Council, Lisbon, Portugal, 01 and 02 February 2013
The International Financial Crisis and the Impact on Women
Programme
Venue: The National Headquarters of the Socialist Party
Friday 01 February
15.00 – 16.00 hrs Council – Opening
- Opening speech by Ouafa Hajji, President of the Socialist International Women, SIW
- Welcoming address by Catarina Marcelino, President of the National Department of Socialist Women, Socialist Party, PS, Portugal
- Welcoming address by António José Seguro, Secretary General of the Socialist Party, PS, Portugal
- Introduction by Antigoni Karali-Dimitriadi, SIW Vice-President; Adviser on Women’s Issues to George Papandreou, President of the Socialist International, SI, Greece
16.00 – 19.00 hrs Keynote Speeches
Chaired by Miguelina Vecchio, SIW Vice-President; Labour Women Action, AMT, Democratic Labour Party, PDT, Brazil
- Maria de Belém Roseira, President of the Socialist Party, PS, Portugal
- Luzia Inglês, Vice-President of the Socialist International Women, SIW; General Secretary of the Organisation of Angolan Women, OMA, Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, MPLA, Angola
- Nevine Guirgis, Member of the Women’s Secretariat, Egyptian Social Democratic Party, ESDP, Egypt
Debate and Questions to Speakers
19.15 hrs Welcome cocktail offered by the National Department of Socialist Women of the Socialist Party of Portugal
Saturday 02 February
09.00 – 10.00 hrs Closed session for member organisations only
10.00 – 13.00 hrs Keynote Speeches
Chaired by Edite Estrela, MEP, Socialist Party, PS, Portugal
- Viviana Foresi, Head of the Women’s Committee, Socialist Party, PS, Argentina
- Tuula Peltonen, MP; President of the Social Democratic Women in Finland, Finnish Social Democratic Party, SDP, Finland
- Chantal Kambiwa, Vice-President of the Socialist International, SI; Social Democratic Front, SDF, Cameroon
Debate and Questions to Speakers
*** Lunch Break 13.00 – 15.00 hrs ***
15.00 – 16.00 hrs Discussion on SIW Preparations for SI Meetings
16.00 – 18.00 hrs Participants’ Contributions on Different Topics
18.00 – 19.00 hrs Adoption of Resolutions