XXI Congresso dell’Internazionale Socialista Donne e XXV Congresso dell’Internazionale Socialista

XXI CONGRESS

Cartagena, Colombia, 25, 26 and 27 February 2017

‘Gender Inequality in the World Today – Understanding the New Challenges and Ending Gender Inequality by 2030

 Provisional Programme

Venue: Hotel Almirante Cartagena

Saturday 25 February

09.00 – 13.00hrs                Executive Meeting

15.00 – 18.00hrs                Council

***Welcome dinner at 20.00hrs at the Alcaldía de Cartagena de Indias, salón Vicente Martínez***

Sunday 26 February                           Congress (Day 1)

09.00 – 10.30hrs                Inaugural session

• Opening speech by Ouafa Hajji, President, Socialist International Women, SIW

• Welcoming address by Arleth Casado, President of the legal Commission for the Equality of Women, Senator of the Republic, Colombia and

• Olga Lucía Velasquez, Honorable representative to the chamber of the republic and spokeswoman of the bench of liberal representatives in the congress of the Republic, Colombia

10.45 – 13.00hrs                 First Session: Gender inequality, Education and women empowerment. President of the session: (tbc)

• Pia Locatelli, SIW honorary President, PSI, Italy

• Janet Camilo, Secretary for International Cooperation, Dominican Federation of Social Democratic Women, FEDOMUSDE, Dominican Revolutionary Party, PRD, Dominican Republic

• Ousseini Hadizatou Yacouba, President Tarayya Women’s Organisation, OFT, Party for Democracy and Socialism of Niger,PNDS, Niger

• Koestan Gadan, leading member of KDP Iran, Iran

Questions to Keynote Speakers

 ***   Lunch Break 13.00 – 15.00hrs   ***

 15.00 – 17.00hrs                Second session: Ending violence, acting for peace and development. President of the session: SIW Vice President

• Chantal Kambiwa, Vice-President of the Socialist International, SI; Vice-President of the NGO CSW/Africa; President of Post 2015 Africa Women Forum; Social Democratic Front, SDF, Cameroon

• Natalia, Russia, head of the Social Democratic Women of Russian, SDW, A Just Russia Party, Russia

• Hella Benyoussef, Tunisia (tbc)

• Marije Laffeber, PES Deputy Secretary General, Netherlands

Questions to Keynote Speakers

17.00 – 19.00hrs                (Closed session for full member organisations only)

• Administrative Matters and Elections

*** Evening ***

Monday 27 February                         Congress (Day 2)

09.00 – 10.00hrs                (Closed session for full member organisations only) 

10.00 – 13.00hrs                Third session: Gender inequality, understanding the new challenges. President of the session: SIW Vice President

• Speech by Newly Elected President, SIW

• Michele Sabban, President of R20, France.(tbc)

• Carolina Ordoñez, President of the National Women’s Organisation, Liberal Party of Colombia,PLC, Colombia

• Shazia Marri, National Assembly of Pakistan, Pakistan

Questions to Keynote Speakers

***   Lunch Break 13.00 – 15.00hrs   ***

15.00 – 17.30hrs                                  Delegates’ Contributions on Different Topics

 17.30 – 18.00hrs                                  Adoption of the Congress Resolution and Closing Remarks

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