Voksenaasen 23-25 Nov 2008, Oslo Norway

Sunday 23 November

14.00 Registration at Voksenaasen

17.30 Opening Session

Welcome to Voksenaasen, Landshövding Eva Ericsson, Chair of Voksenaasen

Setting the tone for this conference, contributions from

• Wenny Kusuma, Country Director United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)-Afghanistan
• Alex Obote-Odora, Chief, Appeals and Legal Advisory Division, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

19.00 The Bretton Woods Group plays Development Country music 1325

19.30 Dinner

Monday 24 November

09.00 Welcome

09.05 Jonas Gahr Støre, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs

The Norwegian Government Welcomes initiatives on UNSCR 1325

09.30 Martha R. Skretteberg, Director FOKUS - Forum for Women and Development

Welcome to “Women in the Land of Conflict"

09.40 Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nobels Peace Prize Laurate

10.00 Session 1.
Women’s role in peace and state-building processes towards a world without violence against women, protecting human rights

Keynote speaker: Rama Yade, French Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights

10.30 Coffee/tea and fruit

10.45 Session 1 continues
Women’s role in peace and state-building processes towards a world without violence against women, protecting human rights

Panel:
• Ruth Ochieng, Isis WICCE, Uganda
• Emily Sikazwe, Women for Change, Zambia
• Bandana Rana, SAATHI / IAWRT, Nepal
• Lisbet Palme, Sweden and UN
• Zamzam Kalume, Youth leader, Rwanda,
• Amal Khreisheh, The Palestinian Working Women Society for Development, Palestine

Chair: Helga Hernes, the International Peace Research Institute (PRIO)

12.30 Lunch

14.00 Session 2
Charles Abugre, Head of Policy Christian Aid, Consultant expert for the conference
Presentation of the conference progress report on the follow-up of the international community on UNSCR 1325

Panel discussion:
• Hilary Anderson UN-INSTRAW, Dominican Republic
• Phil Champain, International Alert, United Kingdom
• Sarah Maguire, Independent Legal and Human Rights Consultant, United Kingdom

Chair: Fredrik Arthur, Ambassador for Women and Gender Equality - Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

15.30 Coffe/tea and fruit

16.00 Session 3
Systemic Hindrances for Change: Panel discussion on norms, structures and institutions that block the road to women’s enhanced participation in the fight for justice and elimination of violence.

Panel discussion:
• Charlotte Isaksson, Swedish Armed Forces, Sweden
• Wenny Kusuma, Country Director United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)-Afghanistan
• Charles Abugre, Christian Aid
• Randi Solhjell, NUPI, Norway

Chair: Lucy Muyoyeta, Zambia

19.30 Dinner

Optional film program and caucuses in the evening

Tuesday 25 November

From 07.00 Breakfast

08.30 Session 4
Human Security and Transitional Justice: Experiences and best practice

Presentations from various countries:
• Elinor Sisulu, Crisis Zimbabwe, Open society for southern Africa, South Africa
• Igballe Rogova, Kosovo Women’s network, Kosovo
• Mathilde Muhindo, Bukavu NGO DRC
• Maarten Barends, Governance & Rule of Law Unit UNDP CO Sudan
• Luz Mendez, Union Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas, Guatemala
• Mireille Nyonzima ADDF, Burundi

Chair: Bandana Rana, SAATHI / International Association of Women in Radio and TV (IAWRT), Nepal

10.30 Break, coffee/tea

10.45 Session 5
Transitional Justice as a Tool for Human Security

Panel discussion:
• Vénantie Bisimwa Lawyer, Bukavu (DRC)
• Suzanne Jambo, New Sudanese Indigeneous NGOs South Sudan
• Astrid Leonor Daza Gómez, Limpal Colombia
• Rosalina Tuyuc, CONAVIGUA Guatemala
• Cecelia Danuweli, WANP Liberia

Chair: FOKUS

12.30 Lunch

14.00 Session 6
UNSCR 1325 Forward: Discussing the Conference Statement

Plenary discussion on the draft statement of the editorial committee
Ending 16.00

16.45 Participants go by buses to Nobel Peace Centre, at Vestbanen Oslo

17.30Book Launch, Nobel Peace Laurate Rigoberta Menchú Tum et al. Reception

19.30 Participants return to Voksenaasen

20.00 Dinner and final “thank-you"


Wednesday 26th Nov

EXTRA event

08.00 NGO follow-up on strategising and networking for the international organising of women’s engagement to strengthen UNSCR 1325-initiatives.

12.00 Lunch and departure