Per la protezione e la promozione dei diritti umani, della democrazia, dello stato di diritto e della giustizia internazionale
Workshop on Female Genital Mutilation legislation and the African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
15 December 2007
8h30 – 9h00
Coffee and registration
9h00 – 10h30
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
10h30 – 11h15
Breakfast
11h15 – 12h00
Session 1 The prevalence of FGM in Sudan
Introduction
Prof. Ahmed Abdul Majeed, Ahfad University
Prof. Ogail Swar Al Dahab, Forensic Medicine
Plenary Discussion
12h00 – 13h15
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
13h15 – 13h30
Coffee break
13h30 – 15h00
Plenary Discussion
15h00 – 16h00
Lunch
16 December 2007
8h30 – 9h00
Coffee
9h00 – 11h00
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
11h00 – 11h30
Breakfast
11h30 – 12:30
Reports to Plenary
Reports from the four Rapporteurs, selected by the Working Groups
12h30 – 14h00
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
14h00 – 14h15
Coffee break
14h15 – 15h30
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
15h30 – 16h30
Lunch
17 December 2007
8h30 – 9h00
Coffee
9h00 – 10h45
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
10h45 – 11h30
Breakfast
11h30 – 13h15
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
13h15 – 13h30
Coffee break
13h30 – 15h00
Conclusions and Recommendations
No Peace Without Justice
Ms Alvilda Jablonko, FGM Program
Entishar Charity Society
Dr. Emad Abdeen
15h00 – 16h00
Farewell lunch