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| Day 1: |
14 December 2004 |
| 8:00 |
Registration of Participants |
| 9:45-10:30 |
Welcome by Ms. B. Schmögnerovà, UNECE Executive Secretary [Statement]
Opening statement of Ms. R. Mayanja, UN Special Adviser to the
Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women [Statement]
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10:30-12:00
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Regional overview of progress
and challenges -
High-level Panel
Chair: Canada
Ms. T. Beruchashvili, Deputy Chairman of the Governmental
Commission on Gender Equality Issues, Minister on European
Integration, Georgia
Ms. A. Samakova, Minister, Ministry of Environment and
Head of Gender Machinery, Kazakhstan
Ms. V. Dovzhenko, Minister, Family, Children and Youth
Affairs, Ukraine [paper]
Ms. M. Sroda, Undersecretary of State, Plenipotentiary
for Gender Equality, the Chancellery of the Prime Minister,
Poland
Mr. R. Kairelis, State Secretary, Ministry of Social
Security and Labour and Head of Gender Equality, Lithuania
Ms. E. Tsoumani, General Secretary for Gender Equality,
Greece [paper]
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12:00-13:00
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International
support to the implementation of the Beijing Platform
Chair: UNECE Executive Secretary
Ms. M. Requena, Head of Equality Division, DG II-Human
Rights, Council of Europe [paper]
Ms. L. Pavan-Woolfe, Director, DG Employment and Social
Affairs, European Commission
Mr. J. Javan, Head of the Policy Support and Programme,
UNDP Regional Centre, Bratislava [paper]
Ms. J. Sandler, Deputy Director, UNIFEM [paper]
Mr. G. Svilanovic, Chair Working Table I, Stability Pact
[paper]
Ms. B. Alttinger Colijn, Senior Adviser on Gender Issues,
OSCE [paper]
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| 13:00-15:00 |
Lunch
Break
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| 13:30-15:00
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Parallel
side-events:
- 'Co-operation between civil society and government
structures on increasing the role of women in decision
making' organized by OSCE/ODHIR -
Room XX
- UNECE Gender Statistics Website Side-event organized by UNECE
and UNDP - Room XXI
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| 15:00-16:30
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Women in the economy:
employability
Chair: Switzerland
Ms. M. Turk, President, Economic Commission of the National
Council of the Republic of Slovenia
Ms. J.
Marinova, KARAT Coalition [paper]
Ms. J. Rubery, Professor, Manchester Business School,
University of Manchester, UK [paper]
Ms. E. Fodor, Professor, Central European University, Hungary
[paper]
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| 16:30-18:00
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Women in the economy: social
protection and pensions
Chair: Azerbaijan
Ms. O. Sharapova, Director, Medical and Social Problems of
Family, Maternity and Childhood, Russian Federation [paper]
Ms. K. Kolthoff, President, European Women's Lobby (EWL)
Ms. S. Steinhilber, Expert, Germany [paper]
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| 18:15 |
Welcome reception
hosted by the Swiss Federal Council, the State Council of the
Republic and Canton of Geneva and the Administrative Council
of the City of Geneva -
Special Address by Mr. Pascal Couchepin, Federal Councillor,
Minister of Home Affairs of Switzerland |
| 2 Day: |
15 December 2004 |
| 9:00-12:00 |
Institutional
mechanism to promote gender equality
Chair: Turkey
Ms. F. Richard, Special Adviser to the Minister on Equal
Opportunities, France
Ms. J. Hasratyan, President, Armenian Association of Women
with University Education
Ms. R. Halperin-Kaddari, Professor, Bar-Illan University,
Israel [paper]
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| 12:00-13:00
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Trafficking
of women in the context of migratory movements
Chair: Netherlands
Mr.
M. Lagon, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, US State Department, USA
[paper]
Ms. G. Ekberg, Special Adviser to the Government on
Trafficking on Human Beings, Sweden [paper]
Ms.
K. Levchenko, La Strada NGO, Ukraine
Ms. L. Kapitsa, Professor, Moscow State Institute of
International Relations, Russian Federation [paper]
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| 13:00-15:00 |
Lunch
Break
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| 13:30-15:00
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Parallel Side-event:
'Human Development versus Human Trafficking: Modern Slavery in
the CIS?'
organized by UNDP-
Room XXI |
| 15:00-16:00 |
Trafficking
of women in the context of migratory movements (cont.)
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| 16:00-17:00
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Round Table on Emerging Issues
Chair: Switzerland
Ms. D. Elson, Professor, University of Essex, UK
[paper]
Ms. C. Bunch, Director of the Centre for Women's Global
Leadership, USA [paper]
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| 17:00-18:00 |
Chairperson's
conclusions and closing session
Co-chairs: Canada and UNECE Executive Secretary
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