Lecture: Marit Tolo Østebø - Female Genital Cutting: a panel discussion with lecture

Lecture by Marit Tolo Østebø: Are religious leaders a silver bullet in the global Fight against ‘Female Genital Mutilation’? Based on her research in Ethiopia, Marit Tolo Østebø (University of Florida/University of Bergen) will talk about the role of religious leaders in interventions that seek to eradicate ‘Female Genital Mutilation’ (FGM). This will be followed by a roundtable discussion with the audience, and a panel consisting of Marit Tolo Østebø, Jeff Balch (Director of research and evaluation at the Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa) and Zahra Naleie (project leader Federation of Somalian Associations in the Netherlands).

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