Female Circumcision
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The Democracy and Rule of Law Programme at the University of Bergen and CMI has the pleasure to invite to a full-day seminar on Female Circumcision.
Seminar programme:
10.00-10.15
Introduction and Welcome by Liv Tønnessen, Researcher at Chr. Michelsen Institute
10.15- 10.45
“The power of Culture: Female Circumcision as Tradition and Taboo”
Presentation by Aud Talle, Professor in Social Anthropology, University of Oslo
10.45-11.15
Comments by Heidi Thornhill, Chief Physician at the Women’s Clinic, Haukeland University Hospital.
Followed by questions
11.15-11.45
“FGM in Sudan: Challenging Successes”
Presentation by Samia al-Nagar, Social Anthropologist, the University of Khartoum and Ahfad University for Women in Sudan
11.45-12.15
Comments by Elin Vestbøstad, Master Student in Public Health at Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen.
Followed by questions
12.15-13.00
Lunch
13.00- 13.30
“FGM, Human Rights and the Norwegian Regulation”.
Presentation by Henriette Sinding Aasen, Professor in Law, University of Bergen
13.30- 13.45
Comments by Astrid Blystad, Professor, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen.
Followed by questions
14.00-15.00
Discussion and questions
Chair: Karen Marie Moland, Associate Professor at Bergen University College
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