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Day 2 Women in Transition

Wednesday 25 June 2008


Chair: Geraldine McAteer

     Chief Executive of West Belfast Partnership        

 

09.30-9.45   Tea and Coffee

9.45 -10.30  

Northern Ireland - Women Moving Towards Peacewaterfront

       

Humna Rights Commission – One of the new bodies to spring out of the Good Friday Agreement and the impact it has had on women – Monica McWilliams, Chief Commissioner, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

From a small ‘p’ to a lagre ‘P’ – A personal experience of the journey of one political woman from direct rule to negotiations to forming a government – Eileen Bell CBE, former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly

From Rural to Urban – A view of community development and the impact on women in rural and urban areas of Northern Ireland

Bernadette McAliskey – A rural view

Baroness May Blood – An urban view

10.30 - 11.10   

Moving Towards Peace - Learning from Our Neighbours

       

Community Development – An opportunity to listen and learn from another European country emerging from conflict – Nuna Zavzdic, Director, Žene Ženama, Sarajevo

Women and Conflict – Outcomes from the ‘women and conflict’ workshop held at the European Women’s Lobby General Assembly last October.  Information on future policy and lobbying work as a result of the workshop – Myria Vassiliadou, Secretary General, European Women’s Lobby, Brussels

11.10 - 11.25  BREAK

11.30 - 12.20  Moving towards Peace - Learning from the World
       

Emerging from the Shadows – The Judiciary’s critical role in promoting lasting gender equality during and after transition – Janet Bershoof, Esq. President and Founder of the Global Justice Centre in New York

Mobilising Women in Nepal – The background to how FEDO organised the women in Nepal to demand the implementation of UNSCR 1325 – Durga Sob, President of FEDO Feminist Dalit Organisation in Nepal

Burundi in Transition  - An opportunity to make comparisons and identify differences with anther country in transition - Dr Rose Gahiru, Cabinet Minister, President's Office, Burundi

12.20  

Lunch and choice of afternoon activities

           

Shankill Women's Centre, Belfast

Falls Women's Centre, Belfast

Footprints Women’s Centre with a visit to Suffolk and Lenadoon Interface Group, Belfast

Ballybeen Women's Centre, Belfast

Windsor Women's Centre, Belfast

South Tyrone Empowerment Programme (S.T.E.P), Dungannon

Cookstown and District Women's Group

Derry City Council's Women Officer and Foyle Women's Information Network

Women's TEC Visit

Political bus tour of Belfast

Janet Benshoof Workshop

After visit buses will return delegates to Waterfront Hall to return home and to hotels.

 

Evening BBQ

All delegates are invited to attend an evening BBQ with traditional Irish entertainment on Wednesday 25 June. More details to follow.