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Sub-Regional Conference on Female Genital Mutilation, "Towards a political and religious consensus against FGM
Participants

Djibouti, 2-3 February 2005

ERITREA

Civil society
Ms Birikti Habtay Tsefaslassie
Responsible for Health Issues of National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW)

Religious Leaders
Yacin Aden Hamid

Alamin Usman Alamin
Mufti

 

ETIOPIA

Governmment
H.E. Hassen Abdella
Minister of state for Women Affairs, Vice Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture
Atsede Guta
Women’s Affairs Department
Ministry of Labour and Social Affais

Civil society
Ms Abebech Wolde
President of Ethiopian Media Women Association
Mrs Bogalech Gebre
Executive Director of Kembatta
Religious leaders
Hadji Ahmedin Osman
Indriss mohammed
Abdella Idriss Dawd
Mussa Mohammed Omer

 

SOMALIA

Governmment
H.E. Fowzia Mohamed Cheik
Minister of Woman Affairs

Hon. Amina Mohamed Mursal
Member of Parliament

Hon. Zeinab Amir
Member of Parliament

Civil society
Jamila Said Musse
Director
Association for Integration and Development
Shukri Noor Abdulle
President
Somali Women Development Group

Izmino Ahmed Musse
Association for Integration and Development

Hawa Mohamed
Galkyo Education Centre for Peace and Development

 

SOMALILAND

Civil society
Mrs Fawsia Haje Dahir
Executive Director of the Somaliland Association for Health Actions

Mariam Abdilai Ibrahim
Director of Edna Hospital

Religious leaders
Cheik Mohamed Saïd Elmi

 

SUDAN

Government
Muaz Ahmed Tungo
Ministry of Justice

Civil society
Somaya El Tayeb
President of Badri Foundation
Emad Mamoun Abdeen
Entishar Charity Society, Director

Religious leaders
Cheik Ali Hashim Elsaraj

 

YEMEN

Civil Society
Suha Basharaim
Sister Arab Forum
Chairperson
Nahla Saleh
Yemen Women National

Religious leaders
Ali Abdulla Al Dhambri
Yemen Women National Comittee

 

KENYA

Government
Hon. Linah J. Kilimo
Minister Of State For Home Affairs
Office Of The Vice-President
Mbogai Rioba
Assistant, Ministry For Home Affairs
Office Of The Vice-President

Civil society
Pamela Mburia
AMWIK Program Director

Anthony Kuria
Human Rights Commission, Advisor

 

AFRICAN OBSERVER DELEGATIONS

 

MALI

Civil society
Kadija Sedibé
President
”Association Malienne pour le suivi et l'orientation des pratiques traditionnelles” (AMSOPT)

 

SENEGAL

Government
Naphy Samb
Assistant, Ministry of Human Rights
Presidential Office of the Republic of Senegal

 

OTHER GOVERNMENTS

 

ITALY

Mariam Ismail
Regione Lombardia

 

NETHERLANDS

Irma van Dueren
First secretary for Woman and Gender Development
Royal Dutch Embassy in Sana’a

 

DIPLOMATIC CORPS

Gianni Rizzo
Honorary Consul of Italy in Djibouti

Abdu Karim Diouf
Embassy of Senegal in Addis Ababa
First Secretary

Talla Fall
Embassy of Senegal in Addis Ababa
Second Adviser

Dr Helga Graefin Schwartz
Ambassador of Germany in Addis Ababa

 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

AFRICAN UNION

Bernard Zoba
Commission of Infrastructure and Energy

Mary Maboreke
Women, Gender and Development Directorate

 

INTER-AFRICAN COMMITTEE ON TRADITIONAL PRACTICES AFFECTIN THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN (IAC-CIAF)

Diariatou Kouroma
Linda Osarenren

 

IPPF

Ali Lotf Al Thoor

 

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Hon. Emma Bonino
Member of the European Parliament

UNITED NATIONS

 

UNICEF

Thomas Davin
Representative p.i. UNICEF Djibouti

Mike Miller
UNICEF, Innocenti Centre of Study

Maria Gabriella De Vita
Gender and Harmful Traditional Practices, Child Protection Section, New York
Barbel Hoefers
Child Protection officer
Unicef Eritrea

 

UNDP

Mbaranga Gasarabwe
UNDP Resident Representative and Coordinator of Operational Activities of UN System in Djibouti

 

UNFPA

Shino Arikawa
UNFPA Eritrea

Berhana Haile
UNFPA Eritrea

Yasmine Ahmed
UNFPA Djibouti

 

OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

 

AIDOS

Daniela Colombo
President

 

AINA

Eduquer Former Informer
Patricia Lalonde

 

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Mrs Sabrine Al'Rassace
Amnesty International France

 

CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, UNIVERSITY OF GENT

Els Leye

GAMS

Emmanuelle Barbaras
Treasurer

 

WOMANKIND

Edward Wageni