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Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices

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IAC advocates for the removal of harmful traditional practices (htps) that affect the health of women and children". Some of which are Female Genital Mutilation (also known as Female Genital Cutting; Female Circumcision), Early marriage, Forced marriage, Teenage pregnancy, Unhealthy delivery practices, Breast Ironing, Son preference to a girl-child, Nutritional taboos, Forced feeding of women and Other gender related violence

IAC applies a multi-pronged approach to influence policy and action and to create positive attitudinal change through the implementation of projects at the community level.

Program activities include:

Youth programs

Training and Information Campaign (TIC)

Programs for religious leaders

Empowerment of women

Micro-credit for former excisers (Alternative Employment Opportunities or AEO)

Capacity building

Advocacy and lobbing

Scientific research

Production and distribution of information and educational materials

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 November 2009 21:28

News

WHO Releases Strategy Condemning Medicalizati

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The World Health Organization released the new inter-agency global strategy:

"Global strategy to stop health-care providers from performing female genital mutilation"

signed by 5 UN agencies and 6 professional organizations, was in close collaboration with NGOs.

This document aims to eliminate the performance of Female Genital Mutilation by health-care providers.

New Publication

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2009 IAC Annual Report

CONGO held the Civil Society Development Forum.

Please click to read the Outcome Document of CSDF 2010 Main Component in New York

THE STATE OF THE WORLD'S CHILDREN (SOWC) Special Edition

Celebrating 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the child

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Executive Director of IAC Bags an Austrian parliament award for her fight against Female Genital Mutilation

On the 26th of April, the Executive Director of the IAC-Inter-African Committee, Mrs Berhane Ras-Work, an icon of the fight against FGM, was presented with Austria 's highest Order of Merit by Barbara Prammer, President of the Austrian Parliament, at a grand ceremony in Vienna . This award is in recognition of her over 25 years struggle to bring an end to the gruesome practice of FGM. Read more...

THE REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
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MISSION

To promote gender equality and contribute to the improvement of the health status, social, economic, political, human rights and quality of life of African women and children through elimination of harmful traditional practices and the promotion of beneficial ones.

VISION

To see a society in which African women and children fully enjoy their rights to live free from harmful traditional practices.

Affecting the Health of Women and Children