442.At the end of the workshop, the roadmap was signed and a draft of the action plan was developed. 443.Traditional leaders have pledged not to give their blessing if moletry was practiced against girls under 18 years. 444.Religious leaders from all Christian and Muslim faiths, have promised to sensitise their followers to eradicate the moletry performed on children. 445.The administrative, judicial and police authorities committed themselves in the same direction. 446. It was planned to assess the impacts of the actions taken in 2009. Because of the crisis, this assessment has not been conducted. ii. Any form of génital mutilation (article 21.1(a)) 447.Madagascar does not practice génital mutilation against girls. iii. All forms of harmful social and cultural practices (article 21.1(b)) 448.In the districts of Mananjary and Nosy Varika, the birth of twins is considered by all members of the community as a curse from leading to the absolute prohibition of keeping them within the biological family. This prohibition also affects the ability to reside in the locality of Mananjary. 449. In response, the Ministry of Justice, supported by UNDP has commissioned studies to understand the underlying reasons for this practice, its scope and the ways and means of implementation to eradicate discrimination against twins. 450.A workshop was held in Mananjary in 2008. The workshop recorded the involvement of all judicial, police, administrative, religious, traditional authorities in the region. The objective was to sensitize participants on the evils of discrimination against the rights of twins in violation of the Convention on the rights of the child and the charter. It also aimed to obtain their commitment to fight this scourge. 451.At the end of the workshop, a roadmap was signed. It recorded the commitment of all stakeholders to take concrete action to eradicate this discrimination. Traditional chiefs owners and guardians of custom stopped opposing the fact that twins could live with their biological family in Manajary. However, these Ampanjaka had reservations and did not give their blessing meaning that parents are not immune to curses for violating custom. 68