gudinde Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 11.- 15. november 2015 H.K.H. Kronprinsessen foretager rejse til Senegal med organisationerne Orchid Project og Tostan den 11. - 15. november. Rejsen foretages med henblik på at opleve og få dybere forståelse for organisationernes arbejde med ”Community Empowerment Programs” med særligt fokus på kvinder og pigers rettigheder og kvindelig omskæring.” 11-15 November 2015 HRH The Crown Princess makes a trip to Senegal with the organizations Orchid Project and Tostan from November 11 to 15. The trip is made in order to experience and obtain a deeper understanding of the organizations' work with "Community Empowerment Programs" with a special focus on women and girls' rights and female genital mutilation. http://orchidproject.org/ http://www.orchidproject.dk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudinde Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 http://www.orchidproject.dk/ http://orchidproject.org/ I hope Birgitte Handwerk is part of the delegation. She is Vice-Chairman for orchidproject.dk. And Julie Mølsgaard is on the board too. Thanks for this info mls. I think I have seen photos of Birgitte in Africa with local children. This explains the connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mls Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 About Tostan "NGO based in Dakar in Senegal, which works throughout West Africa including in The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, and Mauritania, as well as Senegal. They also work in parts of East Africa including Somalia and Djibouti. Since Tostan’s founding, they have helped bring about the abandonment of FGC in over 7,500 communities across West Africa, by equipping them with the knowledge that the practice does not have to continue. Tostan delivers a human-rights based Community Empowerment Programme (CEP) which is a 30 month long programme delivered by local staff in local languages. Our partnership with Tostan complements the CEP and is based around their concept of ‘Social Mobilisation’. An Orchid Project funded ‘Social Mobilisation’ programme is currently taking place in Kolda and Sédhiou in southern Senegal as well as Fouta in the north of the country, and we are supporting this programme through to the end of 2015, and hopefully beyond. This Social Mobilisation programme involves working with teams of volunteers who have already abandoned FGC to spread the message of abandonment, and encourage others to join them through awareness raising and human rights based education. These programmes are crucial to the rapid diffusion of the message of abandonment, and can help bring about an end to FGC in surrounding communities which haven’t been a part of the Community Empowerment Programme." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mls Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 From Orchid Project: HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark witnesses ceremony to abandon female genital cutting "Today (15th November 2015), over fifty communities in the Kaolack region of Senegal have come together to declare an end to the centuries-old practice of female genital cutting." https://orchidproject.org/media-release-hrh-crown-princess-mary-of-denmark-witnesses-ceremony-to-abandon-female-genital-cutting/ https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12219528_10153771741998470_1723843494847234481_n.jpg?oh=e2439c21089db93cce8f56f530cf06a5&oe=57F5EDD1 https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12243541_10153771741703470_6040522474072996292_n.jpg?oh=f4f9e6551fcf35419dbf2fb718104cbf&oe=582C3B63 https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12239564_10153771740768470_4610218228069449981_n.jpg?oh=640f997294f6d9634552859ca7155c94&oe=57F6D716 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalfamily Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 more pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commoner Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 Thanks, mls:-) I'm glad we got a few pictures. There is no "press information" in the calendar entry, so this is probably more of a working trip with organisations without press. Therefore we probably shouldn't expect much material, other than what the organisation may release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbie Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 Happy to see the photos, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mls Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 "Princesse de couronne Danemark saluent les 52 communautes ayant abandonné excision/mariage d'enfants" "Denmark's Crown Princess welcomed the 52 communities that have abandoned FGM and child marriage" https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CT2pDiMXAAQ7YXM.jpg:large FGM means female genital mutilation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudinde Posted November 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 royalista article http://royalista.com/120174/crown-princess-mary-celebrates-locals-senegal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mls Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 http://kongehuset.dk/menu/foto--video/rejse-til-senegal Birgitte Handwerk in one of the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mls Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 http://tostan.org/sites/default/files/lecture_du_texte_de_la_declaration._declaration_a_medina_sabakh._kaolack_sn._15_nov._2015_0.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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