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Forum on After Beijing

Gender Issues in Southeast Asia - Have women moved up, moved on or moved out

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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

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Veranstaltungsort

ISEAS, Singapore

Referenten

  • with Dr. Claudia Derichs
    • Josefa G. Francisco (Keynote Speaker)
      • Dr. Susan Blackburn
        • Dr. Susu Thatun
          • etc.
            Kontakt

            Dr. Colin Dürkop

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