Normalising conversation about Arab women's sexual health led to threats and challeng

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For decades, women in Egyptian society and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have suffered considerable shame when discussing women's health and personal care. Motherbeing co-founders, Nour Emam and Yousef ElSammaa, are working to change this for both the younger and older generations. "The main issue with the region as a whole is that reproductive and sexual health is regarded as something shameful and taboo and then no one ends up talking about it, no matter how necessary," Nour says. "Adequate knowledge on the female body and health is absolutely missing in the public schooling system in Egypt in particular, because there's no surveillance over whether or not these subjects are being taught properly," explains Nour. "Reproductive health and […]

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