Seventh Sustainable Development Conference
8-10 December, 2004, Holiday Inn, Islamabad

Troubled Times: Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes

Conference Programme Day Three

Day One l Day Two l Day Three

Friday, December 10, 2004

Concurrent Session A-7	9:00 am – 10:45 am
Panel: Gendered Violence in the Subcontinent – Session I
Chair	Nafisa Shah, Nazim, Pakistan
Discussant	Emma Varley, SDPI, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Rubina Saigol, Independent Consultant, Pakistan	Politics of the Body and the Body Politic: Gendered Violence in Pakistan
Lubna Chaudhry, SUNY Binghamton University, USA	Women in Sindh and Punjab: Experiences and Constructions of Multi-Layered Violence
Ritu Menon, Women Unlimited, India	State Violence against Women: A Consideration of Gujarat & Manipur
	Discussion
TEA	10:45 am – 11:15 am

Concurrent Session A-8 Session III: The WTO Agreement on Agriculture	9:00 am – 10:45 am
Panel: Global Governance for Trade and Sustainable Development: An Agenda for the WTO
Chair	David Boyer, IISD, Canada
Discussant	David Boyer, IISD, Canada
Speakers	Title
Parashar Kulkarni, CUTS, India	Producer-Consumer Linkage: The Case of the Indian Seafood Sector
Wahid Abdallah, East West University, Bangladesh	Market Access Issues: EU-Bangladesh Trade Regimes
Ratnakar Adhikari, SAWTEE, Nepal	Market Access Barriers on Select Agricultural Exports of Nepal
Shaheen Rafi Khan & Moeed Yusuf, SDPI, Pakistan	Potential Impact on Southern Farmers of Reducing Northern Subsides: Reflections From Pakistan
	Discussion
TEA	10:45 am – 11:15 am

Concurrent Session A-9	9:00 am – 10:45 am
Panel: Sustainable Livelihoods in South Asia – Session II: Forestry and Livelihoods
Chair	Abid Suleri, OXFAM-GB/SDPI, Pakistan
Discussant	Sanaullah, Forest Department, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Andreas Rothen, University of Zurich, Switzerland and Qasim Shah, SDPI, Pakistan	Role of Various International Regimes in Setting Forest Policy in Pakistan
Babar Shahbaz (SDPI), University of Agriculture, Pakistan	Participatory Forest Management in North West Frontier Province of Pakistan and Livelihood Strategies of Local People
Muhammad Awais, University of Agriculture, Pakistan	A Futuristic Study of Institutional Changes and Livelihood Assets of Forest Users in Mansehra District, NWFP, Pakistan
Urs Geiser, University of Zurich, Switzerland	State Actors’ Livelihoods and Acts of Translation
	Discussion
TEA	10:45 am – 11:15 am

Concurrent Session B-7	11:15 am – 1:00 pm
Panel: Governance Issues in Media – Session I: Electronic Media
Chair	Moneeza Hashmi, PTV, Pakistan
Discussant	Eamoinn Taylor, DFID, UK
Speakers	Title
Jahanzeb Aziz, Independent Media Analyst, UAE	Gaps between Governance and the Masses: The Case of the Devolution Plan
Syed Abdul Siraj Ahmad, Chair Dept. of Mass Communication, AIOU, Pakistan	Mass Media and Post Modernism
Matiullah Jan, Media Law Advocate, Pakistan	District Governance & the Role of FM Radio
	Discussion
Lunch	1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Concurrent Session B-8	11:15 am – 1:00 pm
Panel: Gendered Violence in the Subcontinent – Session II
Chair	Sohail Safdar, Ministry for Women’s Development, Pakistan
Discussant	Faqir Hussain, Law Commision, Government of Pakistan, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Saba Gul Khattak, Kiran N. Ahmad, Kiran Habib, SDPI, Pakistan	Honor Killings in Pakistan
Nausheen Ahmed, ICI, Pakistan	Violence against Women
Masooma Qazilbash, Rozan, Pakistan	Honor Killings and Violence against Women in Punjab, Pakistan
	Discussion
LUNCH	1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Concurrent Session B-9	11:15 am – 1:00 pm
Panel: Food Security
Chair	Karamat Ali, PILER, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Abid Suleri, OXFAM/SDPI, Pakistan	Rural Food Security of Pakistan: Assessment and Way Forward
Sahib Haq, WFP, Pakistan	Urban Food Insecurity in Pakistan
Jehangir Khan Khalil, FAO, Pakistan	Food Security and Nutrition Linkages
	Discussion
TEA	1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Concurrent Session C-7	2:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Panel: Governance Issues in Media – Session II: Print Media
Chair	Imtiaz Gul, Pakistan
Discussant	Imtiaz Gul, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Ammara Durrani, The News, Pakistan	Media and Governance: Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide
Khurrum Mehran, PTA, Pakistan	Print Media and Governance: A Case of Rural Community
Shafqat Munir, Action Aid/JDHR, Pakistan	Media and Development
	Discussion
BREAK	4:15 pm – 4:30 pm

Concurrent Session C-8	2:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Panel: Endangered Cultural Heritage
Chair	Ishtiaq Ahmed, Stockholm University, Sweden
Discussant	Amir Riaz, Awami Jamhoori, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Zubair Shafi Ghauri, NCA, Pakistan	Endangered Cultural Heritage
Ahmad Salim, SDPI, Pakistan/Mohi ud Din Hashmi, Pakistan	On the Record: Archival Issues in Pakistan
Tahir Kamran, History Dept., Government College University, Pakistan	Orality as a Source of History: A Case of Punjab
Nadeem Omar Tarar, Pakistan	Seeing Woods For the Trees
	Discussion
BREAK	4:15 pm – 4:30 pm

Concurrent Session C-9	2:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Panel: Farmers Rights to Livelihoods in WTO Era
Chair	Pradeep Mehta, CUTS, India
Discussant	Abid Suleri, OXFAM-GB/SDPI, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Mita Dutta, CUTS, India	A Study to Prepare a National Database on Medicinal Plants Available in Himalayan Region (Indian Part)
Qasim Shah, SDPI/UN TIHP, Pakistan	TRIPs, CBD and PIC: Access, Benefit Sharing; Options After TRIPs
Chamali Kumari Wickramaratne, LST, Sri Lanka	Access, Benefit Sharing, Prior Informed Consent and Intellectual Property Rights
Ratnakar Adhikari, Propublic, Nepal	Access, Benefit Sharing, Prior Informed Consent and Intellectual Property Rights
	Discussion
BREAK	4:15 pm – 4:30 pm

Concluding Plenary Plenary	4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Word of Thanks Dr. Saba Gul Khattak Executive Director SDPI, Islamabad, Pakistan
TEA	5:00 pm

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