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"Childhood and motherhood" Announces an honor charter for health services providers to combat the crime of female circumcision

The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood announced the agreement to announce an honor charter for health services providers, this came during the conclusion of the activities of the conference & quot; a safety shield that protects it from circumcision & quot;, which is held under the umbrella of the National Committee for the Elimination of Female Fetal UNICEF. Sahar Al -Sanbati, Chairman of the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, that the signing of doctors this charter represents a major qualitative shift and contributes to changing concepts and embodies our commitment and belief in their professional and moral role & nbsp; In protecting the health and dignity of girls and contributing to building a society free of this harmful practice, stressing the need to circulate it at the level of the Republic. The practice of female circumcision is a crime punishable by law and that doctors realize & nbsp; Completely, physical, psychological and social health risks, and protection from female circumcision, and we consider it a harmful practice that contradicts the principles of the medical and human profession and commitment to enhancing the Doctors’ rotation in spreading societal awareness of the dangers of female circumcision and the need to eliminate this phenomenon. It will also include & nbsp; Commitment to refrain from promoting or providing any medical consultations that may support this practice in any way. Providing the necessary support and health care for girls and women affected by female circumcision, and working to help them overcome the harmful effects of this practice, in addition to cooperation with health and legal authorities in reporting any cases of female circumcision that are discovered or suspected and that there is no in medicine in the so -called female circumcision, it is distortion and not a cosms.

It is worth noting that the conference activities included a discussion Health, religious, legal and social aspects of the crime of distorting the genital female organs, which negatively affect the girls and then the community, which continued for two days headed by Dr. Sahar Al -Sanbati, President of the Council and the presence of Dr. Hisham Abu Zaid, Deputy Governor of Luxor, Natalia Winer Rossi, UNICEF representative in Egypt, and Dr. Nahid Mohamed, Director of the General Authority for Accreditation and Health Control in Luxor, and Dr. Mohamed Shaaban, Director of the General Authority for Health Care in Luxor, and Dr. Abu Al -Naja Al -Hajjaji, President of the Doctors ’Syndicate in Luxor, Dr. Al -Saeed Al -Ghoul, Vice President of Luxor University for Community Affairs, Sheikh Hamdi Zaki Abdullah, represented by Al -Azhar Al -Sharif, and Reverend Royce Abdel Malak as a representative of the Egyptian church, and with the participation of Dr. Ghada Al -Dari, member of the Board of Directors of the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood.

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