Why a National Women’s Summit?
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Why a National Women’s Summit?
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
The economic and financial crises have placed vulnerable economies such as ours on the brink of bankruptcy; environmental threats such as climate change are increasingly endangering communities, families’ and women’s well-being; our human rights, democratic institutions and systems of governance have been seriously eroded and undermined by massive corruption and mismanagement
What should be our response and what are our priority issues in times of crises? How can NGOs strengthen their solidarity so that it can harness its collective strengths in the face of these crises?
Objectives To critically assess our gains fifteen years after Beijing focusing
on best practices and innovative programs and collectively think of strategies and innovative approaches to sustain and broaden such gains.
To identify key challenges and constraints that continue to impede women’s campaign for political transformation towards gender equality and empowerment.
To actively and concretely respond to persistent as well as new and emerging threats such as the current financial crisis and its impact on women’s well-being; climate change; feminization of migration; violence against women and women’s well-being, among others.
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
The National Women’s Summit an NGO event to gather women’s groups, civil society groups
and invited government officials with the goal of collectively assessing the situation of women at the national and local levels.
It aims to revisit the BPFA and find consensus as to how to use it in responding to persistent as well as emerging challenges and sustain achievements through self-reliant leadership and collective action.
The forum will also prepare the Philippine participants for the Asia Pacific NGO Forum that will immediately follow the National Women’s Summit
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
Convener: Dean Leticia Ramos-ShahaniOverall Coordinator: Prof. Aurora Javate de Dios
with WAGI SecretariatVenue: Miriam CollegeDate: October 20 – 21, 2009Fees: Php 1,000 (inclusive of snacks & kits)
For Miriam Faculty: P500
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
Tentative Programme as of September 25, 2009
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
Time DAY ONE (October 20, 2009)8:00 – 9:00 Registration –9:00 – 10:00 Ecumenical Rituals
Welcome Remarks Dr. Patricia B. Licuanan, Miriam College President Dean Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Convener of the National Women’s Summit and Dean of the College of International Humanitarian and Development Studies (CIHDS), Miriam College UNDP, Canada Fund, UNFPA
10:00 – 11:30 PLENARY 1 Good Governance and Corruption TBA c/o UNDP, Civil Service CommissionWomen’s Political Participation & Electoral ReformsTita de VillaHuman Rights Crisis Commissioner Lilia de Lima, Commission on Human Rights (CHR)Gender and Economic Crisis Marina Durano, Ph.D., DAWN
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
11:30 – 1:00 PM PARALLEL SESSIONS (1)Governance & Corruption (2)Magna Carta of Women Part 1 (c/o PILIPINA, CEDAW WATCH)(3)What Women Want: Engendering the MDGs c/o UNIFEM and WAGI(4)Strategies to Address Violence Against Women (WAGI,WCC,PNP)
1:00 – 2:00 LUNCH 2:00 – 3:30 (5) Gender Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship
(6) Best Practices in Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Budgeting Part 1 (c/o NCRFW)
(7) Women and Labor (Formal/Informal)(8) Rural Women (9) Young Women as Transformative Leaders Part 1 (CEDAW Youth)
3:30 – 3:45 Coffee Break 3:45 – 5:00 (10) Young Women as Transformative Leaders Part 2
(11) Magna Carta of Women Part 2 (PILIPINA, CEDAW WATCH)(12) Gender, Media and ICTc/o CA Dept , WAGI(13) Women, Arts and Literature –Artists’ Circle
5:00 – 6:00 Networking Meetings / Exhibit Viewing 6:00 – 9:00 Dinner Reception & Awarding of “Eminent Women in Politics”
( Justice Ines Luciano, Rep. Josefina Joson, Gov. Daisy Fuentes)A Musical Tribute to Susan Fernandez
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
Time DAY TWO (October 21, 2009)7:00 – 9:00 Morning Rituals
Exercise Activities Visit to Exhibit
9:00 – 10:00 PLENARY 2Gender and Climate ChangeSenator Loren Legarda Gender and PeaceSenator Santanina Rasul Mothers Want PeaceIrene Santiago, Mindanao Commission on WomenWomen’s Reproductive Health and Well-beingRep. Garin, House of Representatives Gender, Science and TechnologyTBA- c/o DOST
10:00 – 11:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS(14) Gender and HIV/AIDS (c/o) UN AIDS(15) Women’s Health Across the Life Cycle (UNFPA)(16) Environment and Climate Change (c/o ESI and others)(17) Women and Aging (Dept. of Family Studies and Gerontology, Miriam College)(18) Gender, Peace & Security ( WAGI, Center for Peace, CARLL Philippines)
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
11:30 – 1:00 PM
(19) Best Practices in Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Budgeting Part 2 (Jean Illo , CEDAW WATCH)(20) Human Rights Crisis in Mindanao (c/o Amina Rasul, PCID)(21) Security Council Resolution 1325 (WAGI,CPE, Mavic)(22) Indigenous Women
1:00 – 2:00 LUNCH2:00 – 3:30 (23) Women, Science and Technology
(24) Migration and Trafficking(25) From Protest and Anger to Transformation and Reform (BK, CPE,MCW)(26) Women Streaming the Menstream (WAGI,GM-Com, WSAP)
3:30 – 3:45 Coffee Break3:45 – 5:00 Finalization of the Summit Declaration
CEDAW Watch Business Meeting / Networking Meetings / Exhibit Viewing
5:00 – 6:00 Reading of the Summit DeclarationCLOSING
6:00 – 9:00 Welcome Dinner for the AP-NGO Forum Participants
Role of Participants • As organizer/co-organizer of a parallel workshop
session • As speaker in the workshop sessions• As facilitator or moderator of a session• As organizer of an exhibit• As member of the documentation or media team• As active participant• PLEASE REGISTER NOW! • Deadline for Submission of Abstracts October 5
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
National Summit Contact Persons/Numbers and Websites /email address
WAGI:Ellen Guanzon and Mel Reyes :Telefax- [email protected] www.cedaw-watch.org/womensummit.htmlwww.wagi-mc.org/[email protected]: empowermentYAHOOGROUPS: [email protected]
