Council, Andorra la Vella, Andorra, 17 and 18 June 2010
Policies on Gender Equality – the Driving Force for Social and Economic Development
Programme
Venue: Congress Centre
Thursday 17 June
15.00 – 16.00 hrs Opening
- Opening remarks by Pia Locatelli, President, Socialist International Women, SIW
- Welcoming address by:
- Jaume Rifà, Coordinator, Secretariat for Gender Policies, Social Democratic Party of Andorra, PS, Andorra
- Ferran Goya, First Secretary, Social Democratic Party of Andorra, PS, Andorra
- Rosa Ferrer, Mayor, Andorra la Vella, Andorra
- Introduction by Marlène Haas, Secretary General, SIW
16.00 – 19.00 hrs Speeches
Policies on Gender Equality in Andorra
- Magda Mata, Deputy Minister for Equality and Welfare, Government of Andorra
Policies on Gender Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Janet Camilo, President of the Dominican Federation of Social Democratic Women, FEDOMUSDE, Dominican Revolutionary Party, PRD, Dominican Republic
Policies on Gender Equality in Africa
- Luzia Inglês, MP, SIW Vice-President, Organisation of Angolan Women, OMA, Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, MPLA, Angola
Debate and Questions to Panellists
19.30 hrs Reception in the Congress Centre hosted by the Social Democratic Party of Andorra
Friday 18 June
09.00 – 10.00 hrs Closed session for member organisations only
10.00 – 13.00 hrs Speeches
Gender Budgeting and Policies on Gender Equality
- Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, National Secretary, Secretariat for Equality, Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, PSOE, Spain
Gender Budgeting in Local Administrations
- Rosa Ferrer, Mayor, Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Debate and Questions to Panellists
*** Lunch Break 13.00 – 14.00 hrs ***
14.00 – 15.00 hrs Meetings between SIW Vice-Presidents and the member organisations of their region
15.00 – 17.00 hrs Participants’ contributions on different topics
17.00 – 18.00 hrs Adoption of resolution