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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FGM
DEVELOPING A POLITICAL, LEGAL AND SOCAIL ENVIRONMENT TO
IMPLEMENT THE MAPUTO PROTOCOL
Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC),
Nairobi, 16-18 September 2004
Thursday, 16 September 2004
8:30
am NGO Exhibition on FGM Strategies, KICC
Foyer
The exhibition will be ongoing during the
Conference, except during the Opening Ceremony
9:30 am – 12:30 am Arrival
and Registration of Participants
12:30 am – 2:00 pm
Welcome Lunch, hosted by Hon. Linah J. Kilimo,
Minister of Home Affairs
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Opening Ceremony
Drama and personal experiences
Statements
by H.E. Tanya van
Gool, Ambassador of The Netherlands, Presidency in Office of European Union
H.E.
Carlo Calia, Ambassador of
Italy
H.E.
Bo Göransson, Ambassador of
Sweden
Waris
Dirie, Goodwill Ambassador of UNFPA
Heimo
Laakkonen, UNICEF
Message from H.E. Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of Egypt, read by H.E.
Ambassador Moushira Khattab, National Council for Childhood and Motherhood,
Egypt
Hon.
Linah J. Kilimo, Minister of Home Affairs,
Kenya
Welcome address by
H.E. Hon. Mwai Kibaki, President of the
Republic
of
Kenya
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Tea Break
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Plenary Session: The
Maputo
Protocol and the development of instruments and strategies for the abandonment
of FGM
Chair Hon.
Linah J. Kilimo, Minister of Home Affairs,
Kenya
Co-Chair Hon.
Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Secretary General, NPWJ
Speakers Bience
P. Gwanas, Commissioner for Social Affairs, African
Union
Hon.
Mariam Lamizana, Minister for Social and Family Affairs,
Burkina Faso
H.E. Ambassador Moushira Khattab, National Council for Childhood and
Motherhood,
Egypt
Hon. Zoe
Bakoko Bakoru, Minister of Gender, Women and Social Services,
Uganda
Hon.
Amna Abdel Rahman Hassan, Vice-President Inter-African Committee
Anne Gathumbi, Coalition on Violence Against Women,
Kenya
Conclusions
by Hon. Ochilo Ayacko, Minister of Gender, Sports,
Culture and Social Services,
Kenya
7:30 pm
Conference Dinner, hosted by No Peace Without Justice,
at the Osteria del Chianti (by invitation)
Simultaneous
interpretation will be provided in English, Swaili, French and Italian
Friday, 17 September 2004
Thematic
Sessions
9:30 am – 1:00 pm Thematic Session (see annexed detailed
program)
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Lunch
3:00 pm – 6.30 pm Resumed Thematic Session
6:45 pm – 8:15 pm
Cocktail Reception, Delegates Lounge,
KICC
H.E. Ambassador Carlo Calia, Hon. Linah J. Kiilmo, Ginevra
Letizia, Italian Cooperation, Paola Viero, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Par Engebak, Regional Director UNICEF, Heimo Laakkonen, UNICEF Country Office
will launch Italy-UNICEF FGM program in Kenya.
Thematic Session I
After the
Cairo
Declaration: developing a legal and political
environment for the eradication of FGM
participants
to include Parliamentarians, Police, Judicial, Local Government, NGOs and
clan/community elders
Chair Bience P. Gwanas, Commissioner for Social Affairs,
African
Union
Co-chair
Violet
Mavisi, Vice Chair,
Kenya National Commission on Human Rights
Facilitator H.E.
Ambassador Moushira Khattab, NCCM,
Egypt
Rapporteur Milly
Odhiambo, CRADLE,
Kenya
Co-rapporteurs Nelson King’oina, Julikei
International,
Kenya
Daniela
Colombo, President, AIDOS
Khady
Koita, President, European Network for the Eradication of FGM
Karin-Annabella Revuelta,
GTZ Kenya
Presenters
Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, MP,
Uganda / Hon. Gertrude Kulany, MP,
Uganda
Prof. Muthgard
Hinkelmann-Toewe, Centre for Practice-Oriented Feminist Science,
College of Fulda,
Germany
Jamila
Said Musse, Association for integration and development,
Somalia
Marietta Brew, African Women Lawyer
Association,
Ghana
Simona
Galbiati, UNDP,
Egypt
Naphy
Samb Ka, High Commission for Human Rights,
Senegal
Imelda
Lulu Urio, Legal and
Human Rights Center,
Tanzania
Ramzia
Abbas
Aleryan,
Yemen Women
Union,
Yemen
Joyce Majiwa, International Federation
of Women
Lawyer,
Kenya
Anne
Gathumbi,
Lawyer,
Kenya
Debate
Led by
the Facilitator, the debate will involve all participants and result in the
adoption of a report, which the Rapporteur brings to the Plenary Session the
next day.
