The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place from 6 to 17 March 2023. Due to my teaching obligations at the University of Amsterdam, I was not able to travel to New York this year. Instead, I attended various sessions online. I also had the honour to speak at a parallel event organized by Dr. Ugochi Ohajuruka, Executive Director Health Aid for All Initiative (HAFAI) on the ‘Implications of Covid-19 pandemic on girl child education, menstrual health and anti-FGM advocacy‘.

The 21st of December 2022, the new LINDA. magazine was available in bookshops in the Netherlands. This was a very special edition, because three powerful women shared their personal stories about FGM/C. I am so proud of them and would like to thank the LINDA. team for a very nice collaboration!

From September until December 2022, I am teaching the course 'Gender, Human Security and Violent Conflict' at the University of Amsterdam. How are violent conflict and security gendered and what are the consequences and implications? These are the central questions discussed in my course from the perspective of conflict studies, human security theory, international relations and gender studies.

The 4th of October 2022, we gave a guest lecture about Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences (Hanze Hogeschool) in Groningen. More than 30 students with different backgrounds, including nursing, physiotherapy, social studies, health care studies and applied psychology, attended our lecture.

The 2nd of October 2022, an article was published in the 'Nederlands Dagblad' about the Dutch approach to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) care and prevention. Dr. Annemarie Middelburg was interviewed as an expert by journalist Annegina Randewijk about the current actions taken by the government.