Death Mask Commercial

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Senegal Curbs a Bloody Rite for Girls and Women

Posted in medicine by KFadmin on November 9th, 2011 | Comments Off

SARE HAROUNA, Senegal — When Aissatou Kande was a little girl, her family followed a tradition considered essential to her suitability to marry. Her clitoris was sliced off with nothing to dull the pain.

But on her wedding day, Ms. Kande, her head modestly covered in a plain white shawl, vowed to protect her own daughters from the same ancient custom. Days later, her village declared it would abandon female genital cutting for good.

Across the continent, an estimated 92 million girls and women have undergone it. But like more than 5,000 other Senegalese villages, Sare Harouna has joined a growing movement to end the practice.

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SheKilda 7th-9th October 2011

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Writing for Justice

Sponsor Information

Victoria Law Foundation

Schedule info

Time slot:

Saturday 8 October 11:45am – 01:00pm

Signup Reminder:

Fri, 10/07/2011 – 10:00am

Room:

The Ellen Davitt Room

Panel Participants

Panel To Be Chaired By:

Vikki Petraitis

Participating Authors:

How authors can influence the real world. From true crime writers seeking justice for victims or the wrongly accused, to novelists using their work as a platform to address injustice.

SheKilda 7th-9th October 2011

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Turning the Tables

Schedule info

Time slot:

Saturday 8 October 03:45pm – 05:00pm

Signup Reminder:

Fri, 10/07/2011 – 10:00am

Room:

The Pat Flower Room

Panel Participants

Participating Authors:

SheKilda 7th-9th October 2011

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Them That Really Do It

Sponsor Information

Writing Australia

Schedule info

Time slot:

Sunday 9 October 12:10pm – 01:00pm

Signup Reminder:

Fri, 10/07/2011 – 10:00am

Room:

The Ellen Davitt Room

Panel Participants

Panel To Be Chaired By:

Katherine Howell

Participating Authors:

Using their Profession

Introduced by Mary Delahunty, National Director, Writing Australia
These ladies are not only talented authors but doctors, police officers, nurses and paramedics. How do they use what they know best in their fiction?