Title: FW: [Iww-news] 1/3/2003 Seminar On Women And Poverty
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From: steve zeltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 15:32:36 -0800
To: bawdn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, TUDN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Iww-news] 1/3/2003 Seminar On Women And Poverty
Women and Poverty
-Trafficking, Migration and Gender Insecurity-
(Objectives and Programme)
1. The Objectives of the Seminar:
The Seminar wants to be an occasion for activists and researchers from South a
nd South East/East Asia to share their experience with their sisters and broth
ers of South Asia, by comparing the effects of the global economy on the expl
oitative structures and root causes of trafficking and undocumented migration.
Reports will cover the effects of the Asian financial crisis and War on Terro
rism on the immigration and security policies of the Governments whose concern
is not focused on the rights and dignity of the victims of trafficking and sm
uggling.
The Seminar wants to be an occasion for the participants from South East/East
Asia to learn from their sisters and brothers of South Asia about the specific
aspects of global empoverishment on trafficking and exploitative migration in
South Asia, as well as, about their activities which, among others, succeeded
in having signed by the governments of the region a SARC anti-trafficking Agr
eement.
Among other outcomes of the Seminar, the organizers hope that new channels for
experience sharing and joint struggle can be established between South Asia a
nd South East/East Asia. A common platform to combat the globalization of traf
ficking and exploiative migration will be discussed, including concrete demand
s on governments and business sectors to take economic and political measures
indispensable in combating these most violent forms of gender exploitation of
poverty.
IMADR wishes to expand this network to include Africa, and will welcome any su
ggestion about the means to develop a South/South network against trafficking
and exploitative migration.
2. The Programme of the Seminar:
Date, January 3, 2003.
Place, to be announced.
13:3 to 14:00: Introduction:
Posing Questions for Discussion ( Kinhide Mushakoji, International Movement
Against All Forms of Discrimination And Racism(IMADR))
14:00 to 15:20: Reports and Comments:
Report from the Philippines (Aida Santos, International Stop Rape Contest)
Report from Korea (Young-Sook Cho, Korea Women's Associations United)
Report from Japan (Seiko Hanochi, IMADR/Center for International and
Security Studies (York University))
Comment from Nepal (Renu Radjbandari, Women's Rehabilitation Centre)
Comment from India (Burnad Fathima Netasan, Tamil Nadu Dalit Women's Movement)
Comment from Sri Lanka (Nimalka Fernando, International Movement
Against All Forms of Discrimination And Racism(IMADR))
15:20 to 16:50: General Discussion
(Chair: Nimalka Fernando)
16:40 to 17:00: Conclusion
Organiser: IMADR
http://www.imadr.org/index.html
Co-organiser: ARENA
http://www.arenaonline.org/
For more information, please check following URL or send e-mail to
contact persons;
http://www.jca.apc.org/wsf_support/asf/women_and_poverty.html
Contact persons:
Toshi Ogura (Toyama University)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Seiko Hanochi(IMADR/York University)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
