2017-10-26
At King Juan Carlos University, FGM/C has been mainstreamed so far in a wide range of teaching guides of the following courses and degrees for the academic year 2017-2018: Professional deontology and health legislation (Degrees in Medicine, Occupational Therapy and Social Work), Social Nursing, gender and Health (Degree in Nursing), Obstetric and Gynecological Nursing (Degree in Nursing), Gender and Social […]
2017-10-26
Roma Tre team is fixing up the organization of the International Seminar and started new trainings on FGM/C with students of Political Science and International Cooperation. The forth and last International Seminar of the MAP-FGM project is titled: “FGM/C: From Medicine to Critical Anthropology”. It will be held in Rome on 24 and 25 November 2017, in the Aula Magna of the […]
2017-10-25
The 3rd International Seminar “Institutional Responses to FGM/C” was held at ISCTE-IUL in Lisbon in September 28th and 29th. This Seminar brougt to the discussion the inherent complexity of institutional responses to FGM/C through contributions of experts from various African countries (Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Guinea Conakry and Mauritania) and other European experts that work on these cross-cutting contexts and other related […]
2017-10-25
The papers of our I International Seminar held in Madrid on 3-4th February 2017 organized jointly by the Gender Equality Observatory of King Juan Carlos University and Wassu-UAB Foundation have been published in English and Spanish. Under the title of “Sociocultural and legal aspects of FGM/C: transnational experiences of prevention and protection”, it compiles findings and experiencies of European and […]
2017-10-25
MAP-FGM/C video has been launched at our III International Seminar in Lisbon on 29th September 2017, on the eve of the European Night of Researchers. This creative video is made with the technics of a shadow theatre and was produced by a young team of artists on the basis of a script drafted by the members of the project. This […]
2017-07-25
The III International Seminar of the MAP-FGM project will be held in Lisbon and is being prepared by the CEI-IUL team. It will take place in the 28th and 29th September 2017 in ISCTE-IUL under the theme “Institutional Responses to FGM/C”. This seminar will have 1 keynote speech, 5 roundtables and 1 documentary screening. The programme is now closed and […]
2017-07-24
2017-07-21
The URJC team has maintained advocacy meetings with professors from different disciplines for the insertion of FGM/C into the academic curriculum of next academic year. In this sense, a training course was offered on 15th of June to professors of Nursing, Medicine, Social Work, Law and Communication Degrees. This multisectoral training course was given by URJC team, Wassu Foundation, Medicos […]
2017-07-21
The 2nd Academic Seminar “Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting at the intersection of qualitative, quantitative and mixed method research – Experiences from Africa and Europe”, was held in Brussels at Hotel Bloom, on Thursday and Friday June 8 and 9 2017. The seminar aimed at discussing the added value of research in abandoning FGM, the do’s and don’ts and propose recommendations for […]
2017-05-19
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos publishes the following Terms of Reference of Making and editing of a short animated videospot in 6 languages to raise interest and awreness among academic community about FGM/C and to disseminate the activities and outputs of the “Multi-sectorial academic programme to prevent and combat Female Genital Mutilation (FGM/C)” project. Deadline: 30th May. Download Terms of Reference.
2017-04-28
The Academic Seminar on “Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting at the intersection of qualitative, quantitative and mixed method research – Experiences from Africa and Europe”, will take place in Brussels, on June 8 and 9 2017. The aim of the seminar is to discuss the added value of research in the campaign towards abandoning FGM, the do’s and don’ts and propose recommendations […]
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