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“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and
Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”
20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
Why a National Women’s Summit?
The economic and financial crises have placed vulnerable
economies such as ours on the brink of bankruptcy;
environmental threats such as climate change are increasingly
endangering communities, families’ and women’s well-being;
our human rights, democratic institutions and systems of
governance have been seriously eroded and undermined by
massive corruption and mismanagement
What should be our response and what are our priority
issues in times of crises? How can NGOs strengthen their
solidarity so that it can harness its collective strengths in the
face of these crises?
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and
Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”
20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
Objectives
 To critically assess our gains fifteen years after Beijing focusing
on best practices and innovative programs and collectively
think of strategies and innovative approaches to sustain and
broaden such gains.
 To identify key challenges and constraints that continue to
impede women’s campaign for political transformation
towards gender equality and empowerment.
 To actively and concretely respond to persistent as well as new
and emerging threats such as the current financial crisis and its
impact on women’s well-being; climate change; feminization
of migration; violence against women and women’s wellbeing, among others.
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and
Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”
20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
The National Women’s Summit
 an NGO event to gather women’s groups, civil society groups
and invited government officials with the goal of collectively
assessing the situation of women at the national and local
levels.
 It aims to revisit the BPFA and find consensus as to how to use
it in responding to persistent as well as emerging challenges
and sustain achievements through self-reliant leadership and
collective action.
 The forum will also prepare the Philippine participants for the
Asia Pacific NGO Forum that will immediately follow the
National Women’s Summit
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and
Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”
20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
Convener: Dean Leticia Ramos-Shahani
Overall Coordinator: Prof. Aurora Javate de Dios
with WAGI Secretariat
Venue:
Miriam College
Date:
October 20 – 21, 2009
Fees:
Php 1,000 (inclusive of snacks & kits)
For Miriam Faculty: P500
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and
Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”
20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
Tentative Programme as of September 25, 2009
Time
8:00 – 9:00
9:00 – 10:00
10:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 11:45
DAY ONE (October 20, 2009)
Registration –
Ecumenical Rituals
Welcome Remarks
 Dr. Patricia B. Licuanan, Miriam College President
 Dean Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Convener of the National Women’s
Summit and Dean of the College of International Humanitarian and
Development Studies (CIHDS), Miriam College
 UNDP, Canada Fund, UNFPA
PLENARY 1
Good Governance and Corruption
TBA c/o UNDP, Civil Service Commission
Women’s Political Participation & Electoral Reforms
Tita de Villa
Human Rights Crisis
Commissioner Lilia de Lima, Commission on Human Rights (CHR)
Gender and Economic Crisis
Marina Durano, Ph.D., DAWN
Coffee Break
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and
Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”
20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
11:30 – 1:00 PM PARALLEL SESSIONS
(1) Governance & Corruption
(2) Magna Carta of Women Part 1 (c/o PILIPINA, CEDAW WATCH)
(3) What Women Want: Engendering the MDGs c/o UNIFEM and WAGI
(4) Strategies to Address Violence Against Women (WAGI,WCC,PNP)
1:00 – 2:00
LUNCH
2:00 – 3:30
(5) Gender Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship
(6) Best Practices in Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Budgeting
Part 1 (c/o NCRFW)
(7) Women and Labor (Formal/Informal)
(8) Rural Women
(9) Young Women as Transformative Leaders Part 1 (CEDAW Youth)
3:30 – 3:45
Coffee Break
3:45 – 5:00
(10) Young Women as Transformative Leaders Part 2
(11) Magna Carta of Women Part 2 (PILIPINA, CEDAW WATCH)
(12) Gender, Media and ICTc/o CA Dept , WAGI
(13) Women, Arts and Literature –Artists’ Circle
5:00 – 6:00
Networking Meetings / Exhibit Viewing
6:00 – 9:00
Dinner Reception & Awarding of “Eminent Women in Politics”
( Justice Ines Luciano, Rep. Josefina Joson, Gov. Daisy Fuentes)
A Musical Tribute to Susan Fernandez
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and
Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”
20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
Time
7:00 – 9:00
9:00 – 10:00
10:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 11:45
DAY TWO (October 21, 2009)
Morning Rituals
Exercise Activities
Visit to Exhibit
PLENARY 2
Gender and Climate Change
Senator Loren Legarda
Gender and Peace
Senator Santanina Rasul
Mothers Want Peace
Irene Santiago, Mindanao Commission on Women
Women’s Reproductive Health and Well-being
Rep. Garin, House of Representatives
Gender, Science and Technology
TBA- c/o DOST
PARALLEL SESSIONS
(14) Gender and HIV/AIDS (c/o) UN AIDS
(15) Women’s Health Across the Life Cycle (UNFPA)
(16) Environment and Climate Change (c/o ESI and others)
(17) Women and Aging (Dept. of Family Studies and Gerontology, Miriam College)
(18) Gender, Peace & Security ( WAGI, Center for Peace, CARLL Philippines)
Coffee Break
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and
Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”
20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
11:30 – 1:00
PM
(19) Best Practices in Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Budgeting
Part 2 (Jean Illo , CEDAW WATCH)
(20) Human Rights Crisis in Mindanao (c/o Amina Rasul, PCID)
(21) Security Council Resolution 1325 (WAGI,CPE, Mavic)
(22) Indigenous Women
1:00 – 2:00
2:00 – 3:30
LUNCH
(23) Women, Science and Technology
(24) Migration and Trafficking
(25) From Protest and Anger to Transformation and Reform (BK,
CPE,MCW)
(26) Women Streaming the Menstream (WAGI,GM-Com, WSAP)
Coffee Break
Finalization of the Summit Declaration
CEDAW Watch Business Meeting / Networking Meetings / Exhibit Viewing
3:30 – 3:45
3:45 – 5:00
5:00 – 6:00
6:00 – 9:00
Reading of the Summit Declaration
CLOSING
Welcome Dinner for the AP-NGO Forum Participants
“Women’s Self Reliant Leadership and
Collective Empowerment in Times of Crises”
20-21 October 2009, Miriam College, Quezon City
Role of Participants
• As organizer/co-organizer of a parallel workshop
session
• As speaker in the workshop sessions
• As facilitator or moderator of a session
• As organizer of an exhibit
• As member of the documentation or media team
• As active participant
• PLEASE REGISTER NOW!
• Deadline for Submission of Abstracts October 5
National Summit Contact Persons/Numbers and
Websites /email address
WAGI:Ellen Guanzon and Mel Reyes :
Telefax- 435-9229
[email protected]
www.cedaw-watch.org/womensummit.html
www.wagi-mc.org/womensummit.html
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Password:
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