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INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION OF WOMEN
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2006-2008 OEA/Ser.L/II.5.29
THIRD REGULAR SESSION CIM/CD/doc.20/08
May 8 - 9, 2008 2 May 2008
Washington, D.C. Original: English
DRAFT CALENDAR
Dates: May 8 to 9, 2008
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Place: José Gustavo Guerrero Room, OAS Main Building
17th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 2nd. Floor, Washington D.C.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
9:00 – 9:45 Opening Session:
· Dr. the Hon. Jacqui Quinn-Leandro, CIM President
9:45 – 10:15 Adoption of the Draft Agenda and Calendar of the Third Regular Session and Draft Summary Minutes of the Second Regular Session
10:15 – 10:45 Report on the Activities of the President and the Permanent Secretariat of the CIM:
· 80th Anniversary of the CIM
- Presentation by the CIM Executive Secretary
· Annual Report to the General Assembly
- Presentation by the CIM Executive Secretary
10:45 – 1:00 Implementation of the Mandates of the XXXIII Assembly of Delegates:
CIM Biennium Work Program for the 2006-2008:
Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women’s Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality:
· Initiatives of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on women’s rights:
- Presentation by Rosa Celorio, Specialist, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
· Gender Equality in Public Finances
- Presentation by Executive Secretary
· Gender and Migration
- Presentation by Executive Secretary
· Gender and Natural Disasters
- Presentation by Executive Secretary
1:00 – 2:30 Lunch
2:30 – 3:00 Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women’s Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality:
· Women, Peace and Security: Launching of the Training Manual on Gender, Conflict and Peace Building
- President of the CIM
- The Initiative for Inclusive Security
3:00 – 5:30 Elimination of Violence against Women:
· MESECVI Status Report
Hemispheric Report;
Follow-up to the CEVI Recommendations – Indicators
- Presentation by CIM Senior Specialist Mercedes Kremenetzky
Preparations for Conference of States Parties and Meeting of the Committee of Experts
- Presentation by CIM Senior Specialist Mercedes Kremenetzky
· Gender and HIV/AIDS:
Toward Integrated Policies and Programs on HIV and Violence against Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Presentation by Dinys Luciano, Development Connections
Update on Projects
- Presentation by Executive Secretary
Psychological Impact of HIV on Women, Young Women and Girls
- Presentation by Dr. Luisa Medrano
· Youth, Masculinities, Sexuality and Gender-based Violence: A Caribbean Perspective
- Presentation by Dr. Ian Bethel-Bennett
Friday, May 9, 2008
9:30 – 9:50 Global Consortium to End Cervical Cancer. Presentation by Ms. Irene Natividad, President, Global Summit of Women and Linda Alexander, Vice-President for Women’s Health, QIAGEN.
Continuation of the item “Implementation of the Mandates of the XXXIII Assembly of Delegates: CIM Work Program for the 2006-2008 Biennium”:
9:50 – 10:15 Follow up to the AG/RES. 2322 (XXXVII-O/07) Inter-American Year of the Women
- Presentation by the Delegation of Brazil
10:15 – 10:45 Presentation by Mr. David Morris, Director of the Summit Secretariat
10:45- 11:45 Preparations the Thirty-Fourth CIM Assembly of Delegates
– Preliminary Draft Agenda
- Presentation by the CIM Executive Secretary
11:45- 1:00 Preparations for the III Meeting of Ministers or of the Highest-Ranking Authorities Responsible for the Advancement of Women in the Member States (REMIM-III)
- Presentation by the CIM President
1:00 – 2:30 Lunch
2:30 – 3:00 Budget Execution as of April 30, 2008
3:00 – 5:00 Other Business
· Technical Secretariat of the Disability Decade: Gender and Disability. Presentation by Dr. Eneida A. Ferrer Ferguson, Director, Technical Secretariat for the Implementation of the Program of Action for the Decade of the Americas for the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (2006-2016)
· Training Program on Empowering Women and Children in the Public School System of Fairfax County, Virginia. Presentation by Mrs. Michelline Lavalle