FGM - Online Discussion - Interventions & Good Practices 8 – 20 February, 2010

Interventions to Accelerate the Abandonment of FGM: Lessons Learned

Online Discussion Forum: 8 – 20 February, 2010

The Population Council’s INTACT Network (International Network to Analyze, Communicate and Transform the Campaign against Female Genital Mutilation or FGM) invites you to join a
newly-launched online discussion forum, hosted by the Implementing Best
Practices web site.

The forum seeks to provide activists, researchers, and scholars from around the world with opportunities to discuss the culture, gender, and human rights issues underlying FGM and share
approaches to achieve abandonment, strategies to engage policymakers, and ideas
in evaluating the impact of interventions.

In observance of International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM, the INTACT forum will host “Interventions to Accelerate the Abandonment of FGM:

Lessons Learned” (8 – 20 February) an e-discussion on implementing interventions against FGM. This global online forum is an opportunity to share experiences, challenges, and lessons learned, pose
questions and discuss with colleagues who are experienced in the field of
FGM.

During the two-week e-discussion discussants from the Population Council, the Population Reference Bureau, UNFPA, UNICEF, and civil society will answer—and pose—questions as well as stimulate
conversation and brainstorming. Participants will receive a daily digest of
contributions from the moderated forum.

We would like to invite you to join this forum. To join the discussion, please go to http://my.ibpinitiative.org/public//fgm and you will then be able to access the discussion forum. You will be able to participate in the discussion simply
by responding to the daily digest or
by sending a message at any time to fgm@my.ibpinitiative.org.