The 20th of September 2019, we attended a seminar entitled ‘Female Genital Mutilation vs Labia Correction Surgery: where are the boundaries?‘ organized by Maastricht University. I was invited as a panellist to share my thoughts in relation to the similarities and differences of both procedures.

The 19th of September 2019, an article about Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) and Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery (FGCS) was published in ‘The Observant‘, the independent newspaper of Maastricht University.

In July 2019, I was invited by Gams Belgique to be a subject matter expert at the Community of Practice on Female Genital Mutilation (CoP FGM) discussion on the theme ‘Law and FGM’.

From April until July 2019, I taught the course ‘Public International Law’ at PPLE College at the University of Amsterdam, together with Emma Rengers and prof. Marjoleine Zieck. In the previous academic year 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, I had the honor to teach the same course at PPLE.

During the academic year 2018-2019, I supervised 12 students with their Bachelor Thesis at the University of Amsterdam. All my students graduated the end of July during a beautiful ceremony at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam.