Programme                                                                            

Pre-Conference Activities

Day 1: Monday 22 Nov. 1999

Day 2: Tuesday 23 Nov. 1999

Day 3: Wednesday 24 Nov. 1999

Day 4: Thursday 25 Nov. 1999

Day 5: Friday 25 Nov. 1999

Post-Conference Activities

DAY 1. MONDAY 22, NOVEMBER
09:00 – 10:00 Opening of the Conference

Chair : President of the 5th African Regional Conference on Women

Opening Statements

  • His Excellency the President of Ethiopia
  • Executive Secretary, ECA
  • Secretary General of the OAU
  • Secretary General of the Fourth World Conference on Women
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee break
10:15 – 10:30 Election of Conference Bureau

Chair : President of the 5th African Regional Conference on Women
10:30 – 12:00 Plenary 1. Progress report of Dakar + 5 :
Reports by African Governments and NGOs

Chair : President of the 6th African Regional Conference on Women

  • Statement by the Special Adviser on Gender Issues And Advancement Of Women, UN Division for the Advancement of Women (UNDAW)
  • Report of African Governments, President of the Committee on Women and Development
  • NGO Report, NGO representative
  • Discussion
12:00 – 13:30 Plenary 1. Progress report of Dakar + 5 :
                  Reports by African Regional Organisations

Chair : President of the 6th African Regional Conference on Women

  • Progress Report, OAU representative
  • Progress Report, ADB representative
  • Progress Report, ECA representative
  • Discussion
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 – 17:00 Plenary 1. Progress report of Dakar + 5 : Report by UN Agencies

Chair : Special Adviser on Gender Issues And Advancement Of Women, UN Division for the Advancement of Women (UNDAW)

Speakers :

  • Director of the UNDP Bureau for Africa
  • World Bank Representative
17:30 – 18:30 Forum on Traditionally Condoned forms of Violence: How To Bring About Positive Changes of Attitude

Organizer: Inter-Africa Committee

Guest Speaker: Her Excellency the First Lady of Burkina Faso

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Day 2. Tuesday 23 November  

09:00 – 09:30 Plenary 2 : Presentation of the process of evaluation

Chair : President of the 6th African Regional Conference on Women

Speaker : Director of the African Centre for Women, ECA

09.30 – 10.00 Coffee break

10:00 – 13:00 Evaluation Workshops
Workshop 1 Workshop 2 Workshop 3 Workshop 4 Workshop 5 Workshop 6
Women and

Poverty/

Economic Empowerment

 Women, Education, Training and Access to Science and Technology Women, Culture, the Family and Socialization Women's Legal and Human Rights Gender Disaggregated Data Political Empowerment of Women

13 :00 – 14 :30 Lunch break

14 :30 – 17 :00 Evaluation Workshops (continued)

Workshop 1 Workshop 2 Workshop 3 Workshop 4 Workshop 5 Workshop 6
Women and

Poverty/

Economic Empowerment

 Women, Education, Training and Access to Science and Technology Women, Culture, the Family and Socialization Women's Legal and Human Rights Gender Disaggregated Data Political Empowerment of Women

17 :00 – 17 :30 Coffee break

17:30 – 19:30 Special Forum on Peace

Chair : Her Excellency, the Vice-President of Uganda and President of the African Women’s Committee on Peace and Development
  • Welcome remarks, Executive Secretary of ECA
  • Minute of silence for the victims of war
  • Statement, Her Excellency the Vice President of the Republic of Uganda and President of the African Women’s Committee on Peace
  • Presentation on First Ladies Peace Initiative, Her Excellency the First Lady of the Republic of Ghana
  • Personal experience of war, women from Somali, Sudan and Angola
  • Statement, Her Excellency the First Lady of the Republic of Tanzania
  • Statement, Her Excellency the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • Statement, Her Excellency the First Lady of the Republic of South Africa
  • Concluding remarks, Secretary General of OAU

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Day 3. Wednesday 24 November

09:00 – 13:00 Evaluation Workshops

(10:00 – 10 :15 Coffee break)

Workshop 7 Workshop 8 Workshop 9 Workshop 10 Workshop 11 Workshop 12
Women, Health, Reproduction, Family Planning and Population Women and Peace Women and the Environment Institutional Mechanisms Women, Communication, Information and Arts The Girl-Child

13 :00 – 14 :00 Lunch break

14 :00 – 17 :00 Evaluation Workshops (continued)

Workshop 7 Workshop 8 Workshop 9 Workshop 10 Workshop 11 Workshop 12
Women, Health, Reproduction, Family Planning and Population Women and Peace Women and the Environment Institutional Mechanisms Women, Communication, Information and Arts The Girl-Child

17 :00 – 17 :30 Coffee break

17:30 – 19:00 Open Space and Caucuses

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Day 4. Thursday 25  November

09:00 – 13:00 Open Space and Caucusses

Preparation of Reports of Workshops Outcomes

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 – 16:30 Plenary 3 : Reports of Workshop Outcomes

Workshops:

  1. Women and Poverty/Economic Empowerment
  2. Women, Education, Training and Access to Science and Technology
  3. Women, Culture, the Family and Socialization
  4. Women's Legal and Human Rights

Chair : Vice-President of the Bureau of the 6th African Regional Conference on Women

Speakers : Workshop Rapporteurs

  • Presentation of the Reports
  • Discussion

16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break

16 :45 – 19:00 Plenary 3 : Reports of Workshop Outcomes (Continued)

Workshops:
  1. Gender Disaggregated Data
  2. Political Empowerment of Women
  3. Women, Health, Reproduction, Family Planning and Population
  4. Women and Peace

Chair : Vice-President of the Bureau of the 6th African Regional Conference on Women

Speakers : Workshop Rapporteurs

  • Presentation of the Reports
  • Discussion

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Day 5. Friday 26 November

9:00 – 11:00 Plenary 3 : Reports of Workshop Outcomes (Continued)

Workshops:

  1. Women and the Environment
  2. Institutional Mechanisms
  3. Women, Communication, Information and Arts
  4. The Girl-Child

Chair : Vice-President of the Bureau of the 6th African Regional Conference on Women

Speakers : Workshop Rapporteurs

  • Presentation of the Reports
  • Discussion

11 :00 – 11 :15 Coffee break

11 :15 – 13 :00 Plenary 4 : Conference Outcomes

Chair : President of the 6th African Regional Conference on Women

Item 1. Presentation and Adoption of the Five-Year Regional Plan of Action

  • Presentation of the Regional Plan of Action, Rapporteur General

13:00 – 15:00 Lunch break

15:00 – 16:30 Plenary 4 : Conference Outcomes (continued)

Chair : President of the 6th African Regional Conference on Women

Item 2. Africa's participation at the Global Mid-Term Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (Beijing+ 5)

  • Assessment of preparations for the UN Special Session on Beijing +5, Representative from the UN Division for the Advancement of Women (UNDAW)
  • Report on the modalities for Africa’s participation at the UN Special Session (Beijing + 5), Rapporteur General

Item 3. Review of the Draft Declaration

  • Draft Declaration, Rapporteur General

 18:00 – 19:00 Closing of the Sixth African Regional Conference on Women

Chair : President of the 6th African Regional Conference on Women
  • Conference Declaration, Rapporteur General
  • Closing Statements:

- Deputy Executive Secretary, ECA
- President of the 6th African Regional Conference on Women

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