FGM & the best interest of the child Prevention Fabienne Richard Midwife, MSc, PhD Executive Director of GAMS Belgium Seydou Niang MSO Peer educator coordinator.

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FGM & the best interest of the child Prevention Fabienne Richard Midwife, MSc, PhD Executive Director of GAMS Belgium Seydou Niang MSO Peer educator coordinator 28 January 2016, Bruxelles

GAMS in short Started in 1996 (20th anniversary this year !) Mission: Support women living with FGM and prevent FGM on girls at risk Multidisciplany team (8 EFT) + volunteers Access to the services 5/7days from 9am to 5 pm Sub-offices in Flanders & Wallonia since

Good practices Professionals: –Guideline targeted to key sectors –Training of FGM focal point in the different services Community sensitisation: –Prenatal workshop –Well-Baby clinics activities –Engaging Youth –Engaging Women AND Men 3

Guidelines targeted to key sectors 4

Training of FGM focal point 5 Midwives FGM focal point Health prevention professionals

Prenatal Workshop 6

Counseling during well baby clinics 7 Partnership between GAMS & ONE (Office of Birth and Childhood)

Sensitisation in school Youth workshops 8

Engaging Woman AND Men 9

Exemple of Men Speak Out Project 10 Co-funded by the Daphne programme of the European Union

3 top priorities o Funding for community work and not only for conference, guidelines,… o Access to specialised care for every migrant woman with FGM  the best way to protect a child from FGM is to take care of the mother o Networking, coordination between the different services to have more impact (national coverage, standardisation of tools, better use of the resources) 11

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