Socialist International Women is the international organisation of the women's organisations of the socialist, social democratic and labour parties affiliated to the Socialist International.
There are currently 145 organisations from all parts of the world.

Council, Paris, France, 12 and 13 November 2010

The Global Crisis and its Impact on the Poor – the Perspective of Women for a Fair Solution

Programme

Venue: Socialist Party Headquarters

Friday 12 November

15.00 – 16.00 hrs        Opening

• Opening remarks by Pia Locatelli, President, Socialist International Women, SIW

 

• Welcoming address by:

 

• Harlem Désir, National Coordination Secretary, Socialist Party, PS, France
• Gaëlle Lenfant, Deputy National Secretary for Women’s Rights, Socialist Party, PS, France
• Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, National Secretary for European and International Affairs, Socialist Party, PS, France

 

16.00 – 19.00 hrs       Speeches

• Zita Gurmai, MEP; National Secretary for Women’s Rights, Socialist Party, PS, France; President, PES Women

• Narmin Othman Hassen, Minister for the Environment, Government of Iraq

Debate and Questions to Panellists

 

19.30 hrs                         Reception hosted by the Socialist Party, PS

 

Saturday 13 November

09.00 – 10.00 hrs         Closed session for member organisations only

10.00 – 13.00 hrs         Speeches

• Chantal Kambiwa, SIW Vice-President, Social Democratic Front, SDF, Cameroon

• Lourdes Quiñones, President, National Women’s Organisation, ONMPRI, Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, Mexico; SIW Vice-President

Debate and Questions to Panellists

 

***   Lunch Break 13.00 – 14.30 hrs   ***

 

14.30 – 15.30 hrs        Meetings between SIW Vice-Presidents and the member                                                                  organisations of their region

15.30 – 17.30 hrs         Participants’ contributions on different topics

17.30 – 18.30 hrs         Adoption of resolutions