Gender-related Vulnerabilities in the EU asylum procedures: Spotlight on FGM

8 November 2016, 8.30 – 16.00, Hotel NH Collection Grand Sablon, Rue Bodenbroek 2/4, 1000 Brussels

On November 8th, the End FGM European Network is organising a conference on 'Gender-related Vulnerabilities in the EU asylum procedures: Spotlight on FGM.' The updated programme is now available in English and French.

The conference is organised as part of our 2016 focus on asylum and builds on the capacity building seminar on asylum and FGM that took place in June.

Register online here.

Additional information:

Press Release

End FGM European Network Position Paper on FGM and international protection

FGM in EU Asylum Directives: Qualification, Procedures and Reception Conditions - END FGM Network Guidelines for Civil Society

Presentation by Debora Singer, Asylum Aid

Presentation by Clara Caldera on the United to End FGM European Knowledge Platform for Professionals

Presentation by Annalisa d’Aguanno, GAMS Belgium

Speakers and Moderators' Biographies

Falling at each hurdle: Credibility assessments in women’s asylum claims (Video)

Press:

Euractiv: Female genital mutilation: Putting human rights at the core of Europe’s asylum system, Op-ed by Liuska Sanna, Director of the End FGM European Network

VITA International: Helping women and girls from FGM-practising countries seeking asylum in EU

Humania: 180.000 mujeres y niñas están en riesgo de sufrir mutilación genital en Europa