Tag: Harmful Traditional Practices

International Conference to end FGM – From Goals to Action on FGM: Working Together to Bridge Gaps – on 10-11 May 2016

The NGO CSW Geneva is happy to support this 2 day conference organized on 10-11 May by one of its member the Inter-African Committee.

The conference is structured around the following:

Best practices against FGM
Legal frameworks, policies & action: Stock-taking & Gaps
Research, data and advocacy
Strengthening partnerships and stakeholder networking
Challenges to ending FGM incl. in diaspora:political, socio–economic and religious factors
Call to Action & Way forward

Date: Wednesday, June 27^th, 20l2 – Time: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Palais des Nations – Room IX – Geneva

Distinguished Speakers:

UN Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights – Ms. Farida Shaheed

UN Special Rapporteur on the Violence Against Women – Ms. Rashida Manjoo (Invited)

Chief of Women’s Rights & Gender Section – OHCHR – Ms. Isha Dyfan

Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations Geneva – Ms. Manon Boisclair – Second Secretary, Human Rights

World YWCA General Secretary & President of NGO Committee on the Status of Women Geneva, Ms. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda

WUNRN – Women’s UN Report Network – Power Point – Ms. Lois A. Herman, WUNRN Coordinator

Moderator:

Inter-African Committee Geneva – Dr. Adebisi Adebayo

Objectives of this side event:

To provide more understanding on the subject and exact actions needed for the achievement of total abandonment of the harmful traditional/cultural practices.
To provide clarity on the need for international monitoring mechanisms to accurately gauge States’ compliance with international obligations to which they are a party.
To provide interpretation to developed actions and interventions
To get further insight into the concept of ‘due diligence’ and remedies.

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