INTERNATIONAL PARLIAMENTARIANS’ CONSULTATION
Fez, Morocco / 2-3 October 2017
Upholding the Rights of Girls, Ending Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage:
DRAFT Agenda
Day 1 (full day) Monday, 2 Oct 2017, 9.30-17.00 |
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Speaker |
9.30-10.15 | Session 1 Welcome / Introduction 1. Hon. Marie Rose Nguini Effa, MP, Cameroon, Member of the Pan-African Parliament, FPA Chair2. Hon. Pia Locatelli, MP, tbc3. Hon. MP from Morocco, tbc |
10.15-10.20
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Video: E.g. The day I was mutilated. The day I became a woman (UNFPA)https://youtu.be/YkPGUODp9ig (2’20)
The world we want: End child marriage (Girls not Brides 2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvQjBjqmNLM (2’48)
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10.20-11.00 | Session 2Keynote addresses
1. Karen Daduryan, Deputy Regional Director, UNFPA Arab States Regional Office
3. Hon. Haidara Aichata Cisse, MP, Mali, Chairperson of the Pan-African Parliament’s Women’s Caucus and Chair of the Malian Women Parliamentarians Forum, tbc
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11.00-11.30 |
Coffee break
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11.30-13.00 | Session 3Panel discussion: Ending Female Genital Mutilation Moderator: Nafissatou Diop, Senior Adviser and Coordinator, UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C 1. Bréhima Ballo, AMSOPT – Association Malienne pour le Suivi et l’Orientation des Pratiques Traditionelles (Mali)2. Maria Grazia Panunzi, President, AIDOS, Italy 3. Muna Hassan, Co-founder Integrate UK
4. Khadija T. Moalla, PhD, Senior International Consultant Group Discussion – Q&A |
13.00-13.15 | Video – Abandoning FGM on FM sub ita(AIDOS 2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egNiC3_cDY8 (5.34’) or: De retour au pays (Going back home) (10’54) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TA5nKupoko Short introduction by Maria Grazia Panunzi, President, AIDOS Italy
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13.15-14.15 |
Lunch |
14.15-14.30 | Power walk – (adapted to topic of conference) Ruairi Talbot, Communication & Outreach Officer |
14.30-15.30 | Session 4Introduction to social media toolkit and the MPs video messages – to be produced during the rest of the meeting – Ruairi Talbot, Communication & Outreach Officer, EPF
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15.30-16.00 | Coffee break |
16.00-17.30 |
Session 5 Panel discussion: Child Marriage
Moderator: Valentina Volpe, Regional Program Specialist, UNFPA Arab States Regional Office
1. Joséphine TRAORE épse KEITA, Association Malienne pour le Bien-Etre de la Femme et de l’Enfant (AMBEFE) 2. Dr. Kelley Moult, Director & Senior Researcher, Center for Law and Society, University of Cape Town 3. Maxence DAUBLAIN (Mr), Policy Officer, Child rights, gender, discrimination, Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) – EuropeAid – EU Commission |
Day 2 (full day) Tuesday, 3 Oct 2017, 9.00-15.00 |
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9.00-10.00
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Session 1 Roundtable discussions with girls and boys (tbc)
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10.00-11.30 | Session 2Focus on diaspora populations
Moderator: Françoise Kpelgo Moudouthe, Head of Africa Engagement, Girls Not Brides, Senegal
1. Khadidiatou Diallo, President and founder of GAMS, Belgium
2. Chiara Cosentino, Policy & Advocacy Officer, End FGM European Network
3. Virginia Wangare Greiner, Director and founder of Maisha e.V. African Women in Germany
4. Alice Frade, Executive Director, P&D Factor, Portugal
Group Discussion – Q&A
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11.30-12.00 | Coffee break |
12.00-13.30 | Session 3Roundtable – what can parliamentarians do? – Working Groups
Basic principles to be considered in laws and policies to end harmful practices
Moderator: Ragaa Said, Parliamentary Affairs Specialist, UNFPA and Neil Datta, Secretary, EPF
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13.30-14.30 |
Group Lunch |
14.30- |
Session 4 Discussion with MPs on their role in enforcing implementation of laws
Moderator: Ragaa Said, Parliamentary Affairs Specialist, UNFPA and Neil Datta, Secretary, EPF
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16.00-16.30
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Concluding remarks
EPF UNFPA |