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