UNFPA and IAC Together against FGM and Early Marriage
Mme M. Lamizana (President of IAC Executive Board, Dr. Babatunde Oshotemehin (Executive Director, UNFPA), Madam Chantal Campaore (1st Lady of Burkina Faso and Goodwill Ambassador, IAC) and Dr. Morissanda Kouyate (Executive Director, IAC).
Speech of Hon Mrs Chantal Compaoré, First Lady of Burkina Faso
Hon. Mrs Chantal Compaoré, First Lady of Burkina Faso and Goodwill Ambassador of the Campaign for the Worldwide Ban of FGM, spaeks at the High Level Parallel Event “A worldwide ban on FGM: from the Decision of the African Union to a UNGA Resolution” organised by the Ban FGM Coalition.
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Traditional female leaders who operate a powerful secret society in Liberia have agreed to shut down their bush schools and stop female genital cutting, also known as female circumcision, for several years, while still rejecting any criticism of the cultural practice.
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Concert at the UN Commission on the Status of Women
At the Commission on the Status of Women held between February 27th and March 9th in New York City, Angelique Kidjo created a unique concert entitled ‘Raise Your Voice to End Female Genital Mutilation,’ with support from the Italian Mission, UNFPA, and UNICEF. The event was held in the packed United Nations General Assembly Hall at the UN Headquarters, where an estimated 2,500 NGO representatives and delegation members were in attendance. Audience members at the UN General assembly Hall jined Angelique Kidjo, raised their voices, calling for an end to FGM. “What I want to try to do… is to pledge and to convince all nations of the United Nations to sign a resolution to ban the practice of female genital mutilation…We cannot live in a modern society with FGM still around!”Kidjo explained.
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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IS A VIOLATION OF WOMEN’S RIGHT; Says Gamcotrap Programme Coordinator
During the celebration by European Delegation to the Gambia at the Alliance Francais Gambienne, the GAMCOTRAP Programme Coordinator, Amie Bojang-Sissoho , the guest speaker at the International Women’s Day delivered a paper on Female Genital Mutilation in the Context of Women’s Rights in the Gambia.
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EGYPT WOMEN’S NGO TAKES PRO-FGM PARLIAMENTARIAN TO COURT
Egypt MP Azza el-Garf publicly supports FGM, and is being sued by a local women's org.
Egypt’s New Women Foundation said they are suing Islamist Parliament member Azza al-Garf over her pro-female genitals mutilation (FGM) statements. The women’s rights foundation sent a letter to the speaker of parliament Saad al-Katatny, informing him of legally going after Garf and asking for his permission to be allowed to take the MP to court.
The parliament needs to lift immunity for an MP in order for them to be held accountable in a court of law.
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UNFPA Annual Report 2011
UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme for the Accelerationof the Abandonment of FGM/C
Key Results and Highlights of 2011 Click to download
UN General Assembly Resolution Banning FGM worldwide
IAC congratulate African Heads of Stateon the historic adoption at the African Union Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea in July 2011 of the Declaration in support of a Resolution banning FGM worldwide by the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
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