On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed every year on 25 November, the TNC once again wishes to join the commemorative and awareness-raising events organised by various institutions.

A wound on the body. A silence passed down through generations. Millions of girls have undergone female genital mutilation in the name of tradition, a sense of belonging or control over their sexuality. Today, we give words to what has remained unspoken for far too long. To listen, to understand and to break the cycle.

Roundtable 1:

• Gemma Parellada, journalist.
• Aissatou Diallo, activist, president and founder of the African Women's Anti-FGM Humanitarian Association (AHCAMA).
   

Roundtable 2:

• Mariona Rius, specialist doctor in the Gynaecology Department at Hospital Clínic.
• Javier Udaeta Valenciano, fisioterapeuta i membre de l'equip de l'ONG Ser Madre, Ser Mujer des del 2019.
   

Staged readings of excerpts from the following works:

• Flor del desierto by Cathleen Miller and Waris Dirie (translation: Cristina Pagès)
• La cara oculta de Eva. La mujer en los países árabes by Nawal El Saadawi (translation: María Luisa Fuentes)
• El fruit del baobab by Maite Carranza

ABLATION: BREAKING THE SILENCE, STOPPING THE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
Date and time: November 23, 2026, at 7 p.m.
Sala Tallers