Themes and Speakers

2 March 2005

Women’s human rights

·                 Education & training of women (BPFA)

·                 Achieve universal primary education (MDG)

·                 Women & health (BPFA)

·                 Improve maternal mortality (MDG)

·                 Reduce child mortality (MDG)

·                 The girl child (PFA)

·                 Vienna Declaration

·                 Reproductive health

·                 Sexual rights and autonomy

·                 Education

·                 Teenage pregnancy

·                 The girl child

Reproductive health in the context of HIV

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3 March 2005

Economy and sustainable development

·                 Women & poverty (BPFA)

·                 Women & the economy (BPFA)

·                 Women & the environment (BPFA)

·                 Eradication of extreme poverty & hunger (MDG)

·                 Ensure environmental sustainability (MDG)

·                 Poverty

·                 Globalisation/ trade liberalisation and its impact on women

·                 Structural adjustment

·                 Sustainable development

·                 Natural disasters

·                 Gender budgeting (gender in macro economic policies)

·                 Women’s access to land and land rights

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4 March 2005

Gender and governance

·                 Women in power and decision-making (BPFA)

·                 Promote gender equality and women’s empowerment (MDG)

·                 Scorecard- different areas of decision making

·                 50/50 campaigns

·                 Beyond numbers: Impact of women in decision- making

·                 Women in peacebuilding and post conflict reconstruction

·                 Use of new constitutional processes to include gender provisions

·                 Quota debates

·                 Women as citizens (denial of basic entitlements by law and custom)

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7 March 2005

HIV/AIDS

·                 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases (MDG)

·                 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS agreed by acclamation at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS in June 2001

·                 Links between HIV/AIDS and gender inequality

·                 Prevention

·                 Treatment

·                 Care

Women’s burden of care

Young women

(Absence of discourse on sexuality. Talking about sexuality is still taboo)

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8 March 2005: International Women’s Day

Gender-based violence

·                 Violence against women (BPFA)

·                 Women and armed conflict (BPFA)

·                 Domestic violence

·                 Sexual violence

·                 Psychological violence

·                 Economic violence

·                 VAW during war and conflict

·                 Involving men

·                 Legislation

·                 HIV/AIDS & gender violence

·                 Sexual violence as a weapon of war

·                 Trafficking of women

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9 March 2005

Media and communication

Women & the media (BPFA)

·                 The right to communicate

·                 The gender digital divide

·                 Challenging gender stereotypes in and through media

·                 Women in the media and IT

Communication as a right

ICTs & bridging the gender digital divide

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10 March 2005

Looking ahead: structures and processes

·                 Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women (BPFA)

·                 Develop a global partnership for development (MDG)

·                 Government structures

·                 The women’s movement

·                 Young women and feminism

·                 Backlash / conservatism rolling back gains

Role of the men’s movement

*(identity politics À“marginalising women’s issues (nation/culture/religion) and fundamentalisms)

·                 Weakening of the women’s movement

·                 UNECA Gender Development Index

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