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Women, Power and Politics: The Road to Sustainable Democracy Draft Program International ConferenceRadisson Blu Scandinavia HotelOslo, 14-15 November 2013Day One Women, Power and Politics08:30-09:00Registration and Coffee/TeaSession One: Opening of Conference ModeratorTbc09:00-09:10Welcome by Kirsti Kolle Gr?ndahl, President of the National Anniversary Committee 09:10-09:25Opening by Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs (tbc)09:25-10:00Women?s political participation – essential for global sustainable developmentOpening Speech by Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Norwegian Prime Minister and Member of The Elders 10:00-10:30Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka – Executive Director UN Women (tbc)10:30-11:00Coffee/Tea BreakSession Two – International Legal Instruments for Women’s RightsModeratorIngunn Ikdahl, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo (tbc)11:00-11:30Keynote Speech: Louise Arbour, Presient and Chief Executive Officer,International Crisis Group (and Former High Commissionerfor Human Rights 11:30-12:00 Comments by: Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, professor, Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University, Israel A civil society representative – FOKUS will follow-up 12:00-12:30Q & A12:30-14:00Lunch Session Three: Parity as a tool for women?s political participationModerator: Helga Hernes, PRIO14:00-14:30The use of parity world wide – experiences and lessons learnedKeynote Speech: Drude Dahlerup, Leader of Women in PoliticsResearch Center, Stockholm University 14:30-15:00Comments by: Bineta Diop, Executive Director – Femme Afrique Solidaritè Paula Banerjee, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group 15:00-15:30Q and AClosing of Day One18:00-19:00Cocktail Reception in the Oslo City HallHosted by Fabian Stang, Mayor of Oslo 19.00 - Dinner for conference speakers and high-level guests at the Nobel Peace Center – Minister of Foreign Affairs is hostingDay Two: The Road to Sustainable Democracy09:00-09:15Opening Speech – Day TwoMinister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (tbc)Session Four: The Effect of the Global Financial Crisis on WomenModerator:Gro Lindstad, Executive Director, FOKUS – Forum for Women and Development 09:15-09:45 Keynote Speech by Helen Clark, Administrator, United NationsDevelopment Programme (UNDP) 09:45-10:15 Comments by Norwegian Minister of International Development Radhika Balakrishnan: Executive Director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership and Professor, Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University 10:15-10:45Q & A 10:45-11:00Coffee/Tea BreakSession Five: The Arab Spring and Women’s Role in Emerging Democracies ModeratorLaila Bokhari, Researcher and Writer 11:00-11:30Madeleine Rees, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) 11:30-12:00Comments bySanam Anderlini, Co-founder of the International Civil society Action Network (ICAN) Hibaaq Osman, CEO and founder of Karama – Dignity and Equality –Egyptian Women?s organization 12:00-12:30Q & A12:30-13:30Lunch BreakSession Six: Women’s Participation in Peace ProcessesModeratorTorunn L. Tryggestad, Researcher, PRIO 13:30-14:00Monica McWilliams, Professor of Women's Studies and an Associate Researcher with the Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster 14:00-14:30Comments byBandana Rana, President of Saathi and member of the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (the case of Nepal) Adriana María Benjumea, Director, Humana (the case of Colombia)14:30-15:00Q & A15:00-15:15Coffee/Tea BreakSession Seven: Looking to the Future Moderated ConversationModerator: Rina Mariann Hansen, Social Democratic Party politician and chair of FOKUS Board 15:15-16:15Noorjahan Akbar, Afghanistan - Young Women for Change (YWC) (tbc) (follow-up FOKUS)Aura Lolita Chávez Ixcaquic, Guatemala – Co-ordinator and co-founder, Kíche People?s Council (tbc) (follow-up FOKUS)Eman Al Nafian, Saudi Arabian women’s rights activist and blogger (Saudi Woman’s Weblog) (tbc) Young Norwegian politicians – Bushra Ishaq (tbc) +man (to be decided)16:15-16:30Closing ................
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