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, Athens, Greece, 28 and 29 June 2011

Arab Women and the Road to Democracy

Programme

Venue: Grand Resort Lagonissi

Tuesday 28 June

15.00 – 16.00 hrs        Opening

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

 

• Video message by George Papandreou, President of the Socialist international, SI; President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, PASOK; Prime Minister of Greece

 

• Welcoming address by Zefi Dimadada, Secretary of the Women's Department, PASOK, Greece

 

• Introduction by Marlène Haas, Secretary General, SIW

 

16.00 – 19.00 hrs       Speeches

• Antigoni Karali-Dimitriadi, SIW Vice-President; Adviser on Women's Issues to the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, PASOK, Greece

• Mona Makram-Ebeid, Lecturer on Political Science and Sociology at the American University of Cairo; Founding Member of the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights, Egypt

 

• Nana Mint Cheikhna, MP, President of the National Women’s Commission, Assembly of Democratic Forces, RFD, Mauritania

                                       Debate and Questions to Speakers

 

20.00 – 22.00 hrs        Reception at the Grand Resort Lagonissi hosted by PASOK

 

Wednesday 29 June

09.00 – 10.00 hrs        Closed session for member organisations only

10.00 – 13.00 hrs        Speech on the Theme

• Ouafa Hajji, Member of the Commission for International Affairs, Socialist Union of Popular Forces, USFP, Morocco

 

   Special Contributions

 

• Harriet Harman, MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party; Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, The Labour Party, Great Britain

 

• Chantal Kambiwa, Socialist International, SI, Vice-President; SIW Vice-President, Social Democratic Front, SDF, Cameroon

 

• Maria Stratigaki, Secretary General of Gender Equality, Interior Ministry, Greece

                                   Debate and Questions to Speakers

 

***   Lunch Buffet 13.00 – 15.00 hrs   ***

 

14.00 – 15.00 hrs        Meetings Between SIW Vice-Presidents and the Member                                      Organisations of their Region (during the break)

15.00 – 17.00 hrs         Participants’ Contributions on Different Topics

17.00 – 18.00 hrs         Adoption of Resolutions