Sixth Sustainable Development Conference 11-13 December, Holiday
Inn, Islamabad
Conference Programme
Day
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Day Three
| Saturday, December 13, 2003 Day Three |
| Concurrent Session A-1 |
9:00 am – 10:45 am |
| Women, Security and Peace |
|
| Chair |
Ms. Socorro Reyes, UNDP, Islamabad |
| Speaker |
Title |
| Ritu Menon (India) |
Doing peace: Women resist daily battle in South Asia |
| Gloria DeSilva (Sri Lanka) |
Overview of Ethnic, Religious, Political and Social Composition
and Background regarding the status of Women in Sri Lankan Society |
| Rita Thapa (Nepal) |
Women in Conflict – Will Their Backs Hold? |
| Huma Ahmad-Ghosh (USA) |
Deconstructing the Human Rights Discourse: Relevance for Afghan
Women |
| TEA |
10:45 am – 11:15 am |
| Concurrent Session B-1 |
9:00 am – 10:45 am |
| Trade and Sustainable Development |
|
| Chair |
Sartaj Aziz, Former Finance Minister |
| Speaker |
Title |
| Adil Najam (USA) |
Towards a Proactive Agenda for the South |
| David Boyer (Canada) |
Capacity Building for Trade and Sustainable Development: Emerging
Lessons from the Trade Knowledge Network |
| Shaheen Rafi Khan (SDPI, Pakistan) |
Regional Initiative Required to Implement the Agreements on
TBT and SPS and Their Provisions |
| Annie Dufey (Chile) |
Getting to Green: Overcoming Obstacles to Liberalizing Environmental
Goods and Services Under the WTO |
| Faisal Shaheen (SDPI, Pakistan) |
Policy Interventions at the Fisher Folk and Agrarian Levels
to Promote Sustainable Development |
| Halina Ward (UK) |
Trade and Investment Linkages with Corporate Social Responsibility |
| Sartaj Aziz, Former Finance Minister |
Comments |
| |
Discussion |
| TEA |
10:45 am – 11:15 am |
| Concurrent Session C-1 |
9:00 am – 10:45 am |
| Civil Society and Advocacy |
|
| Chair |
Urs Geiser, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| Speaker |
Title |
| Sana Haroon (UK) |
Social Authority of the Mullahs and Participation of the Pakhtun
Mullah in the early 20th century Tribal Areas |
| Arshad Bhatti (Pakistan) |
Rethinking Activism, Redesigning Advocacy |
| |
Discussion |
| TEA |
10:45 am – 11:15 am |
| Concurrent Session A-2 |
11:15 am - 1:00 pm |
| Refugees Issues |
|
| Chair |
Tahiana Andri Amasomanana, UNHCR |
| Speaker |
Title |
| Saba Khattak (SDPI, Pakistan) |
Comparing Afghan Refugees and Local Population: What is to
be Done? |
| Imtiaz Ahmad (Bangladesh) |
State and Statelessness in South Asia: A Contribution to the
Critique of State and Nationality |
| Sikandar Mehdi (Pakistan) |
Pakistan and Afghan Refugees: Politics of Possession and Dispossession |
| Philip Karani (UNHCR) |
Comments |
| |
Discussion |
| LUNCH |
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
| Concurrent Session B-2 |
11:00 am – 1:00 pm |
| Food Security |
|
| Chair |
German Valdiviya, Country Rep. WFP, Pakistan |
| Speaker |
Title |
| Subhashini Ali (India) |
Food Insecurity and its Consequences: Some Indian Experiences
|
| Dr Abid Q. Suleri (SDPI, Pakistan) |
Food Security Analysis in Pakistan |
| Sahib Haq (Pakistan) |
Awaited |
| Minnie Matthew (India) |
Food Security Situation: A Case Study of India |
| Wajid Pirzada, Chief Technical Officer, PARC (Pakistan) |
Comments |
| |
Discussion |
| LUNCH |
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
| Concurrent Session C-2 |
11:15 am – 1:00 pm |
| Role of Media in Advocating Population Issues |
|
| Chair |
Ziauddin, Dawn, Islamabad |
| Speaker |
Title |
| Naseer Memon (Pakistan) |
Sindhi Media - Environment and Development Coverage |
| Asmat Ullah (SDPI, Pakistan) |
Structural-Functional Role Taxonomy of Media and Sustainable
Development Campaigns |
| Zafarullah (Pakistan) |
Coverage to Communication: Disseminating Vital Messages |
| Dr Syed Abdul Siraj, Chairperson Dept. of Mass Communication,
AIOU, (Pakistan) |
Comments |
| |
Discussion |
| LUNCH |
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
| Concurrent Session A-3 |
2:00 pm – 3:45 pm |
| Forced Migration and Human Trafficking |
|
| Chair |
Tariq Ali Bokhari, Ministry of Women Development |
| Speaker |
Title |
| Prof. Ishrat Shamim (Bangladesh) |
Women and Children Trafficking in South Asia: Myths and Realities |
| Salma Ali (Bangladesh) |
Forced Migration and Human Trafficking |
| Ayesha Aftab (Pakistan) |
Labour Migration and Trafficking of Women: An Insight into
the Socio-Economic Implications |
| Dr Farhat Sheikh, TAF (Pakistan) |
Comments |
| |
Discussion |
| TEA |
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm |
| Concurrent Session B-3 |
2:00 pm – 3:45 pm |
| Gender (In) Justice |
|
| Chair |
Dr Faqir Hussain, Secretary, Law and Justice Commission of
Pakistan |
| Speaker |
Title |
| Nausheen Ahmad (Pakistan) |
Hudood: Still a Controversial Issue? |
| Anjana Raza (Pakistan) |
The Mask of Honour |
| Subhashini Ali (India) |
Honour Killings |
| Shaheen Sardar Ali, UK |
Comments |
| |
Discussion |
| TEA |
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm |
| Concurrent Session C-3 |
2:00 pm – 3:45 pm |
| Energy Pricing in Deregulated and Liberalized
Environment |
|
| Chair |
Mirza Hamid Hassan, Former Secretary Water and Power |
| Speaker |
Title |
| Fahd Ali (SDPI, Pakistan) |
Power Tariff Issues in Pakistan |
| Girish Sant, Prayas (India) |
Electricity Pricing in India – Past and Present |
| Mohammad Shabbir |
Energy Pricing of IPPs in Pakistan |
| Hussain A Babur (Pakistan) |
Pricing in the De-regulated Electricity Sector – Envisaged
Framework for Pakistan |
| Mazhar Qureshi, Hagler-Bailly (Pakistan) |
Comments |
| |
Discussion |
| TEA |
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm |
Concluding Address
Ms Shaheen Sardar Ali
Professor of Law, University of Warwick, UK; former Minister for
Health, NWFP; and former Chairperson for the National Commission
on the Status of Women
Mr. Tariq Banuri
Stockholm Environment Institute-Boston, USA/ePoor Organization,
Pakistan
Former Executive Director, SDPI
Word of Thanks
Dr. Saba Gul Khattak
Executive Director, SDPI
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