LIU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 86: Invitation til konferencen den 3. og 4. maj 2018 Gender equality: paving the way – conference to launch the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023 som afholdes som en del af det danske formandskab for Europarådets Ministerkomité

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GENDER EQUALITY:

PAVING THE WAY

Conference to launch

the Council of Europe

Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023

www.coe.int/equality

PROGRAMME

Eigtveds Pakhus

Copenhagen

3-4 May 2018

LIU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 86: Invitation til konferencen den 3. og 4. maj 2018 Gender equality: paving the way – conference to launch the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023 som afholdes som en del af det danske formandskab for Europarådets Ministerkomité

Thursday 3 May 2018

9.00 – 9.40 am

9.45 – 10.30 am

Registration of participants and coffee

Opening Session

Moderator: Abdel Aziz Mahmoud,

journalist and TV anchor

Address by Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Denmark

Welcome remarks

Karen Ellemann,

Minister for Equal Opportunities, Denmark

Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni,

Deputy Secretary General, Council of Europe

Keynote speech

Elif Shafak,

award-winning novelist, political commentator, public speaker (tbc)

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10.40 – 11 45 am

Political commitment: an imperative for gender equality

High Level Panel

Karen Ellemann,

Minister for Equal Opportunities, Denmark

Helena Dalli,

Minister for European Affairs and Equality, Malta

Bassima Hakkaoui,

Minister of Family, Solidarity, Equality and Social Development,

Morocco

Margareta

Mađerić,

State Secretary in the Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth

and Social Policy, Croatia

Jari Partanen,

State Secretary to the Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services,

Finland

Iosifina Antoniou,

Commissioner for Gender Equality, Cyprus

11.45 – 12.05 pm Coffee break/Networking

Planet 50/50 by 2030: Reality or Utopia

Moderator: Liri Kopaçi-Di Michele,

Head of the Equality Division, Council of Europe

12.15 – 1.00 pm

Panel discussion

Asger Ryhl,

Director of UN Women Nordic Liaison Office

Irena Moozová,

Director for Equality and Union Citizenship,

European Commission

Saniye Gülser Corat,

Director of the Division of Gender Equality,

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Amelia Kinahoi Siamomua,

Head of Gender Section,

Commonwealth Secretariat

View from the civil society

Edith Schratzberger-Vécsei,

President, European Women’s

Lobby

1.00 – 2.30 pm

Networking lunch

Women in decision making: glass ceilings and sticky floors

Moderator: Renee Laiviera,

member of the Gender Equality Commission of the

Council of Europe, Malta

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2.30 – 3.30 pm

Laura Boldrini,

…, Chamber of Deputies of Italy (tbc)

Karen Ross,

Professor of Gender and Media, Newcastle

University, United Kingdom

Peter Munk Christiansen,

Professor, Head of Department of

Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark

Interactive discussion with the audience

3.30 – 3.50 pm

Coffee break/networking

Gender stereotypes and sexism: holding women and men back

Moderator: Charles Ramsden,

Vice Chairperson of the Gender Equality

Commission of the Council of Europe, United Kingdom

4.00 – 5.00 pm

Michael Kimmel,

Author and Sociologist, United States

Feride Acar,

President, Council of Europe Group of Experts on

Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

Cecilie Nørgaard,

Educational and Gender Sociologist, Denmark

Christian Mogensen,

Project Manager, Centre for Digital Youth

Care, Denmark

Interactive discussion with the audience

6.30 pm

Boat trip followed by dinner/social event

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Friday 4 May 2018

Upholding human rights of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers

Moderator: Ljiljana Loncar,

member of the Gender Equality Commission of the

Council of Europe, Serbia

10.00 – 11.15 am

Sodfa Daaji,

activist

Heidi Hautala,

Vice-President of the European Parliament (tbc)

Salome Mbugua,

President, European Network of Migrant

Women

Nathalie Schlenzka,

European Network of Equality Bodies

(Equinet)

Interactive discussion with the audience

11.15 – 11.45 am Coffee break/networking

The way ahead

Moderator: Eva Fehringer,

Chairperson of the Gender Equality Commission of the

Council of Europe, Austria

11.45 – 12.15 pm

Romain Sabathier,

Conference Rapporteur

Feedback from the audience

12.15 pm

Closing remarks

Marja Ruotanen,

Director of Human Dignity, Equality and Sport

Values, Council of Europe

Kira Appel,

member of the Gender Equality Commission of the

Council of Europe, Denmark

Close of Conference