Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 27 and 28 August 2012
International Solidarity – Women Working Together Towards A Better World For All
Programme
Venue: The Pavilion Clock Tower
Monday 27 August – Congress (Day 1)
09.00 – 13.00 hrs First Session
- Opening speech by Pia Locatelli, President, Socialist International Women, SIW
- Welcoming address by Mpai Mogorosi, Deputy Secretary General, Women’s League of the African National Congress, ANC, South Africa
- Report by Marlène Haas, Secretary General, SIW
Keynote Speeches
‘Working Together in Solidarity to Eradicate Poverty’
- Sisisi Tolashe, Secretary General, ANC Women’s League, South Africa
- Nouzha Chekrouni, Socialist Union of Popular Forces, USFP; Vice-President of the Socialist International, SI; Former Minister for Women, Morocco
Questions to Keynote Speakers
*** Lunch Break 13.00 – 15.00hrs ***
15.00 – 17.00 hrs Second Session
‘Working Together in Solidarity for Women’s Political Rights’
- Lise Christoffersen, MP, SIW Vice-President, Norwegian Labour Party, DNA, Norway
- Ester Levanon-Mordoch, Forum for Gender Equality, Meretz Party, Israel
Questions to Keynote Speakers
17.00 – 19.00 hrs Third Session (Closed session for full member organisations only)
- Administrative Matters and Elections
- Speech by Pia Locatelli, Outgoing President, SIW
- Speech by Marlène Haas, Outgoing Secretary General, SIW
*** Evening – Cocktail offered by the ANC Women’s League ***
Tuesday 28 August – Congress (Day 2)
09.00 – 10.00 hrs First Session (Closed session for full member organisations only)
10.00 – 13.00 hrs Second Session
- Speech by Newly Elected President, SIW
- Speech by Newly Elected Secretary General, SIW
- Margarita Zapata, Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN, Nicaragua
- Ousséini Hadizatou Yacouba, National President of the Tarayya Women’s Organisation, Party for Democracy and Socialism of Niger, PNDS, Niger
Keynote Speeches
‘Working Together in Solidarity to Improve the Working and Social Conditions of Rural Women’
Questions to Keynote Speakers
- Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek, Chair of the Austrian Social Democratic Women, Social Democratic Party of Austria, SPÖ; Federal Minister for Women and Civil Service, Austria
- Enke Enkhjargal Danzanbaljir, Mongolian Women’s Organisation, Mongolian People’s Party, MPP, Mongolia
‘Working Together in Solidarity for a Fair Distribution of Financial Resources’
Questions to Keynote Speakers
*** Lunch Break 13.00 – 15.00 hrs ***
15.00 – 17.30 hrs Third Session – Delegates Contribution on Different Topics
17.30 – 18.00 hrs Fourth Session – Adoption of the Congress Resolution and Closing Remarks