martedì 21 Novembre 2017
fino al 24 novembre, Barcellona

Riunione dell’Internazionale Socialista Donne e dell’Internazionale Socialista

 

 

 

Democracy in crisis, rise of populism: where do women’s rights fit in?

 

Tuesday 21 November

14.00 – 15.00hrs                   Council Meeting – Opening Session

• Opening speech by Ouafa Hajji, President of the Socialist International Women, SIW; Member of the Political Bureau of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, USFP, Morocco

• Welcoming address by Raquel Sánchez Jiménez, Secretary for Women’s Policy, Catalan Socialist Party, PSC, Spain

• Welcoming address by Dolors Renau, SIW former President (1999-2003), PSC, Spain

• Introduction by Ousseini Hadizatou Yacouba, Deputy Secretary General of the National Executive Committee; President of the Tarayya Women’s Organisation, OFT, Party for Democracy and Socialism of Niger, PNDS, Niger

15.00 – 17.30hrs                    First session

Chaired by SIW Vice president

• Foniyarma E. Ilboudo/Thiombiao, Deputy President Women Organisation of People Movement for Progress, MPP, Burkina Faso

• Elizabeth Villalba, SIW Vice-president, Commission for Gender Equality, New Space, PNE Uruguay

• Shazia Marri, National Assembly of Pakistan, Pakistan

• Christie Morreale, SIW Vice-president, Socialist Party, PS, Belgium

Debate and questions to speakers

Wednesday 22 November

 

09.00 – 10.00hrs                   Closed session for member organisations only

10.00 – 12.30hrs                   Second session

Chaired by SIW Vice president

• Carmen Calvo, Secretary of Equality, Spanish Socialist Worker’s party, PSOE, Spain

• Marja Bijl, Vice-president of the PES Women

• Golaleh Sharafkandi, Kurdistan Democratic Women Union, Kurdistan Democratic Party, KDP, Iran

Debate and questions to speakers

14.00 – 15.30hrs                   Third session

                                         

• Ousseini Hadizatou Yacouba, Deputy Secretary General of the National Executive Committee; President of the Tarayya Women’s Organisation, OFT, Party for Democracy and Socialism of Niger, PNDS, Niger

• Hela Benyoussef, Vice-President of Ettakatol, Democratic Forum for Labour and Freedom, FDTL, Tunisia

 

15.30 – 17.00hrs                   Participants’ Contributions on Different Topics

 

17.00 – 17.30hrs                   Adoption of Resolution and closing Session

 

 

 MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL 

Barcelona, Spain, 24-25 November 2017

PROVISIONAL AGENDA 

1. Opening

2. Adoption of the agenda and the minutes of the previous meeting

3. FIRST THEME: ‘Building the future with the left: democracy, equality and solidarity’ 

– Key-note speeches

– Contributions and debate

4. SECOND THEME: ‘Working for stability and peace in a world of multiple conflicts’ 

– Key-note speeches

– Contributions and debate

5. THIRD THEME: ‘Promoting human responses to humanitarian crises’ 

– Key-note speeches

– Contributions and debate

6. Report of the Secretary General

7. Reports of the chairs of the Statutory Committees:

– Ethics Committee

– Finance Committee