WHO HAS ALREADY SIGNED

CHANTAL DE SOUZA YAYI

First Lady of Benin

MARIANA MANA SAHNA

First Lady of Guinea Bissau

JANET KATAHA MUSEVENI

First Lady of Uganda

CHANTAL COMPAORE

First Lady of Burkina Faso

CLIO NAPOLITANO

First Lady of Italy

MOUSHIRA KHATTAB

Minister for Family and Population, Egypt

RAID FAHMI

Minister of Science and Technology, Iraq

NAHA MINT MOUKNASS

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mauritania

EMMA BONINO

VP of the Senate and founder of NPWJ, Italy

HICHAM EL TALL

Minister of Justice, Jordan

MARIAM LAMIZANA

President of the Inter-African Committee

DESMOND TUTU

Nobel Peace Laureate, South Africa

NADINE GORDIMER

Nobel Laureate of Literature, South Africa

SHIRIN EBADI

Nobel Peace Laureate, Iran

MARTTI AHTISAARI

Nobel Peace Laureate, Finland

GÜNTER BLOBEL

Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Germany

RITA LEVI MONTALCINI

Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Italy

GERARDUS ‘T HOOFT

Nobel Laureate in Physics, Netherlands

ROBERT MUNDELL

Nobel Laureate in Economics, USA

FRANK WILCZEK

Nobel Laureate in Physics, USA

MEMOUNA BABONI YACOUBOU

Presidency adv. for Social Affairs, Benin

VICTORINE ODOUNLAMI

Pres. of CI-AF Benin, Benin

HUGUETTE AKPLOGAN DOSSA

Africa Coordinator of International Federation of Business and Professional Women, Benin

MARIE ROSE SAWADOGO

CNLPE, Burkina Faso

COMFORT EFFIOM

Treasurer of the IAC, Cameroon

GERMAINE ONANGA

President of the CNDF, Congo-Brazzaville

DJIGUIBA CISSÉ

Pres. of Côte d'Ivoire IAC, Côte d'Ivoire

BAMBA MASSANY

Member of Parliament, Côte d'Ivoire

NATAGOMA GON SORO COULIBALY

Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Côte d'Ivoire

SAFIA ELMI DJIBRIL

Member of Parliament, Djibouti

SHAHIRA AMIN

CNN corresp.- Deputy of Nile Int, Egypt

HOSNA RACHID

Chair of Rachid Mashreq Group, Egypt

TSEGGA GAIM MISGUN

NEUW, Eritrea

EYOB ASSEGEDEW

Lawyer and activist, Ethiopia

LINAH J. KILIMO

MP and former Minister, Kenya

JANE THUO

Amwik, Kenya

BABA AHMED BABOU

Member of Parliament, Mauritania

MARIAME BABA SY

Member of the AAWORD, Mauritania

MOSADEQ SAHEBDIN

Deputy Head Master, Mauritius

FATOUMA BOUBÉ

President of CONIPRAT, Niger

SIDIKAT SHITU

President of WOGCEI, Nigeria

KHADY KOITA

President of La Palabre, Senegal

EL HADJI MALICK DIOP

Member of Parliament, Senegal

NDÈYE SOUKÈYE GUEYE

Director, Ministry for Family, Senegal

LAUREL BANGURA

Director, FGM-Sierra Leone

ABDOUL RAHIM KAMARA

Manifesto 99, Sierra Leone

WARIS DIRIE

UN Special Ambassador for the elimination of Female Genital Mutilation, Somalia

EMAD ABDEEN

Pres. of Entishar Charity Society, Sudan

ATSOH LARBA APOUDJAK

Member of Parliament ,Togo

BOLAGBÉDÉ BANKATI

President of Togo IAC, Togo

YAO ENYONAM KPOGO

FGM Director, Min. for Social Affairs, Togo

MOHSEN MARZOUK

Human Rights Defender, Tunisia

REBECCA ALITWALA KADAGA

Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Uganda

DORA BYAMUKAMA

Member of Parliament, Uganda

CHRIS BARYOUMUNSI

Member of Parliament, Uganda

BEATRICE CHELANGAT

Coordinator of REACH-Uganda, Uganda

CHRIS ONGOM

Coordinator, Uganda Victims Foundation, Uganda

MORISSANDA KOUYATÉ

Head of Operations, IAC

BAKHTIAR AMIN

Former Human Rights Minister, Iraq

SAFIA AL SOUHAIL

Member of Parliament, Iraq

ALA TALABANI

Member of Parliament, Iraq

HAJIM AL-HASSANI

Former Speaker of Parliament, Iraq

ADNAN ABOU-ODEH

Former Political Adv. to the King, Jordan

KAMIL ABU JABIR

Former Foreign Minister, Jordan

ZEINA EL-TIBI

Al-Ayam, La Revue du Liban, Lebanon

HAIFA FAHOUM AL KAYLANI

Founder and Chairperson of the AIWF

RANDA EID

SG of AIWA, Syria-Italy

MARCO PANNELLA

President of the Nonviolent Radical Party

GARETH EVANS

Former Foreign Minister, Australia

JEAN-LUC DEHAENE

Former Prime Minister, Belgium

ELS LEYE

ICRH, Belgium

NATHALIE GILSON

Ixelles Deputy Mayor, Belgium

LOUISE ARBOUR

President of Int’l Crisis Group, Canada

RICARDO LAGOS

Former President of Chile

ANTIGONI PAPADOPOLOU

Member of EU Parliament, Cyprus

UFFE ELLEMANN

Former Foreign Minister, Denmark

ERKKI TOUMIOJA

MP and former Foreign Minister, Finland

HAUTALA HEIDI

Member of EU Parliament, Finland

JEAN-MARIE GUEHENNO

Former UN-USG DPKO, France

LINDA WEIL-CURIEL

President of the CAMS, France

JOSCHKA FISCHER

Former Foreign Minister, Germany

DANIEL COHN-BENDIT

Member of EU Parliament, Germany

MARY ROBINSON

Former UNHCHR and President, Ireland

JOE HIGGINS

Member of EU Parliament, Ireland

BAIRBRE DE BRUN

Member of EU Parliament, Ireland

GIULIANO AMATO

Former Prime Minister, Italy

SERGIO STANZANI

President of No Peace Without Justice, Italy

DEBORA SERRACCHIANI

Member of EU Parliament, Italy

BRIGID INDER

Executive Director, Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice, Netherland

GRO BRUNDTLAND

Former Prime Minister, Norway

SIDONIA E. JEDRZEJEWSKA

Member of EU Parliament, Poland

TERESA GOUVEIA

Former Foreign Minister, Portugal

JAVIER SOLANA

Former Foreign Minister, Spain

ANA PALACIO

Former Foreign Minister, Spain

LENA HJELM-WALLÉN

Former Dep. Prime Minister, Sweden

JAN ELIASSON

Former Amb. to the UN, Sweden

CARL SCHLYTER

Member of EU Parliament, Sweden

HON THE LORD PATTEN OF BARNES

Former EU Commissioner, UK

TIMOTHY GARTON ASH

Professor Oxford University, UK

HON THE LORD ERIC AVEBURY

Vice-Chair, Parliamentary Human Rights Group, UK

GEORGE LYON

Member of EU Parliament, Scotland, UK

HONEYBALL MARY

Member of EU Parliament, UK

JAMES HEATHER

Chairman of Twickenham and Richmond United Nations Association, UK

MORTON ABRAMOWITZ

Former US Assistant Sec. of State, USA

...AND MANY OTHERS