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

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,

(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.

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

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.

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.

Parents Responsibility and Protection from Detrimental Practices

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.

Combating violence and traditional practices that are harmful to health.

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

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

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,

Climate friendly agricultural technologies and practices, including traditional agricultural methods Afforestation, reforestation and use of marginal land Solid and liquid waste management for the recovery of methane

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

(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.

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

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,

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.

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,

Welcomes the ninth report (E CN.4 Sub.2 2005 36) of the Special Rapporteur, Halima Embarek Warzazi, and shares her concern at the damaging effects of harmful traditional practices and the need to put an end to them

Welcomes the ninth report (E CN.4 Sub.2 2005 36) of the Special Rapporteur, Halima Embarek Warzazi, and shares her concern at the damaging effects of harmful traditional practices and the need to put an end to them

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

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

8 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Progress in Identifying and Eliminating Harmful Tax Practices, June 2000.

Participants were informed about the regional and international mechanisms and shared their concerns and strategies for the promotion and protection of women's rights on a wide range of issues, from harmful traditional practices to violence against women in situations of armed conflict.

Invites the Commission on Human Rights to request its Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences to continue to consider and examine, in a more systematic way, the effects of harmful traditional practices affecting the health of women and girls as an integral part of her mandate

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

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