[asia-apec 846] Workshop on Strategies, Gains and Challenges in Women's Struggle Against Globalization

[BAYAN]

FINAL PROGRAMME

WORKSHOP ON STRATEGIES, GAINS AND CHALLENGES
IN WOMEN'S STRUGGLE AGAINST GLOBALIZATION
November 8 (2:30 - 10:00 p.m.)
Olympic Hall 2, Hotel Grand Olympic

3rd International Women's Conference Against APEC
November 8-9, 1998
Hotel Grand Olympic, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sponsored by: 
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)
GABRIELA (National Alliance of Women's Organizations in the Philippines)
SRED (Society for Rural Education and Development), Madras
Tamilnadu Women's Forum

PROGRAMME: 

02:30	Introduction by Elisa Tita Lubi of APWLD and GABRIELA

03:00	Resist Imperialist Globalization: A Challenge to Women
	by Dr. Pao-Yu Ching
	University professor and social activist, U.S. and Taiwan

03:20	Impact of Globalization and Challenges for South Asian Women
	by Nimalka Fernando, President, IMADR

03:40	Legal Strategies in the Hands of Women
	by Rani Jethmalani
	Advocate to the Supreme Court of India
	Chairperson, WARLAW

04:00	Rural Women's Caravan
	by Sarawathy, Tamilnadu Women's Forum, India 

04:30	Tea Break

05:00	Women Organizing in the Philippines		
	* Organizing Women Workers
	  by Nenita Miranda, Secretary General
	  KMK (Women Workers' Movement)
	* Organizing Women Youth & Students
	  by Maricel Gavina, Chairperson, GABRIELA Youth

06:00	From the Point of View of Socialist Women
	by Joan Hinton
	a former nuclear physicist who has worked in agriculture 
	  in China in the past 50 years

06:40	The Indonesian Situation
	by Kalyanamitra Foundation

07:00	Dinner

08:00	The Indonesian Situation (Continued)
	by women from Aceh, West Papua (Irian Jaya) and East Timor

08:45	Open Forum: Issues; Discussion and Adoption of 
		      Unity Statement and Resolutions 

10:00	Adjourn

Bring draft resolutions that you would like the workshop to discuss and adopt.
See you at the OLYMPIC HALL 2, HOTEL GRAND OLYMPIC!