Regional Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, 24 June 2012
Women Resolving Conflicts through Dialogue and Negotiation
Programme
Venue: Taxim Hill Hotel
Saturday 23 June
20.00 hrs Welcoming dinner and music for all SIW delegates hosted by the Peace and Democracy Party, BDP, Turkey
Sunday 24 June
09.30 – 10.00 hrs Opening – Regional Meeting
- Opening remarks by Pia Locatelli, President of the Socialist International Women, SIW
- Welcoming address by Gültan Kisanak, MP; Co-President of the Peace and Democracy Party, BDP, Turkey
- Welcoming address by Deniz Pinar Atilgan, President of the Women’s Branch, Republican People’s Party, CHP, Turkey
- Introduction by Marlène Haas, Secretary General, SIW
10.00 – 13.00 hrs Speeches
- Sebahat Tuncel, MP; Chair of the Women’s Assembly, BDP, Turkey
- Antigoni Karali-Dimitriadi, SIW Vice-President; Adviser on Women’s Issues to SI President George Papandreou, PASOK, Greece
- Nazan Üstündag, Assistant Professor in Sociology, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Parvanah Heidari, Overseas Representative, Democratic Women’s Union of Iranian Kurdistan, Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, PDKI
Debate and Questions to Speakers
*** Lunch Break 13.00 – 14.30 hrs ***
14.30 – 14.45 hrs Information on SIW Congress
14.45 – 16.30 hrs Contributions from participants on different topics chaired by Antigoni Karali-Dimitriadi, SIW Vice-President, PASOK, Greece
16.30 – 17.00 hrs Declaration and closing remarks