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Workshop on Female Genital Mutilation legislation and the
African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
Khartoum, Sudan
15 - 17 December 2007
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15 December 2007
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8h30 – 9h00
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Coffee and registration
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9h00 – 10h30
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Opening Session
Welcoming remarks
Dr. Niccoló Figá-Talamanca, No Peace Without Justice
Dr. Emad Abdeen, Entishar Charity Society
Interventions
Dr. Samira Amin Ahmed, UNICEF
Representative, Italian Embassy
Ms Khadija Abu-Algasim, Ministry of Social Welfare,
Women and Child Affairs
Performance by the Entishar Children’s Group
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10h30 – 11h15
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Breakfast
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11h15 – 12h00
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Session 1 The prevalence of FGM in Sudan
Introduction
Prof. Ahmed Abdul Majeed, Ahfad University
Prof. Ogail Swar Al Dahab, Forensic Medicine
Plenary Discussion
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12h00 – 13h15
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Session 2 The AU Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
Introduction
Ms Zainab Abbas, European Commission Delegation
Dr. Ahmed Elmufti, Director, Khartoum International
Centre for Human Rights
Plenary Discussion
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13h15 – 13h30
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Coffee break
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13h30 – 15h00
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Plenary Discussion
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15h00 – 16h00
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Lunch
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16 December 2007
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8h30 – 9h00
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Coffee
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9h00 – 11h00
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Session 2 The AU Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa (continued from 15 December)
Parallel Working Group Discussion, articles grouped by theme
– right to live, right to integrity and security of the person
– right to equal access and opportunities, economic rights
– rights to education, medical care and social rights
– rights on personal status, family and private life
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11h00 – 11h30
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Breakfast
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11h30 – 12:30
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Reports to Plenary
Reports from the four Rapporteurs, selected by the Working Groups
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12h30 – 14h00
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Session 3 Effective Female Genital Mutilation Legislation
Introduction
Legislative benchmarks in the Maputo Protocol
(Ms Caroline Muriithi, Equality Now, Kenya)
Understanding and managing the cultural roots of FGM
(Dr. Marwan AlGhafory, Sisters Arab Forum, Yemen)
Conditions of Effective Compliance (Dr. Essam Goma, Local Community Development, Egypt)
Plenary Discussion
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14h00 – 14h15
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Coffee break
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14h15 – 15h30
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Session 4 Current Status of FGM legislation in Sudan
Introduction
Case Studies
(Prof. Ogail Swar Al Dahab, Forensic Medicine)
FGM elements in the draft Child Act and key provision of the draft FGM Bill
(Ms Nahid Gabrallah, National Council for Child Welfare)
Plenary Discussion
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15h30 – 16h30
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Lunch
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17 December 2007
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8h30 – 9h00
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Coffee
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9h00 – 10h45
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Session 5 Creating a positive political environment
for the adoption of effective FGM legislation and Ratification of the AU Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
Introduction
Work on FGM legislation conducted by the Training and Law Reform Institute (Dr. Salah Hussein Marouf, Sudanese Society for International Law and Development)
Plenary Discussion
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10h45 – 11h30
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Breakfast
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11h30 – 13h15
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Session 5 Creating a positive political environment
for the adoption of effective FGM legislation and Ratification of the AU Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
Introduction
Social Dynamics of FGM and Approaches to Abandonment, (Dr. Samira Amin Ahmed, UNICEF)
Experiences from other African Countries
(Ms Caroline Muriithi, Equality Now, Kenya)
Delinking FGM from Religion
(Dr. Abduljelil El Nazir Elkaroori)
FGM in
(Prof. Omar Elshaeikh, Dean of Faculty of Criminal Evidence)
Plenary Discussion
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13h15 – 13h30
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Coffee break
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13h30 – 15h00
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Conclusions and Recommendations
No Peace Without Justice
Ms Alvilda Jablonko, FGM Program
Entishar Charity Society
Dr. Emad Abdeen
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15h00 – 16h00
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Farewell lunch
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