{"id":254102,"date":"2019-02-06T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.npwj.org\/?p=254102"},"modified":"2024-01-24T12:13:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T11:13:29","slug":"supporting-the-fight-against-female-genital-mutilation-promoting-womens-rights-by-demanding-the-full-enforcement-of-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.npwj.org\/it\/press-release\/supporting-the-fight-against-female-genital-mutilation-promoting-womens-rights-by-demanding-the-full-enforcement-of-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting the Fight against Female Genital Mutilation: Promoting Women’s Rights by Demanding the Full Enforcement of Law"},"content":{"rendered":"
European Parliament, Brussels, 6 February 2019<\/div>\n
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\nOn the occasion of the\u00a0International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation<\/strong>, No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ), Differenza Donna NGO, l\u2019Institut de Sant\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9sique\/Women Safe (France) and La Palabre (Belgium), in cooperation with MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri (President of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights of the European Parliament), organised a roundtable entitled \u201cSupporting the Fight against Female Genital Mutilation: Promoting Women’s Rights by Demanding the Full Enforcement of Law<\/strong>\u201d, at the European Parliament in Brussels.<\/p>\n

This event was organised as part of the\u00a0BEFORE project<\/strong>\u00a0(Best practices to Empower women against Female genital mutilation, Operating for Rights and legal Efficacy), supported by the European Union\u2019s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020). Bringing together civil society representatives, experts and institutional actors, the roundtable allowed for constructive dialogue on specific recommendations elaborated by the project partners to enhance effectiveness of political, legal and social responses to FGM in EU Member States.<\/p>\n

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Speakers to the roundtable included\u00a0Pier Antonio Panzeri<\/strong>, President of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights, European Parliament; \u00a0Nice Nailantei Leng’ete<\/strong>, Kenyan human rights activist nominated among the 100 most influential people by the TIME magazine in 2018 and End FGM Global Advisor, Amref Health Africa;\u00a0Fatoumata Sidib\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0Member of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region;\u00a0Khady Koita<\/strong>, La Palabre, President;\u00a0Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Martz & Pierre Fold\u00e8s<\/strong>, Institut de Sant\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9sique \/ Women Safe – ISG, Co-Founders, Director and President;\u00a0Emanuela Zuccal\u00e0<\/strong>, journalist and author of \u201cUNCUT\u201d;\u00a0Ilaria Boiano<\/strong>, Differenza Donna;\u00a0Valentine Audate<\/strong>, Head of Gender Unit, Office of the Belgian Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS);\u00a0Maxence Daublain<\/strong>, Policy Officer on Child rights, gender, non-discrimination, Human Rights, Gender Equality and Democratic Governance unit, DG DEVCO at European Commission;\u00a0Christa Jakobsson<\/strong>, Policy Officer, Gender Equality Unit, DG for Justice, Consumers & Gender Equality, European Commission.<\/p>\n

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The event was preceded by the vernissage of the exhibition \u201cUNCUT: The revolution of women against FGM<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0UNCUT<\/a>\u00a0is a photographic exhibition and web-documentary that celebrates the courage of women from three African countries (Somaliland, Kenya and Ethiopia) who have formed coalitions to fight against the cruelty of FGM. The exhibition, which has already received several prizes and will be hosted at the European Parliament from 4 to 8 February 2019, gives a collective voice to testimonies of pain, but also highlights courageous battles against the patriarchal logic of FGM that violates the dignity of women.<\/p>\n

Date and venue<\/strong>: 6 February 2019, European Parliament Brussels<\/div>\n

18:00-18:30: Vernissage of the exhibition \u201cUNCUT\u201d (lobby ASP 00D)
\n18:30-20:00: Roundtable discussion (room ASP A3H1)
\nSimultaneous interpretation was provided in English, French and Italian<\/em><\/p>\n