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Media coverage [New window]
Media coverage
... suffered due to FGM. Every year, two million girls and young women are subjected to this practice that still survives despite the measures taken in many countries involved to try to eliminate it."
"FGM is practiced in at least 27 African countries," Kilimo pointed out. - Sapa-AFP [www.iol.co.za]
Media Coverage:
THE NATION, Circumcision Story Leaves Group in Tears, September 17, 2004
XINHUANET, Int'l conference calls for more efforts to ban female genital mutilation, September 19, 2004
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THE NATION [New window]
Circumcision Story Leaves Group in Tears
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/ [www.nationmedia.com]
The Nation (Nairobi) | September 17, 2004
Nation Reporter, Nairobi
A 13-year old girl yesterday electrified an international conference when she narrated how she was circumcised when she was only eight years old.
"I am a victim of female genital mutilation which brought me pain, horror and shock ...
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Program [New window]
Program
Sunday 17 June 2007
09:30:
Forum for the Future: Planning Strategy Meeting
Welcoming speeches:
-Dr. Taieb Baccouche
-Dr. Niccolo Figà-Talamanca
-Ms. Amina Bouayache
-Mr. Mohsen Marzouk
-Mr. Richard Rowson
10:00: Roundtable: International Initiatives to Promote Democracy in the Arab Region:
Civil Society’s Strategic Planning
-Mr. Ezzeddine Al-Asbahy: “Arab Civil Society Organizations’ Workplan for the
Participation in the Next Forum for the Future in Yemen”
Discussion
12:00: Coffee Break
12:30:
-Mr. ...
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XINHUANET [New window]
Int'l conference calls for more efforts to ban female genital mutilation
www.chinaview.cn [www.chinaview.cn] 2004-09-17 01:54:44
NAIROBI, Sept. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- An international conference on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) opened in Kenyan capital Nairobi on Thursday with participants from around the globe calling for more efforts to get the practice banned.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki ...
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INTERPRESS SERVICE [New window]
Africa: Female Genital Mutilation in the Spotlight
InterPress Service [www.ipsnews.net]
( allafrica.com [allafrica.com])
Joyce Mulama | Nairobi: Difficult to speak about and dreadful to endure, female genital mutilation is taking a toll on the women of Africa.
According to the New York-based No Peace Without Justice, about two-million girls and women are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) ...
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ALISHA RYU [New window]
Africa: Kenyan Activist Makes Headway in Effort to End Female Genital Mutilation Among Massai Women | Alisha Ryu, Narok, Kenya,
15 Sep 2004, 13:43 UTC
www.voanews.com [www.voanews.com]
A three-day international conference aimed at ending the widespread practice of female genital mutilation in Africa begins Thursday in Nairobi. The procedure, traditionally known as female circumcision, has been outlawed in ...
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Program [New window]
Program
... des Nations Unies à Djibouti
Mme Emma Bonino, Députée Européenne, Italie
M. Bernard Zoba, Commissaire pour l’Energie et les Infrastructures, Union Africaine
S.E. M. Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Premier Ministre, Djibouti
Le Premier Ministre consigne les instruments de ratification du Protocole de Maputo au Représentant de L’Union Africaine.
16.30 Clôture de la Conférence
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Report [New window]
Summary report
... over fundamental issues, and took part in a series of practical activities held on the sidelines of the meeting. They assessed the international and regional initiatives launched to promote democracy in the region, and put forward a number of relevant recommendations in order to achieve the objectives underlying these initiatives. On the other hand, participants held a series of forums addressing the issues of democracy and human security, development, peace and democratic transition, and freedom of expression and association. They also discussed a number of practical ideas, particularly the establishment of the Arab Citizenship Movement and the founding of ...
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Rabat Workshop 2007 [New window]
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Overview [New window]
... of the MENA Democracy program in Rabat (March 2007), Doha (May 2007) and Amman (June 2007).
The key components of the meeting included practical professional internship training, the codification of various mechanisms to impart this practical knowledge to a new generation of reformers in the Region, and strategies for protection. This integrated approach was beneficial in developing the skills of civil society organisations and democracy advocates by teaching emerging leaders how to work more effectively with each other, political parties, the media, and officials at all levels of government. In this respect, the training also developed the use of civic ...
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