International
Women's Day Seminar in
Geneva
WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND THE ECONOMICS OF WAR
Room XXII Palais des Nations, 5 -7
March 2003
Organised
by the NGO-COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN,
WORKING GROUP ON PEACE
Wednesday 5
March
16.00 Working
for Disarmament: Women, politics and processes
Dr. Patricia Lewis, Director of United Nations Institute for Disarmament
Research
17.00
Recommendations for the Conference on Disarmament
Thursday
6 March
10.00 Women are encouraged
to attend the Conference on Disarmament to participate
in the annual International Women's Day
statement to the Conference.
13:00
The Politics of Oil and its Geopolitical Aspects
Prof.
Dr. Jan Oberg, Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future
Research
14:30
Perspectives on the Situation of Small Arms and Women's
Rights
Dr. Vanessa Farr, Independent Consultant South Africa
16:00 Human Rights situation in oil producing countries
Irene
Mandeau, Amnesty International Germany
17:00 Conclusions and Recommendations for Action on Conflict Prevention,
Part I
Friday 7 March
09:30 Short review of the previous day
10.00
Tragedies of the oil richness of the Delta
region of Nigeria
Alice Ukoko, Women of Nigeria International
10.30 Le constat de violation
des droits des femmes en Irak (Report on the violation of women's
rights in Iraq)
Soheila Mameli, France Liberté
11.00 Weapons for development
Suela Krifsa, United Nations Development Programme:
Crisis Prevention and Recovery
12.00
Final Discussion and Plan of Action on Conflict
Prevention
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