First Panel: The First 100 Years of the Socialist International Women

Second Panel: 100 Years of the Socialist International Women and the International Women’s Day

Fifty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), United Nations, New York, 25 February – 7 March 2008

– First panel discussion hosted by the Socialist International Women:

The First 100 Years of the Socialist International Women

Date: Tuesday 26 February 2008

Place: Church Center, 44th Street and First Avenue, New York, Grumman Room (8th Floor)

Time: 13.45 hrs – 15.15 hrs

SPEAKERS:

PIA LOCATELLI, Member of the European Parliament and President of Socialist International Women, Italy

MARLENE HAAS, Secretary General of Socialist International Women, The Netherlands

CHANTAL KAMBIWA, Vice – President of Socialist International Women, Cameroon

MARGARITA ZAPATA, Vice – President of Socialist International Women, Mexico

– Second panel discussion hosted by the Socialist International Women with the support of the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations:

100 Years of the Socialist International Women and the International Women’s Day

Date: Wednesday 27 February 2008

Place: Conference Room C, United Nations, New York

Time: 16.45 hrs – 18.00 hrs

VIDEO of the celebration of 100 Years of the Socialist International Women

SPEAKERS:

PIA LOCATELLI, Member of the European Parliament and President of Socialist International Women, Italy

MARCO DE GIORGI, Member of the Italian Delegation to the 52nd Session of the CSW; Director General, Department of Rights and Equal Opportunities, Italy

MARLENE HAAS, Secretary General of Socialist International Women, The Netherlands

WINNIE BYANYIMA, Director of the UNDP Gender Team

VALERIA FEDELI, Secretary General of the FILTEA-CGIL, Italian General Confederation of Labour, Italy