Female Genital Cutting – global lessons learned to end FGM/C

28.11.24 10:30 - 12:30
Stortingets SRHR-nettverk og Sex og Politikk
Stortinget
Karl Johans gate 22
Oslo

The All-Party Parliamentarian Group on SRHR in Norway (APPG-Norway) and Sex og Politikk invites you to a seminar on lessons learned from the global efforts to end FGM/C.

The All-Party Parliamentarian Group on SRHR in Norway (APPG-Norway) and Sex og Politikk – IPPF Norway, would like to invite parliamentarians, the ministry of foreign affairs and civil society to a seminar on lessons learned from the global efforts to end FGM/C.

It is estimated that some 230 million girls and women globally have undergone some form of female genital mutilation/cutting. Although the practice is declining in the majority of countries where it is prevalent, young girls continues to be at risk and a large number of women and girls that have been subjected to the practice are in need of sexual and reproductive health services and support.

The seminar will both address the root causes for practicing FGM/C, as well as share evidence from research and programme interventions. What enables the practice, how is change facilitated and how do legal regulations intervene to end FGM/C? What role does the global community of donors, organisations and researchers play? These are some of the questions that will be discussed.

We have invited guests from Somaliland Family Health Association (SOFHA), Ahfad University for Women in Sudan, Save the Children Norway, Norwegian politicians as well as Norwegian researchers to discuss and share of their experience and evidence.

Program

  • 10:30 Welcome by Silje Hjemdal, Progressive Party and board member of APPG-Norway
  • 10:40 Opening address by, Anne Beathe Tvinnerheim, Minister of Development (TBC)
  • 10:55 Keynote by Dr Shukri Mohamed Dahir, Somaliland Family Health Association (SOFHA)
  • 11:10 Keynote by Nafisa Bedri, Ahfad University for Women, Sudan. Digital attendance
  • 11:25 Panel discussion
    • Dr Shukri Mohamed Dahir, SOFHA
    • Norwegian researcher, Hanne Lotte Moen, Save the Children Norway
    • Anne Beathe Tvinnerheim, Minister of Development (TBC)
  • Q&A/comments from the audience
  • 11:20 Closing remarks by, Åse Kristin Ask Bakke, Labour party and chair of APPG-Norway and Sex og Politikk – IPPF Norway

Read more on success stories collected by The IPPF Arab World Regional Office (IPPF AWRO), with financial support of Norad: https://awr.ippf.org/resource/fgm-success-stories-ippf-mas

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