Simultaneous interpretation will be
provided in English, Swaili and French
Thematic Session II
Breaking the Myth: the role of communities, family, school and the media
in transforming social conventions and promoting FGM abandonment
participants
to include: teachers, cultural and religious leaders, NGOs, CBOs and
Media
Chair
Waris Dirie, Goodwill Ambassador UNFPA
Co-Chair
Facilitator Hon.
Mariam Lamizana, Minister for Social and Family Affairs,
Burkina Faso
Rapporteurs
Debra G Chio, The
National Muslim Council of
Kenya
Co-rapporteurs
Pamela Mburia, AMWIK,
Kenya
Julie Maranya, Julikei International
Maria
Gabriella De Vita, Child Protection Section, UNICEF
Amal Basha,
Sister Arab Forum,
Yemen
Presenters
Hon. Zipporah Kitony, FGM in
Kenya
Anne-Marie Caulker, Kantanya
Women’s Development Association,
Sierra Leone
Eupheginia Gachiri,
Kenya,
Charity
Koronya, PPIA,
Kenya
Mercy Musomi,
GCN,
Kenya
Monica Okwalo,
WVI,
Kenya
Jane
Kamau,
Kenya
Amira
Ibrahim, CCM,
Kenya
Heimo
Laakkonen, UNICEF
Bilal Ndyae, TOSTAN,
Senegal
Kim Maureen
Delvalle, UNPO, The Netherlands
Abebech
Wolde, EMWA,
Ethiopia
Sidibe
Kadidia Aoudou, APSOMPT,
Mali
Professor J
Mugambi,
University of
Nairobi, Dept of Religious Studies,
Kenya
Husnia Alkadry,
Yemen Women
Centre,
Yemen
Debate
Led by the Facilitator, the debate will
involve all participants and result in the adoption which the Rapporteur brings
to the Plenary Session the next day.
Simultaneous
interpretation will be provided in English, Swaili and French
Thematic Session III
FGM as an issue of women's rights, gender and child protection:
medicalisation as an impediment to the eradication of FGM
participants
to include affected persons, circumcisers, doctors and medical professionals
Chair Hon.
Dora Byamukama, Parliament of
Uganda
Co-Chair
Facilitator Nahid Toubia,
President,
RAINBO,
UK
Rapporteur Ann
Njeru, Division of Reproductive Health, Ministry of
Health,
Kenya
Co-rapporteur Abdillah Abdi, Northern
Aid,
Kenya
Marilyn Amponsah-Annan, National Commission on
Children,
Ghana
Sheikh Omar, GTZ,
Kenya
Dr. Ruth Kibiti,
University of Nairobi,
Kenya
Presenters
Hon. Alicen Chelaite, Assistant
Minister, Ministry for
Gender,
Kenya
Josephine Kibaru, Head of Division of Reproductive Health,
Minis ter of
Health,
Kenya
Safia Elmi Djibril, Comite National de Lutte contre les
Pratiques
Traditionnelles
Nefastes,
Djibouti
Samira
Luka Daniel, Coptic Evangelical Organisation for Social Services,
Egypt
Anna
Costantini, Italian Cooperation,
Kenya
Ian Askew, Population
Council,
Kenya
Valeria Saggiomo, CISP,
Somalia
Tsegga Gaim, National
Union of Eritrean
Woman,
Eritrea
Chief
Mary Michieka, Kistrech Theatre Group,
Kisii,
Kenya
AIC
Kajiado, Personal experiences
Dr
Sam Thenya, Nairobi Women’s Hospital, Health aspects of FGM ,
Kenya
Inge
Baumgarten, FGM Program, GTZ
Germany
Ndinini
Kimesera, Mwanza Women Development Organisation and Josephine Nashipae, Kajiado
Women Development Organisation,
Tanzania
Debate
Led by the Facilitator, the debate will
involve all participants and result in the adoption of a report which the
Rapporteur brings to the Plenary Session the next day.
Simultaneous interpretation will be
provided in English, Swaili and French
Saturday, 18 September 2004
9:30 am
-11:15 am Plenary Session:
Reports from the Thematic Sessions
Chair Hon.
Linah J. Kilimo, Minister of Home Affairs
Co-Chair
Reports from the Thematic Sessions
Milly
Odhiambo, CRADLE,
Kenya
Debra Gichio,
International Islamic advisor on AIDS, Gender and the Rights of Women, The
National Muslim Council of Kenya
Ann
Njeru, Ministry of Health
Debate
11:15 am –
11:45
Coffee
Break
12:30 am -
12:45 am
Closing Ceremony and Conclusions
Interventions Hon.
Chirau Ali Mwakwere, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Kenya
H.E.
Barbara Richardson, Canadian deputy High Commissioner
Hon. Demba Traore’, MP,
Mali
Hon. Stefania
Prestigiacomo, Minister of Gender Equality, Italy
Closing remarks by Hon.
Emma Bonino, MEP, Founder of NPWJ
Hon. Kiraitu
Murungi, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
1:00 pm
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