Join the screening of the award-winning In The Name Your Daughter, the inspiring documentary about some of the bravest girls in the world who risk their lives to run away from female genital mutilation in Tanzania.
Meet Rhobi Samwelly, the amazing woman who protects the girls in her Hope Centre for Girls and Women, and Giselle Portenier, the film’s director and a co-founder of the End FGM Canada Network.mm
Please join us for this important free webinar for health professionals and students. Find out how to care for survivors of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Canada and how to protect girls at risk! Hear from FGM/C survivors and those who care for them. Bring your questions!
Hear from Klara Hillmann, public policy specialist, on Canada’s inaction on female genital mutilation/cutting; Maryam Sheik, survivor and activist on why Canadians must end the silence; Angela Deane, OB-GYN, and Veronique Harvey, psychologist on how to support survivors. Moderated by Bilkis Visandjée from the University of Montreal. With a welcome from the Honorable Leela Aheer, Alberta’s Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women.
