28 – 30 November, 2010
Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
28 November 2010
3.00pm – 6.00pm: Registration (for international participants)
8.00pm – 10.30pm: Welcome Dinner and networking
29 November 2010
8.30 – 9.30 am: Registration and refreshments
9.30 – 9.45 am: Welcome Address
9.45 – 10.15 am: Keynote Address – Invited speaker: António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
10.15 – 12.30 pm VOICES OF COURAGE
- Farai Sevenzo, journalist, film-maker, Zimbabwe
- Shreen Abdul Saroor, Mannar Women’s Devt Foundation, Sri Lanka
- Leymah Gbowee, Founder, Women’s Peace and Security Network Africa
- Suraiya Kamaruzzaman, Founder of Flower AcehFoundation and Gender Mainstreaming & Equity Advisor, LOGICA 2, Aceh
12.30 – 1.00 pm: Elisabeth Rasmusson, Secretary General, Norwegian Refugee Council
1.00 – 2.00 pm: Lunch
2.00 – 5.00 pm: EXPERT GROUP MEETINGS
- Rights of displaced women and girls
- Strategic framework for more effective programmes for displaced women and girls
WORKSHOPS
- Protecting Women in Camps and Shelters
- Gender Budgeting
- Designing Dynamic Websites
- How to Design Effective Training and Skills Development Programmes
30 November 2010
9.30 – 11.30 am: Panel session: WOMEN IN PEACE-BUILDING
- Dr Noeleen Heyzer, UN-ESCAP
- Dr Anna Tibaijuka, UN-Habitat
- Sophie Désouliéres, South Asia Analyst, International Crisis Group
- Orzala Ashraf, Founder of Youth and Women Leadership Centre, Afghanistan
11.30 – 1.00 pm: Roundtable Discussion: AID: ADDRESSING THE ACCOUNTABILITY GAP
1.00 – 2.00 pm: Lunch
2.00 – 4.30 pm: Panel session: ENSURING THE HEALTH & WELL-BEING OF WOMEN IN CRISIS
- Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood, Chief of the Humanitarian Response Branch, UNFPA
- Lilianne Fan, Inter-agency Standing Committee Shelter Cluster in Haiti
4.30 – 5.30 pm: Closing Plenary
