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Afro-Arab Expert Consultation on "Legal Tools for the Prevention of Female Genital Mutilation"
List of Participants

Cairo, 21-23 June 2003

 

 

 

BENIN

Ms Clotilde Medegan Nougbode

President

 

Ms Victorine Odounlami

President

Ci-Af Bénin

Association Des Femmes Juristes Du Bénin

 

 

BURKINA FASO

 

Ms Mariam Lamizana

Minister of Social Action and National Solidarity

 

 

CAMEROON

 

Ms Regine Memong

President

Association Camérounaise des Femmes Juristes

 

Ms Julienne Noumbissie -Ayissi Ngono

Deputy Director

Ministry Of Justice

 

 

CHAD

 

Ms Madelaine Haova Kolmagne

Secretary of Women's and Children's Rights

Association for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights

 

Ms Beradingar Ngoyame

Secretary General

Ministry of Justice

 

 

COTE D’IVOIRE

 

Ms Irie Lou Irie

Project Manager

L'Autre Forme

 

Ms Euphrasie Kouassi

Deputy Director

Ministry of Family Affairs and Women's Promotion

 

 

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

Ms Regine Ayowa

Executive Secretary

Association des Femmes Investies pour la Réhabilitation et l'Épanouissement

 

DJIBOUTI

 

Ms Safia Elmi Djibril

Member Comité National de Lutte contre les Pratiques Traditionnelles Néfastes à la Santé de la Mere et de l'Enfant

 

Ms Mounira Ali Ahmed

Cordinator

Comité National de Lutte contre les Pratiques Traditionnelles Néfastes à la Santé de la Mere et de l'Enfant

 

Mr Hawa Ahmed Youssouf

Minister of Women's, Family and Social Affairs

 

 

EGYPT

 

Ms Aziza Hussein

President

Egyptian Society for the Prevention of Harmful Practices against Woman and Child

 

Ms. Mona El Tobgui

Secretary General

Egyptian Society for the Prevention of Harmful Practices against Woman and Child

 

Mr. Saiid El Dakak

Professor of Law

Vice President of Alexandria University

 

Ambassador Moushira Khattab

Secretary General

National Council for Childhood and Motherhood

 

Ambassador Hussein El Sadr       

National Council for Childhood and Motherhood

 

Ms Mona Amin

National Council for Childhood and Motherhood

 

Ms Dina Wahba

National Council for Childhood and Motherhood

 

 

ERITRA

 

Ms Hanna Mehary

Program Officer

NCA

 

Ms Azenegash Ghebreselasic

Head of Health Promotion

Ministry of Health

 

 

ETHIOPIA

 

Ms Tekabech Assefa

President

Ethiopian Media Women Association

 

Ms Gifti Abassiya

State Minister for Women

Office of the Prime Minister

 

 

GAMBIA

 

Ms Fatou Waggeh

Executive Director

BAFROW

 

Ms Aminatta Dibba

Permanent Secretary

Office of the Vice President

 

 

GHANA

 

Ms Fitnat Adjetey

Project Coordinator

African Women Lawyers Association

 

Ms Marline Anan

Executive Secretary

Ghana National Commission on Children

 

 

GUINEE

 

Dr Morissanda Kouyaté

President

Cellule de Coordination sur les Pratiques Traditionnelles Affectant la Santé des

Femmes et des Enfants

 

 

KENYA

 

Mr John Kennedy Wanjala

Executive Director

Centre for Human Rights and Democracy

 

Ms Pamela Mburia

Program Coordinator

Association of Media Women in Kenya

 

Lydia Khanda

Para Legal Human Rights Activist

 

Hon Linah Jebii Kilimo

State Minister

Office of the Vice-President and Ministry of National Reconstruction

 

 

LIBERIA

 

Ms Vivian Wreh

Expert

International Institute for Women in Political Leadership

 

 

MALI

 

Ms Sidibe Kadidia Aoudou

President and Coordinator

AMSOPT

 

Ms Demba Traoré

Member of the Parliament

 

 

MAURITANIA

 

Ms Mariame Baba Sy

Association Mauritanienne sur les Pratiques Traditionnelles affectant la Santé des

Femmes et des Enfants

 

Mr Abdoulaye Sow

Member of the Parliament

 

 

NIGER

 

Ms Faotumata Agnes Diaroumèye Bembello

Secretary General

Maillon Africain pour la Paix et le Développement

 

Ms Fatchima Oumarou Sani

Head of National Assistance and Solidarity

Ministry of Social Development, Population, Women and Childhood Protection

 

 

NIGERIA

 

Hon Abdul Oroh

Senator

 

 

REPUBLIQUE CENTRAFICAINE

 

Ms Guillaumine Gazembeti

President

Central African League for Human Rights Lawyer

 

 

SENEGAL

 

Prof. Fatou Sow

Professor of Sociology

Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire

 

Ms Coumba Bladé Tine

Assistant

Human Rights Commission

 

 

SIERRA LEONE

 

Ms Laurel Bangura

Director

FGM-Sierra Leone

 

Hon. Memunatu M. Koroma

Deputy Minister

Social Welfare, Gender and Children Affairs

 

Ms Fatmata Kula Jah

Development Officer

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