The first International Security Summit on Violence will be held in Luzembourg, November 12th to 14th, 2014. Topics on gender-based violence, including FGM, violence against women, and domestic violence will be discussed on the first day of the summit.
The Summit will be launched in coordination with Ms. Angela Ali and Ms. Joanna Hein-Hartmann. Ms. Ali is the Founder of The Angela Ali Foundation (TAAF), a non-for-profit organization aiming at the enhancement of women condition throughout the world, and is also a legal adviser in the Fund Industry in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, benefiting from a Political Sciences and Law background among other experiences and specializations: Female Genital Mutilation. The Summit will be under the direction of Dr. Armand Clesse with assistance from Ms. Karen Wauters. Dr. Clesse has been the Director of the Luxembourg Institute of International and European Affairs since its creation in 1990. Previously, he was former Special Counsel to the Government of Luxembourg from 1986 to 1994, aid and counsel to former Prime Minister Jacques Santer, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of Defense.
An Extensive Program of the Summit may be viewed here.