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International Conference on Women in Politics
PROGRAMME:
9:00 – 9:30
Registration
1. OPENING SPEECH
9:30 – 9.35
Luca Bader (Chief executive officer of Institute of European Democrats)
2. THE OPENING PANEL: KEY SPEAKERS: POLITICAL PARTECIPATION OF WOMEN IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
9:35 – 11:00
Hana Havelková (Head of Department of Gender Studies, Charles University Prague, Czech Rep.)
Development of women´s political participation in Czech Republic
Marta Ruiz Minguez (Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Spain)
Spanish experience with promoting gender equality
11:00 – 11:15
Coffee break
3. PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN POLITICS AND THE ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN THIS PROCESS (moderated by Jana Šmídová, Czech Radio)
11:15 – 12:45
Soňa Paukrtová (Senator, member of City Council of Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Rep.)
Pavla Brady (Member of City Council in Opava, vice-chair of Party for Open Society, Czech Rep.)
Sonja Lokar (CEE Network for Gender Issues, Slovenia)
Malgorzata Fuszara (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Miroslava Demková (President of the Youth of the Slovak European Democratic Party, Slovakia)
Marina Demetriou (President of EK Women Organisation, Cyprus)
12:45 – 14:00
Lunch
4. WORKSHOPS
14:00 – 16:00
1. Promoting equal opportunities at local level
Lectors: Fórum 50 %: Michaela Appeltová, Jana Smiggels Kavková (Czech Rep.)
2. The Empowerment of women in political parties
Lector: Sonja Lokar ( Co-author of the “Women Can Do It: train the trainer" manuals for political
empowerment of women in transition and Balkan countries)
Workshops will run simultaneously, participants will chose which one they want to join. The work
in the workshops will be interactive and participatory.
16:00 – 16:15
Coffee break
5. CONCLUSIONS OF THE WORKSHOPS AND PLENARY DISCUSSION
16:15 – 17:00
Conclusions of the workshops (presented by lectors) and final plenary discussion
With the financial support of the European Parliament
