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To combat harmful traditional practices.

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Emphasizing that all harmful traditional practices affect women and girls first and foremost,

Regrets, however, the continuation and further development of existing and new forms of harmful practice

Noting the consideration given by the General Assembly to the issue of harmful traditional and customary practices,

Noting the consideration given by the General Assembly to the issue of harmful traditional and customary practices,

FDA remains in place, auditing concessionaires' forestry practices and tax assessments.

(e) The fact that the elimination of harmful traditional or customary practices will be considered during the special session of the General Assembly on children

The Government planned to promulgate legislation banning female genital mutilation, abduction and other harmful traditional practices.

(k) To promote men's understanding of their roles and responsibilities with regard to promoting the elimination of harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation

Psychosocial support and mental health services to women survivors of violence and harmful traditional practices are very limited.

Because of that, it will be necessary to work on improving health reporting in the area of work medicine and monitoring the harmful practices in the workplace. The situation in Republika Srpska cannot be compared with the countries of Western Europe, but it can be compared with the neighbouring countries where production has shrunk.

Calls upon all Governments to give their full attention to the implementation of the Plan of Action for the Elimination of Harmful Traditional Practices affecting the Health of Women and Children

Lastly, she requested a definition of the harmful traditional practices prohibited by the recently adopted Children's Act 2005.

Female genital mutilation was included among the harmful traditional practices prohibited by the Act but it was not specifically named.

With regard to harmful traditional practices, in order to avoid ambiguity about which practices were illegal it would be best to spell them out in legislation and to provide for enforcement.

Communication strategies for addressing harmful practices are likely to be more effective when undertaken in close collaboration with local religious and political leaders.

Further welcomes the commitment of many States to efforts to combat all harmful traditional practices, and encourages them to intensify their efforts

The Unit against Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (CPTAFE) runs awareness campaigns on female excision and other degrading practices.

Of course, there is a remarkable progress, Randa Fakhr El Deen, executive director of the NGO Union Against Harmful Practices On Women and Children, told Global Voices.

Requests all non governmental organizations dealing with women's issues to continue to devote part of their activities to the study of the various harmful practices and ways and means of eradicating them

Appeals to all States concerned to intensify efforts to develop awareness of and mobilize national public opinion concerning the harmful effects of all forms of harmful traditional practice, in particular through education, information and training, in order to achieve the total eradication of these practices

Appeals to the international community to provide material, technical and financial support to the non governmental organizations and groups working with dedication to achieve the total elimination of practices that are harmful to girl children and women

Ms. Singhateh (Gambia) said that the Committee had asked about the list of harmful traditional practices that had at first been included in the draft of the Children's Act 2005 and later removed.

Reaffirming that such harmful traditional or customary practices constitute a definite form of violence against women and girls and a serious violation of their human rights,

Invites the Special Rapporteur on violence against women to cooperate closely with non governmental organizations working on harmful traditional practices, especially the Inter African Committee

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It would be useful for the Committee to know what was being done to eradicate harmful cultural practices, and whether education was being provided to women so that they could fight discrimination on their own behalf.

While it had lodged no reservations to the Convention, it had lodged reservations to the Protocol with regard to the elimination of harmful practices and to separation, divorce, annulment of marriage, and the right to inheritance.

Federal and state legislation addressed issues of child protection and the prohibition of practices inimical to the welfare of the child such as trafficking, early marriages, street hawking, child labour and the withdrawal of girls from school.

Reaffirming that harmful traditional or customary practices, including female genital mutilation, constitute a serious threat to the health of women and girls, and may have fatal consequences,

(c) Building the capacities of parliamentarians to strengthen the protective environment for children, including eliminating harmful traditional practices, reducing the incidence of sexual exploitation and child pornography and combating child trafficking

She wondered whether the harmful traditional practices addressed by the Children's Act 2005 also included female genital mutilation, and whether penalties were prescribed for those who practised it.

Traditional harmful practices hinder equitable access of women and girls to comprehensive and affordable quality primary health care services, in particular reproductive health services.

Emphasizing the importance of the Plan of Action for the Elimination of Harmful Traditional Practices affecting the Health of Women and Children (E CN.4 Sub.2 1994 10 Add.1 and Corr.1) adopted by the Sub Commission,

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Violence related to harmful practices

A preliminary draft of the Act that had specified each of the harmful traditional practices, including female genital mutilation, had met with resistance on the part of the vast illiterate Muslim population in rural areas.