The Seminar on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Call for EU Action

 

The Donors Working Group on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)- a network of public and private international development actors, currently co-chaired by the World Bank and GTZ, together with the NGO -No Peace Without Justice and MEP Emma Bonino, organised a Seminar titled "Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Call for EU Action" at the European Parliament, in Brussels, on 1 June 2005.

The seminar took place on the occasion of the Fifth Donors Working Group Meeting , also held at the European Parliament on 30 and 31 May 2005.

The seminar consisted of two panel discussions, with the first panel - "Perspectives on the Abandonment of FGM/C", involving an exchange of experiences and views of donors, NGOs and international agencies, on the efforts made in the last decade towards the abandonment of FGM.

In the second panel, entitled "The Role of the EU in Meeting the Challenge to Achieve the Abandonment of FGM/C", EU representatives presented efforts and plans on addressing the problem of FGM.

For the report on the seminar, please click here.