To combat harmful traditional practices.

2005 Harmful traditional practices affecting the health

Combating violence and traditional practices that are harmful to health.

Harmful traditional practices affecting the health of women and the girl child

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

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

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,

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

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

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

Yet despite these legal provisions, women and girls are still the victims of traditional practices harmful to their self fulfillment.

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

Traditional harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation, abduction and early marriage, characterized the lives of various peoples within Ethiopia.

In the area of violence against children, the Criminal Code had been amended to penalize harmful traditional practices against children.

Third, the Government had designed specific programmes to protect children from all forms of exploitation, violence and other harmful traditional practices.

Violence related to harmful practices

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

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.

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

Welcomes the progress made in combating harmful traditional practices, including female genital mutilation, through the impetus of non governmental organizations, in particular the Inter African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, which should be given maximum encouragement

(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

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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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,

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,

Target 4 Support to legal and practical measures to reduce the incidence and impact of physical violence against children and to measures which address harmful traditional practices

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.

Regarding the draft of the Children's Act 2005, she asked whether a list of the harmful traditional practices that it referred to could be provided to the Committee.

Violence against women and girls occurs in the home, school and community in the form of neglect, infanticide, prenatal selection, harmful traditional practices such as FGM and sexual exploitation.

Women's health Niger Midwives' Association Committee of the Niger on Harmful Traditional Practices Safe Motherhood Group of the Niger and the Family Well being Association of the Niger, among others

(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

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

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

A feasibility study will be initiated for a common programme of action to prevent or eradicate customary or traditional practices that are harmful to the health of women and girls (2006 2010).

(i) To strive to change attitudes that condone or normalize any form of violence against children, including cruel, inhuman or degrading forms of discipline, harmful traditional practices and all forms of sexual violence

The Committee strongly recommends that the State party undertake effective public education measures, including awareness raising programmes designed to eliminate gender based prejudices and traditional practices that are harmful to women and girls.

For several years running, the Netherlands submitted a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly against traditional practices that are harmful to the health of women and girls, such as female genital mutilation.

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.

Mr. Migliore (Observer for the Holy See) said that violence against women in all its forms, including domestic violence and harmful traditional practices, was a grave violation of women's dignity and human rights.

Emphasizing that the elimination of harmful traditional or customary practices will contribute to reducing the vulnerability of women and girls to the human immunodeficiency virus acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV AIDS) and other sexually transmitted infections,