women in politics agenda | rarotonga 2006

Facilitators for Workshop Day 1- Samantha Hung, Gender Issues Adviser, PIFS
Linda Petersen, Women’s Development Adviser, SPC

8:15-8:45am Registration

9:00am OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY
Prayer
Welcome by Hon Ngamau Munokoa, Minister of Internal Affairs & Social Services
Cook Islands

9:30am Introduction of Participants, Objectives & Overview of Workshop
Official Photograph

10:00am Morning Tea

10:30am Background on Regional and International Gender Commitments as they relate to Women’s Representation in Parliaments
Samantha Hung, PIFS

10:40am Examining Millenium Development Goal 3
Carol Flore -Smereczniak , UNDP Pacific Sub-Regional Centre

10:50am Global Trends and Challenges in Women’s Political Representation
Julie Ballington, Programme Officer, Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva

11:10am Trends and current status of Women’s Political Representation in the Pacific
Region, Dr. Jon Fraenkel, PIAS-DG, USP

11:30am Plenary discussion: Questions & Answers.
The benefits of women’s parliamentary representation and opportunity costs of non-representation

12:15pm Background on Women and Politics Initiatives at Regional Level
Linda Petersen, Women’s Development Adviser, SPC PWB

12:30pm Lunch

1:30pm Women in Politics and the role of the media
A Cook Islands Case Study - panel discussion

2:10pm Plenary: response to presentations & media panel: Questions & Answers

2:40pm Outline of background, objectives, coverage and methodology of PIFS/UNIFEM commissioned research on gender barriers to women’s political participation , Dr. Elise Huffer, PIAS-DG, USP

3:00pm Afternoon Tea

3:30 pm Overview presentation on electoral systems in the region and patterns of women’s political representation, Dr. Jon Fraenkel, PIAS-DG, USP

4:00pm Plenary: Questions & Answers

4:30pm Summary presentation of UNIFEM-funded Fiji country research
Suliana Siwatibau, Consultant

4:50pm Plenary: Questions and Answers
Appointment of Workshop Outcomes Drafting Commitee

5:30 pm Workshop adjourned

6:30-7:30pm Welcome cocktails



Facilitators for Workshop Day 2 – Dr. Elise Huffer & Fakavae Taomia, Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance, USP

8:30am Housekeeping
Prayer

8:45am Summary and Recap of Workshop Day 1

9:00am Summary presentation of Tonga country research
Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil, Consultant

9 :20am Plenary - Questions & Answers

9 :40am Summary presentation of Tuvalu country research
Susie Kofe, Consultant

10:00am Morning Tea

10:30am Plenary: Questions & Answers

10:50am Summary presentation of Nauru country research
Alamanda Lauti, Consultant
11:10am Questions & Answers

11:30am Plenary: Sharing of national experiences and responses to presentations
Country delegates are requested to come prepared to talk for 5-10 minutes about their national experience with this issue
Plenary: responses to country experiences; Questions & Answers

12:30pm Lunch

1:30pm Comparative country presentation – the experience of PNG
Dr Orovu Sepoe, University of PNG

2:00pm Plenary: Questions & Answers

2:20pm Comparative country presentation – the experience of the French Territory Parity Law, Mrs Béatrice Vernaudon, French Polynesia Representative to French Parliament

2:40pm Plenary: Questions & Answers

3:00pm Afternoon Tea

3:30pm Youth Female Parliamentarians
Francesca Semoso, Deputy Speaker, Bougainville, PNG
Sisi Vaipulu, Prime Minister of Youth Parliament, Tonga
Panel Discussion

4:00pm Plenary: Questions & Answers: Responses to Panel Discussion

4:30pm Presentation of regional comparative analysis and research recommendations, PIAS-DG

5:00pm Plenary: response to research recommendations

5:30pm Workshop Adjourned

Evening Dinner reception hosted by Cook Islands Government



Facilitators for Workshop Day 3: Samantha Hung, Gender Issues Adviser, PIFS
Linda Petersen, Women’s Development Adviser, SPC

8:30am Housekeeping
Prayer

8:45am Summary and Recap of Workshop Day 2

9:00am Presentation of draft outcomes statement
Drafting Committee

9:30am Negotiation of outcomes statement

10:00am Morning Tea

10:30am Group discussion: Where to from here?
Strategies to effectively implement outcomes recommendations
& participant follow-up at national level

11:15am Group report back

11:45am Adoption of Workshop Outcomes Statement (to be presented to Forum Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference (FPOCC))

12:00pm OFFICIAL CLOSING
Remarks from Cook Islands Government Representative