Saturday the 12. of May from 9.30 -15.30

We hereby have the pleasure of inviting representatives from ethnic women associations in Århus and Denmark, representatives from Århus Municipality and from the Region of Mid Jutland, health professionals, our project partners, Federation of Somali associations in Holland and the Somali Brawanese Society of Manchester, members of EuroNet, all our other cooperation partners in DK and Europe and the press to this final conference in our EU Daphne Project “IFTIIN”

Programme

Compère Ali Nuur, member of the City Council, Århus Municipality

9:30 Arrival, registration and coffee
10:00 Welcoming speech “What have we learned from our Daphne Project “IFT-I-IN” by chairman of the Somali Women Association in Århus Mrs. Ambara Hashi Nuur

10:15 “Municipal policies and activities in regard to equality in health” by Alderman for the Health Department of the Municipal Authority, Dorthe Lautsen, Århus Municipality

10:30 “Health among ethnic citizents seen from the regional perspective” by Kirsten Vinther-Jensen, Department of Public Health, The Region of Mid Jutland.
10:45 Psychological effect caused by FGM and Tribal marks by Selma Rahmatu Laryea, Nutrition Assistant at the Århus University Hospital &
member of the IFIIN steering committee

11:00 Coffee break

11:15 Dutch experiences on ethnic women and health by Mrs. Zahra Naleie, Federation of Somali Associations in Holland.

11:30 English experiences on ethnic women and health by Mr. Abukar Mohammed, Somali Brawaneese Society of Manchester.

11:45 International recommendations in preventing FGM by Doctor Abdu Khadir Omar, Italy
12:00 Lunch and informal dialogue
13:30 Workshops on the following themes:
1. Circumcision – still a problem in DK and Europe in the year 2007 ?
What to be done ? Host: Zahra Naleie, Project co-ordinator Holland
2. Young girls and prevention – abortion made on young girls ? Host:
Annelie Ginzel, MD. Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Aalborg Hospital
3. Ethnic women meeting the health-system – ideas to create a better understanding ? Host: Inge Wittrup, Department of Public Health, Region of Mid Jutland
4. Elderly ethnic women – introduction to the “Tupperware model” Host: Christine Kousholt, The House of Health, Municipality of Aarhus.

14:30 Feed back from the workshops: “Summing up the recommendations from the whole conference” lead by Lotte Jensen, project assistant IFTIIN project.

15:00 “News and recommendations from EuroNet” by Coordinator Els Leye, University of Gent

After the conference you will be served a light refreshment and get the opportunity to mingle around and network. Also take a walk in the surroundings before we meet again at the Gellerup Stage to the Final Performance in the project IFTIIN. The performance starts at 16.00 and will last until 18.00.

The price of the conference will be 100,- kr. to be paid by the arrival. The performance will cost 60,- kr. and food and drinking in Trivselshuset 100,- kr.

After the performance all participants are invited to an informal dinner in Trivselshuset. The dinner will off course be prepared by ethnic women, and there will be entertainment, singing and dancing.

Ambara Hashi Nuur
Project Co-ordinator

Registration form

Name: _______________________________________________________

Title: ________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________

Tel.: ________________________________________________________

Mail address: _________________________________________________

Would like to participate in the following:

Conference: __________________________________________________

Performance: _________________________________________________

Dinner in Trivselshuset: _________________________________________

Workshops:

Workshop 1: _________
Workshop 2: _________
Workshop 3: _________
Workshop 4: _________

Please fill in and mail to: mail@upfronteurope.dk
Or send to: Lotte Jensen, Tendrupvej 20C, 8543 Hornslet