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United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women
Commission on the Status of Women
47th Session

Panel Discussions

Panel I - Participation and access of women to the media, and information and communication technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women(Monday, 3 March 2003, 3:00 – 6:00 pm)

PANELISTS:

Ms. Carolina Aguilar Ayerra, Editorial Director of Women of Cuba(Cuba)

Paper: Participation and access of women to the media, and information and communication technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women (in Spanish only)

Ms. Ammu Joseph, Freelance Journalist, and participant in the expert group meeting organized by DAW in preparation of the topic for CSW (India)

Paper: Women and the media - key outcomes and recommendations from the expert group meeting on "Participation and access of women to the media, and the impact of media and its use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women", Beirut, Lebanon, 12 - 15 November 2002

Ms. Rosalind Gill, Lecturer, Gender Institute and Media, London School of Economics (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Paper: Participation and access of women to the media and information technologies, and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women

Ms. Chat Ramilo, Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Networking Support Programme, and participant in the expert group meeting organized by DAW in preparation of the topic for CSW (Philippines)

Paper: Gender perspectives in ICT - key outcomes and recommendations from the expert group meeting on "Information and communication technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women", Seoul, Republic of Korea, 11-14 November 2002

Mr. Sarbuland Khan, Director, Division for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)

Paper: Participation and access of women to the media, and information and communication technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women

Moderator's Summary of the Panel Discussion

Panel II - Women’s human rights and elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls as defined in the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the General Assembly entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”(Tuesday, 4 March 2003, 10:00 am – 1:00pm)

PANELISTS:

Ms. Zhang Lixi, Vice President, China Women’s University, Beijing (China)

Paper: Creating a World Free of Violence against Women

Justice Vera Duarte Lobo de Pina, Coordinator of the National Committee of Human Rights (Republic of Cape Verde)

Paper: Women’s human rights, with a specific emphasis on African human rights instruments and their use over the years to promote and protect women’s human rights (in French only)

Ms. Barbara Limanowska, expert on trafficking in human beings, and participant in the expert group meeting organized by DAW in preparation of the topic for CSW (Poland)

Paper: Trafficking in women – key outcomes and recommendations from the expert group meeting on “Trafficking in women and girls”, held in Glen Cove, USA, 18-22 November 2002

Ms. Ayse Feride Acar, Chairperson, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Paper: Recent key trends and issues in the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Moderator's Summary of the Panel Discussion
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