WUNRN
UN Human Rights Council - Session 29 – Panel
FGM – POLICIES & RESOLUTIONS – GLOBAL TO
NATIONAL/LOCAL
SUCCESSES & CHALLENGES
June 19, 2015
2:00 pm-3:30 pm - Room XXII
UN Palais des Nations – Geneva, Switzerland
Opening Remarks:
H.E Ms.
Evelyne Marie Augustine Ilboudo, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Burkina
Faso
Distinguished
Speakers:
- FGM
& Torture Statement – UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Mr. Juan
Mendez
- Ms.
Adwoa Kufour, OHCHR Gender Unit – Human Rights Officer
- Dr.
Lale Say, Coordinatior RHR - World Health Organization
- Dr.
Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, FORWARD Germany
- Ms.
Jennifer Obaseki, UK Lawyer & FGM Specialist
- Ms.
Janine Moussa, Due Diligence Project, Co-Director
- Somalia-US
Statement on FGM & Immigrant Girls in Minnesota
- Ms.
Lorraine Koonce Farahmand, Attorney at Law UK & US - FGM Specialist +
Message from Dr. Tobe Levin, International Gender Studies,
University of Oxford
- Ms.
Lois A. Herman, Coordinator WUNRN, Women’s UN Report Network
·
Dr. Kameel Ahmady, A comprehensive Research study on FGM/C in Iran -2015
·
Panel Conclusions: Ms. Alanna Armitage –
Director, UNFPA Geneva
Moderator: Dr. Adebisi Adebayo – Inter-African Committee, IAC Geneva