Beyond CSW: African Cultural Leaders Conference (Part1)

Ending Harmful Traditional Gender-Based Practices

Harmful traditional sexual and gender-based practices are universal and prevalent across cultures.
Culturally, Violence Against Women is those acts that are explicitly justified or condoned through misuse of cultural, religious, or traditional beliefs, values, and practices that are meant to impose patriarchal control over women and girls. There are, for example, Early Child Marriage, Female Genital Mutilations (FGM), and limitations of Women's development and advancement due to customs and traditional beliefs. Many of these culturally sanctioned practices are meant to subjugate women.
 
African Queens & Cultural Leaders Network, The African Royal Kingdoms (The ARK), and African Views Organization (AQWCLN– The ARK - AV) are the organizers of the African cultural leaders' conference on ending harmful traditional sexual and gender-based practices in observance of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 65) 2021, scheduled to take place on April 28th, 2021 at 2 PM Ghana Time.
 
Topics of discussion will include ensuring the following
Role of Women in High-level Decision-Making leadership positions (if women can be president and prime ministers, why can't the queen rule in kingdoms)
Removing traditional impediments of women repression such as Early child marriages,
Zero Tolerance Female Genital mutilations, breast pressing, inheritance rights, and other harmful practices.
Reimagining the role, choice, and potential of Women's contribution in modern traditional societies
 
Traditional rulers representing all the Six African regions will discuss eradicating harmful traditional practices in the communities.