Female Genital Cutting (FGC) Zero Tolerance Day

USAID will be sponsoring the 1st anniversary symposium to review advances and challenges in abandoning the practice of female genital cutting.

When:

February 6, 2004
10:00 a.m. – 12 noon

Where:

National Press Club Ballroom
529 14th Street
Washington, D.C.

Theme:

Translating Zero Tolerance into Zero Cutting

Speakers:

• Dr. E. Anne Peterson, MD, MPH, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health – USAID
• Mrs. Fatoumata Diakité, InterAfrican Committee
• Dr. Nawal Nour, Physician, 2003 winner of the MacArthur Genius Award
• Dr. Nahid Toubia, Founder and President of RAINBO
• Molly Melching, Tostan Program, Senegal
• Kerthio Diarra, member of the Senegalese women’s group in Malicounda Bambara

Access the complete text of this invitation to FGC Zero Tolerance Day [MS Word , 288KB].

Please RSVP to:
Rhonda Smith
Population Reference Bureau
rhondas@prb.org
Tel: (202) 939-5427