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

 

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