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Manpower Ministry: Egypt attaches great importance to eliminating child labor in all its forms

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 - 12:14 GMT

The meeting aimed to present what has been accomplished in Egypt's "national plan", and to present the tasks and formation of the Child Labor Combat Unit.

Egypt's NCCM receives 8K reports in 6 months, 30% of it of Child exploitation: Secretary General Sahar Al-Sunbati

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 - 02:33 GMT

Secretary General of Egypt’s National Council For Childhood and Motherhood Sahar Al-Sunbati said that the Council received up to 8,000 reports during the past six months, 30 per cent of it were of child exploitation.

Court sentences Maadi child molester to 10 yrs in prison

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 - 02:19 GMT

Cairo Criminal Court sentenced to 10 years in prison a molester who sexually abused a 7-year old girl in March.

Updated: Egyptian Police arrests man caught in video harassing girl

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 - 02:38 GMT

Police forces managed to arrest a man caught in video sexually harassing a girl in Maadi district.

Father arrested for stripping toddler to burn her in street in Egypt’s Delta

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 - 03:35 GMT

A video went viral on social media on January 19, 2021, showing how the father was stripping the daughter and trying to spill fuel on her body to burn her, while the crying toddler was crawling in mud amid very cold temperature.

NCW to visit family of abused girl Amany

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 - 10:23 GMT

Members of the National Council for Women (NCW) in Dakahlia will visit the family of Amany and Gannah, two girls who were tortured by the grandmother in a notorious child abuse case.

NCCM mourns Ganna, demands the harshest penalty for perpetrators

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 - 05:37 GMT

NCCM grievously mourned “Ganna”, a 4 years old child who died after succumbing to the wounds she sustained due to long severe torture.

Egypt calls to prevent violations against children affected by armed conflicts

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 - 12:16 GMT

Egypt voiced its deep concern over the increasing number of cases of physical abuse against children, which reached more than 24,000 cases during 2018.

Mother could be jailed over causing danger to her child

Sat, 26 Jan 2019 - 03:26 GMT

"I am afraid...I will look for it [the key]...Help! help!, I will fall," the boy was screaming, while his mother was pushing him towards the balcony.

Children: Muslim Brotherhood’s means to harness sympathy

Mon, 14 Aug 2017 - 11:46 GMT

Children were deployed in political conflict by the outlawed Brotherhood for a whole year.

Forced begging drives child to suicide

Mon, 26 Jun 2017 - 02:02 GMT

A 12 year-old child committed suicide in Al-Haram after his father forced him to go begging with him. The local prosecution authority investigated the case.

U.S. to drop Iraq, Myanmar as worst offenders on child soldiers

Sat, 24 Jun 2017 - 12:01 GMT

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to remove Iraq and Myanmar from a U.S. list of the world's worst offenders in the use of child soldiers.

23,316 children saved from child labor in 2016

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 - 02:16 GMT

That is the outcome of inspection campaigns conducted in 2016.

Europol using everyday objects to trace child sex abusers

Thu, 01 Jun 2017 - 02:20 GMT

A particular shampoo brand, a magazine cover, a shopping bag or even a wallpaper pattern are among the clues Europol.

Toddler’s rapist sentenced to death

Tue, 02 May 2017 - 03:57 GMT

A man charged with raping a 20-month-old toddler, was sentenced to death Wednesday, Mansoura Criminal Court stated.

Ministry of Social Solidarity returns “Dancer with Dogs” kid to his family

Mon, 01 May 2017 - 06:20 GMT

The Ministry of Social Solidarity confirmed its continuous observation of the poverty-stricken street child Abdel Rahman who is colloquially known as “The Dancer with the Dogs”

6 year-old child tortured by her aunt in Beheira to be placed in orphanage

Sun, 30 Apr 2017 - 07:46 GMT

A 6 year-old child that had been tortured by her aunt in Beheira governorate, on the coast of Nile Delta

Child rapists should face death penalty: Azhar official

Sun, 16 Apr 2017 - 05:26 GMT

Child rapists should face death penalty, Undersecretary of Al-Azhar Institute Abbas Shoman

MP demands proportionate sanctions for orphan abuse

Sat, 08 Apr 2017 - 05:27 GMT

Parliament member demands proportionate sanctions for violations against orphans.

Dangling son from fan: father arrested for abusing infant to death

Wed, 29 Mar 2017 - 11:00 GMT

A 3-month-old boy is dead and his father in custody and under investigation for torturing the boy.

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