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Seminar on female genital mutilation in Kurdistan

Many women in Iraqi Kurdistan still undergo traditional genital mutilation, shows the data collected by WADI association. The research was conducted in 2005 by teams of trained personnel in villages and small areas in the Kurdish region in Iraq. Traveling to affected areas also involved providing women with information film about the damage of female genital mutilation.

Published: October 16, 2009

When: Thursday, 29. October 2009 10.00 – 14.00
Where: Oslo, Filmens hus Cinemateket (SAL Lillebil)
Host: WADI
Contact: (kvinneutvalget@kurdistan.no)
More info: www.kurdistan.no/1051085761/1255342165

10:00-10:10 Opening remarks at the Women’s Committee
10:10-11:00 Film show of the documentary film "A Handful of Ash"
11:00-11:30 Lunch
11:30-12:15 Lecture by Thomas von der Osten – Sack / Director-General and a co-founder of WADI
12:15-12:45 Personal account of mutilation by Arian Arif / Kurdish journalist living in Norway
12:45-13:30 Questions and discussion
13:30-14:00 Closing

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