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

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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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