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Symposia Program

MONDAY, June 5

I. WELCOME

Electa Arenal, Director, Center for the Study of Women and Society, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Linda Basch, Executive Director, National Council for Research on Women
Yoshiko Misumi, Managing Director, Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women

II. REVIEW OF PURPOSE & OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED BY BEIJING + 5 SPECIAL SESSION
Kristen Timothy, Former Deputy Director, United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women; Research Scholar, NCRW

III. PLENARY: NEW STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE GLOBAL WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AT 2000
Panelists:
Charlotte Bunch, Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers University
Masako Owaki, Senator, JAPAN
Pregs Govender, Chair, Parliamentary Committee on Quality of Life and Status of Women, SOUTH AFRICA
Nimalka Fernando, International Movement Against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism
Rounaq Jahan, Southern Asain Institute, Columbia University
Moderator TBA

TUESDAY, June 6

IV. PLENARY: POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF GLOBALIZATION
Panelists:
Cynthia Enloe, Clark University
Manel Abeysekara, National Committee on Women, SRI LANKA
Theresa Loar, U.S. State Department
Yuko Moriya, The World Women's Conference Network Kansai
Laura Frade Rubio, MEXICO
Indira Kajosevic, American Friends Service Committee Jennifer Leigh Disney, CUNY Graduate Center
Moderator:
Judith Saidel, SUNY Albany

Facilitated Breakout Groups

• Yuko Moriya and Hester Eisenstein, Queens College
  
• Constance Sutton, New York University and Manel Abeysekara
  
• Lynette Jackson, Pan-African Gender Initiative, Barnard College and Laura Frade Rubio
  
• Rosalind Petchevsky, International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group
  

All film screenings will take place in Proshansky Auditorium at the CUNY Grad Center.

1:00 - 3:00 pm: Film Screenings: The Girl Child
White Dresses(33 min.); In My Father's House(67 min)

Workshops

7:00 - 9:00 pm: Film Screening: Women and Armed Conflict
Silence Broken (60 min)
Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Dai Sil Kim Gibson

Public Forums/ Cultural Events

WEDNESDAY, June 7

Economic Dimensions of Globalization
Panelists:
Isabella Bakker, York University, UNIFEM
Brigitte Young, University of Muenster
Lee Jung Ok, Department of Sociology, Hyosung Women's University
Momoyo Kamo, The Part-Timers Committee for Women, JAPAN
Rose Lugemba, Ministry of Labor, TANZANIA
Devaki Jain, DAWN
Franziska Brantner, Heinrich Boll Foundation, Beijing Plus Five Youth Caucus
Alexandra Spieldoch, Global Women's Project, Center of Concern
Moderator:
Ellen Chesler, Open Society Institute

Facilitated Breakout Groups

• Momoyo Kamo and Irene Tinker, Equity Policy Center
  
• Mariam Chamberlain, International Association of Feminist Economists, NCRW, Gale Summerfield, Office of Women in Development, University of Illinois-Urbana, Alexandra Spieldoc
  
• Francine Moccio, Institute on Women and Work, Cornell University, and Kate Cloud, Office of Women in Development
  
• Kristen Timothy, NCRW, and Lee Jung Ok
  

The following events are free and open to the public. Please click on the links to see more information.

Film Screenings: Women and Health
Ventre Livre (45 min), Rishte (43 min), The Desired Number (28 min)

Workshops

Film Screening: Women, Culture, and Media
Lockin Up (29 min), Strength to Resist, (35 min)
Followed by Q&A with Filmmaker Margaret Lazarus and others

Public Forums/ Cultural Events

THURSDAY, June 8

Bringing the Platform Home
Panelists:
Rosa Castaneda, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Gulmira Asanbaeva, Gender in Development Bureau, KYRGYSTAN
Sato Miho, Japan's Network for Women and Health
Beatrice Lopez, Welfare Rights Initiative, Hunter College
Robin Levy, WILD for Human Rights; with Youth Advisory Board members Raha Jorjani, Lisa Garrett, Abigail Kramer
Mimie Sesoko, SOUTH AFRICA
*Representative from Madre
*Lateefah Simon, Center for Young Women's Development
Discussant:
Alison Bernstein, Ford Foundation
Moderator:
Deborah Thomas, NCRW

Facilitated Breakout Groups

• Sato Miho and Janet Poppendieck, Center for the Study of Family Policy, Hunter College
• Kate Washburn, WILD for Human Rights and Sara Boonin, Feminist Majority Foundation
• Beatrice Lopez and Madeline Lamour, Sister's Lending Circle, Central Brooklyn Partnership
• Temma Kaplan, SUNY Stonybrook and Amy Richards, Third Wave Foundation
• *Vicky Semler, International Women's Tribune Center
• *Debra Schultz, Open Society Institute

Carrying the Movement Forward
Speakers:
Frances Degen Horowitz, President CUNY
Seiko Hanochi, York University, Japan Preparatory Committee
Dessima Williams, Brandeis University
Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority Foundation
*Florence Butegwa, Center for Women's Global Leadership
Moderator:
Linda Basch, NCRW

The following event is free and open to the public.

PERFORMANCE Co-Sponsored with Equality Now
Women Can't Wait written and performed by Sarah Jones; Directed by Gloria Feliciano. Women Can't Wait is a creative work commissioned by Equality Now as part of its international campaign against discriminatory laws.