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One of the very first awareness-raising projects conducted by the PPR Corporate Foundation for Women's Dignity and Rights addressed Group employees, with photographer Catherine Cabrol’s exhibit entitled Blessures de Femmes (Women’s Injuries). The exhibit was inaugurated at PPR headquarters in Paris on 8 March 2009, International Women's Day, with the artist in attendance. The photo exhibit then moved on to the headquarters of Boucheron and Yves Saint-Laurent, and to the Fnac Logistique site, among other.

Encounters with the photographer and with women depicted in the photos, combined with presentations by legal experts on Women's Rights, such as Sophie Bessis, Deputy Secretary General of FIDH, provided employees with opportunities to learn and exchange views on the issues.

On the occasion of UNICEF International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation last February 6, the PPR Foundation teamed with the Fnac Saint-Lazare store to organise a public conference with several guest speakers, including Khady Koita, President of Euronet (network of European associations fighting against excision) and author of the book Mutilée (Oh! Editions), attorney Linda Weil-Curiel, coordinator of the French Commission for the Abolition of Genital Mutilation (CAMS) and co-author of the book entitled Exciseuse (City Editions), Pierre Foldès, a urological surgeon who developed a technique of clitoris reconstruction and co-author of Victoire sur l’excision (Albin Michel), and Bafing Kul, a Malian musician engaged against excision (“Apollo Reggae”, Yelen) and director of the film Ce n’est pas pour aujourd’hui.

The conference, moderated by Natacha Henry, journalist and co-author of Exciseuse, was followed by a mini-concert featuring Bafing Kul.