Sub-Regional Conference on Female Genital Mutilation, "Towards a political and religious consensus against FGM"

February 2005
By No Peace Without Justice

Djibouti, 2-3 February 2005
Rapports des Sessions Thématiques:

1. Sessions Thématique 1. La position de l’Islam vis à vis des Mutilations Génitales Féminines: Report (Eng)/ Report (Fr)
2. Sessions Thématique 2. Le Protocole de Maputo et la mise en œuvre des instruments législatifs et politiques pour le changement des conventions sociales:
   
   • Report 1: Droits de la Femme
   • Report 2: Experiences sur le terrain des ONG
   • Report 3: Le Protocole de Maputo

 Other Reports presented at the Conference:

• Impact of FGM on Women’s Health. Paper presented by Brikti Hbtai Tsefalassie, Project Director, NUEW, Eritrea
• A platform for action The Innocenti Digest on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutt. Paper presented by Michael Miller, Project Officer, IRC
• The Protocol on the rights of women in Africa to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' rights (the Maputo Protocol). Paper presented  by Anthony Kuria Njoroge, Coordinator of the Africa Democracy Forum (ADF)

 Other Documents: 

• Female Circumcision From Islamic Perspective (by DR. / MOHAMED SALIM AL-AWWA, Secretary General of the World Union of the Muslim Ulemas)
• The Great Muslim Scholars Disapprove of Female circumcision(by DR. / MOHAMED SALIM AL-AWWA, Secretary General of the World Union of the Muslim Ulemas)
• Discours de Mme Hawa Ahmed - Ministre délégué chargé de la Promotion de la Femme, du Bien-être Familial et des Affaires Sociales, Djibouti
• Allocution Du Dr Bernard Zoba, Commissaire Charge Des Infrastructures Et De L’energie Au Nom De Son Excellence Le Professeur Alpha Oumar Konare, President De La Commission De L’union Africaine A L’occasion De La Conference Sous-Regionale Sur La Mutilation Genitale Feminine
• CLOSING CEREMONY - M. Mogueh Dirir Samatar, Minister of Wakfs Good and Muslim Affairs, Djibouti
• Concept Paper