PGA'S 32ND ANNUAL FORUM
EMPOWERING WOMEN - BUILDING HUMAN SECURITY
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
OCTOBER 23-24, 2010
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PGA's 32nd Annual Forum will convene over 250 legislators from over 100 countries including high-ranking Ministers and other government officials to discuss policy solutions, challenges and strategies (existing and proposed). In addition, international renowned experts, academics and representatives of international organizations, UN agencies and civil society will participate.
The Forum will address the nature of women's role in human security with the three areas of human security - the security of survival, livelihood and dignity - serving as the forum framework. It will discuss women's access to health care, particularly maternal healthcare and maternity leave. In addition, it will address key areas of women's socio- economic empowerment: the importance of and legal and socio-cultural issues regarding land, property and inheritance rights; access to credit; and the gender pay gap, participation in labor force and sectors of employment. As regards to education, it will discuss educational attainment and literacy rates of girls and women.
The Forum will also provide information on women's rights law, international conventions, and multilateral agreements while allowing participants to share their own country experiences with their peers. The role of legislators in the development and implementation of these international agreements will also be addressed, as well as the challenges and the roles of MPs in addressing this topic in their home countries.
In conjunction with the Forum, PGA will also host the 15th Annual Defender of Democracy Awards Dinner on October 23rd, 2010. The Defender of Democracy Award is presented to individuals who, through their own commitment and active engagement, have made significant progress in strengthening democracy and democratic practices. For more information on this year's Defender of Democracy Awards click here.
Parliamentarians are kindly requested to fill in the registration form and send it to the Secretariat before July 1, 2010 to enable the organizing committee to carry out the necessary steps pertaining to registration.
For questions regarding PGA's 32nd Annual Forum, please contact Brian Kett at Brian.Kett@pgaction.org |