Forum on After Beijing - Regionalprogramm Politikdialog Asien
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The Forum will discuss Gender Issue developments since the United Nation's 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women. Organised in partnership with ISEAS, the forum will look at Women's leadership and decision-making roles in ASEAN politics and society. It will also examine the implications on Women with regards to religion and government policies.
FORUM ON AFTER BEIJING:
GENDER ISSUES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA - HAVE WOMEN MOVED UP, MOVED ON OR MOVED OUT
13-14 November 2006
Seminar Room II
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
DRAFT PROGRAMME
(as at 16 October 2006)
Monday, 13 November 2006
8.30 am – 8.45 am
Registration
8.45 am – 9.00 am
Opening Remarks
Mr K KESAVAPANY
Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Dr Colin DUERKOP
Regional Representative for Southeast Asia
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Singapore
9.00 am – 10.30 am
Keynote Speeches
Asian Women and Politics — What Action Beyond Beijing
Dr Claudia DERICHS
Assistant Professor, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg
Envisioning Women Within the ASEAN Community of Caring Societies
Ms Josefa Gigi FRANCISCO
South East Asian Co-ordinator, DAWN (Development, Alternatives With Women for A New Era)
10.30 am – 10.45 am
Coffee Break
10.45 am – 12.45 pm
SESSION I: DECISION-MAKING & POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
Democratization and the Political Representation of Women in Southeast Asia
Paperwriter 1: Associate Professor Susan BLACKBURN
School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Australia
The Cambodian Woman ― Pathways to Leadership
Paperwriter2: Ms Eva MYSLIWIEC
Co-Director, Youth Star Cambodia
Engendering the Political Culture: Some Persistent Issues on Women Empowerment in the Philippines
Paperwriter 3: Dr Proserpina TAPALES
Retired Professor, National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines
12.45 pm – 1.45 pm
Lunch
1.45 pm – 3.15 pm
SESSION II: WOMEN AND RELIGION
Islam and Women ― Implications for Muslim Women within Southeast Asia
Paperwriter 4: Ms Rozana ISA
Sisters-in-Islam, Malaysia
Women and Buddhism
Paperwriter 5: NN
3.15 pm – 3.30 pm
Tea Break
3.30 pm – 5.00 pm
SESSION III: GENDER SENSITIVE POLICIES
Gender Roles in the Media in South East Asia
Paperwriter 6: Dr Azmawati Azman AZWAN
Lecturer, School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Conflict Zones — Impact on Women and Men
Paperwriter 7: NN
7.30 pm
Dinner
Tuesday, 14 November 2006
9.00 am – 10.30 am
SESSION IV: WOMEN AT WORK — EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND FAMILY LIFE
Two Steps Forward ― One Step Back? Women’s Employment in the EU
Paperwriter 8: Professor Eileen DREW
Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Centre for Women’s Studies, Trinity College, Dublin
A New Paradigm ― Women, Men and the Workplace
Pperwriter 9: Dr Nirmala PURUSHOTAM
Independent Researcher and Consultant, Singapore
10.30 am – 10.45 am
Coffee Break
10.45 am – 12.15 pm
Unrecognised Work? Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong
Paperwriter 10: Dr Susu THATUN
Programme Manager, UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (UNIAP), Thailand
Feminisation of Migration
Paperwriter 11: Professor Shirlena HUANG
Head, Geography Department, National University of Singapore
12.15 pm – 12.20 pm
Closing Remarks
Mr K KESAVAPANY
Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
12.20 pm – 2.00 pm
Lunch