International Istanbul Women's Meeting

TENTATIVEPROGRAM
NOVEMBER 5, 2010, FRIDAY
09:00 - 09:30     Registration
09:30 - 12:00     OPENING CEREMONY AND PROTOCOL SPEECHES
INAUGURATION OF WOMEN’S AUTHORS BOOK EXHIBITION,
WOMEN’S STUDIES, CULTURAL AND ART EXHIBITIONS
12:00 - 13:00     Lunch
13:00 - 14:30     SESSION 1: Women’s Poverty and Social Justice
14:30 - 14:45     Break
14:45 - 15:15     Presentation of International Campaign 1:
White Ribbon (Canada)
15:15 - 15:30     Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00     Presentation of International Campaign 2:
Women Friendly Cities UNJP (UNFPA Turkey)
16:00 - 16:15     Break
16:15 - 18:15     SPECIAL SESSION: CEDAW +30: How Much Progress in 30 Years?

ALL DAY EVENT     Women’s Studies Exhibition
Ottoman Women’s Clothing Exhibition
‘OTTOWOMAN’ Painting Exhibition
“Woman” Photography Exhibition
İSMEK Exhibition
(Art and Vocational Training Courses of the Municipality of Istanbul)
KKM Exhibition
(Women’s Coordination Centre of the Municipality of Istanbul)  
Women’s Authors Book Exhibition
Movie Screenings by Filmmor

NOVEMBER 6, 2010, SATURDAY
09:30 - 10:00     Registration
10:00 - 11:30     SESSION 2: Women Friendly Cities
10:00 - 11:30     WORKSHOP: Engaging Men and Boys to Promote Gender Equality and End Violence Against Women
11:30 - 11:45     Coffee Break
11:45 - 12:30     Presentation of International Campaign 3:
Say NO – ‘UNiTE’ to End Violence against Women Campaign (UNIFEM)
12:30 - 13:00     Presentation of International Campaign 4:
WE WANT A JOB (KAGIDER Women Entrepreneurs Assoc. of Turkey)
13:00 - 14:00     Lunch
14:00 - 15:30     SESSION 3: Gender and the Media
14:00 - 15:30     DISCUSSION: How Women’s NGOs and Women Parliamentarians Could Work Better Together?
(With the support and the collaboration of PAM Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean)
14:00 - 15:00     PANEL: "Women in Istanbul Stages"
ISTANBUL WOMAN – WOMAN ISTANBUL Project
(by Women’s Works Library Foundation)
15:30 - 15:45     Break
15:45 - 16:30     BEST PRACTICE: Women Can Do It (SEE Countries)
16:30 - 16:45     Coffee Break
16:45 - 18:15     SESSION 4: Violence Against Women

ALL DAY EVENT     Women’s Studies Exhibition
Ottoman Women’s Clothing Exhibition
‘OTTOWOMAN’ Painting Exhibition
“Woman” Photography Exhibition
İSMEK Exhibition
(Art and Vocational Training Courses of the Municipality of Istanbul)
KKM Exhibition
(Women’s Coordination Centre of the Municipality of Istanbul)  
Women’s Authors Book Exhibition
Movie Screenings by Filmmor

 

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