Brussels, 30/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - Presenting the programme of the Austrian Presidency on equal opportunities to the committee on women's rights and gender equality on 25 January, Maria Rauch-Kallat, Austrian health Minister, stressed the priority of the fight against violence towards women and children, and laid great emphasis on her initiative concerning "negative traditional practices" (imposed by a culture, not by religion, she stressed) towards women, such as genital mutilation,...