Banjul declaration on violence against women.(female genital mutilation; Symposium for Religious Leaders and Medical Personnel on FGM as a Form of Violence)

WIN News | September 22, 1998 | Copyright

"We, the participants at the SYMPOSIUM FOR RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL ON FGM AS A FORM OF VIOLENCE, organized by the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices/GAMCOTRAP, held in Banjul, The Gambia, July 20-23, 1998, declare as follows:

* Having examined and appreciated the health and human rights implications of violence against women and girls, particularly female genital mutilation (FGM);

* Having recognized that in Africa over 100 million women and girls are victims of FGM;

* Having confirmed that FGH has neither Islamic nor ...

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