Thematic group 4, Friday 9 May
Gender Equality And Human Rights In Changing Societies
Domica-Aruba-Curacao, Second floor
Since 1990s and especially after UN Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing in 1995) gender equality has strongly been emphasised in national and international development strategies and policies. However, raised awareness of equality and highly supported principle of gender mainstreaming have not automatically turned into concrete actions. Rapidly changing world including globalisation has also added a new dimension to the challenges of gender equality. The gains of globalisation have not been equitably distributed in nationally and internationally. Global problems have become regional and local like trafficking in women and prostitution.
| 9.00 | Cultural Programme |
| Orientation and theme presentations | |
| Moderator: Outi Ojala, Member of Finnish Parliament | |
| Society in Change - Is it Time for Gender Equality? Giedre Purvaneckiene, Member of Lithuanian Parliament, President of the Baltic Assembly | |
| A Case Study: Women's List as a Tool for Empowerment Sigridur Lilly Baldursdottir, Researcher and Project Administrator, The State Social Security Institute, Iceland. | |
| Review of trafficking in women in Baltic Sea States Reet Nurmi, Researcher, MONIKA-Multicultural Women's Association & Women's Resource Center, Finland | |
| Experiences as Immigrant Woman in Russia and in Finland Batulo Essak, Somali Association, Finland | |
| Cultural Programme | |
| 10.30 | Discussion groups |
| I: New challenges in globalised world (Dominica) Themes: Trafficking in women, prostitution and media Chair: Carita Peltonen, Nordic Council of Ministers, Denmark | |
| II: Gender equality in social structures (Aruba) Themes: Decision-making processes, quality in working life and education Chair: Outi Ojala, Member of Finnish Parliament | |
| III: Cultural diversity in society(Curacao) Themes: Immigration in Baltic Area, migrants' rights and cultural heritage Chairs: Kirsi Tarvainen, Attorney at law, Finland Batulo Essak, Somali Association, Finland. | |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Discussion groups continue |
| 15.45 | Conclusions of the thematic groups and closing |
| Cultural Programme | |
| 16.30 | End of the thematic session |
Updated 07.05.2003
