To combat harmful traditional practices.

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Combating violence and traditional practices that are harmful to health.

(b) Traditional knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe

In addition, traditional chiefs engage in racist, xenophobic and discriminatory practices.

But many people resisted the new religion, favouring traditional beliefs and practices.

Some traditional cultural practices that prevent women from advancing in society are

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

Traditional elders also encourage practices such as marriage between a rapist and his victim.

One of the consequences of such traditional practices, particularly early marriage, is obstetric fistula.

Rather, it is the conflict between these practices and traditional or domestic social relations and practices that entrench vested interests opposed to change.

Famine and disease, as well as the conflict with traditional practices, have slowed this effort.

The author, as anyone else, is able to exercise his traditional practices within these confines.

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

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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,

Certain traditional practices aimed at controlling women's sexuality may also make women more susceptible to HIV AIDS.

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

UNIFEM had examined domestic violence and violence linked with traditional practices, wars and conflicts and human trafficking.

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

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.

(j) To address traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls in education curricula, as appropriate

For example, cultural mores and traditional practices can subordinate the views of young people to those of their elders.

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.

The services of this clinic, which are available to a large surrounding area, blend conventional and traditional Inuit midwifery 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.

These practices are enshrined in laws, customs and traditional practices where the woman or girl often becomes the property of a male relative and she has virtually no autonomy as a person.

Its annual plenary sessions facilitate the exchange of experiences and good practices in a way that transcends traditional North South conflicts.

However, given the existence of certain traditional practices, some women in certain regions of Mozambique are purified following their husbands' death.

a) Review and amend all laws in order to identify and eliminate negative traditional and customary practices that discriminate against women

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

Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment,

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

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

(d) To develop, adopt and implement national legislation, policies, plans and programmes that prohibit traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls, including female genital mutilation, and to prosecute the perpetrators of such practices