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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - Seminar

Women Into Decision Making:
Achieving peace and economic justice

A Seminar organised by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (UK)

• Saturday 5 November 2005
• 10.00 am - 5.00 pm
• Registration from 10.00 am.
• Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church Friendship Centre
  Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC1
• Nearest Tube: Tottenham Court Road
• Cost £5.00 (£3.00 concession)
• Lunch (optional) £4.00
• Disabled Access
• All welcome

In the morning session speakers will explore ways in which women are making decisions in in conflict and post conflict regions, what UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security has achieved and how it can be stregnthened

In the afternoon the seminar will look at ways in which economic injustices affect women and how they can be empowered. We shall consider whether it is possible to prepare a UN resolution on economic justice and women modelled on SCR 1325.

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Programme

Morning Session:

• Women into Decision Making
  Introduced by Katharine Hamnett (Ethical Fashion Designer) * to be confirmed
• Speakers include:
  Susi Snyder (Secretary General, International WILPF)
  Cynthia Cockburn (Women in Black, anti-militarist researcher and writer)
  Elsie-Bernadette Onubogu (Gender Adviser, Commonwealth Secretariat)
  Donna St. Hill (Executive Director, Equity Strategies International)
  Josephine Kamel (Global Action Against Poverty)

Afternoon Session - Workshops will include:

• Security Council Resolution 1325 - Women Peace and Security
• Taking Women's Concerns to the World Trade Organisation
• Challenging Corporate Power

• Tables are available for organisations to display material.
• Cost: £12.00 to include one free place.
• Please book early and return the form by 22 October at the latest.
• Download the leaflet and booking form (Word 121 Kbytes)
• Or got to our website: http://www.ukwilpf.gn.apc.org/

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