM ranged from between three months and three years.

 

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