2010 Regional Ministerial Meeting
on 鈥淲omen and Health鈥�
12-13 January 2010
Dakar, Senegal
PRESENTATIONS
| Opening Session | |
Welcoming remarks: |
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H.E. Ms. Nd猫ye Khady Diop, Senior Minister, Minister of Family, Food Security, Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Republic of Senegal, Dakar |
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| Opening remarks: | |
| H.E. Ms. Sylvie Lucas, President, 51吃瓜 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the 51吃瓜, New York (English / French) | |
| Ms. Rachel N. Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General, Special Advisor on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women, UNDESA, New York | |
Dr. Isabelle de Zoysa, Senior Advisor, Family and Community Health, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva |
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Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, delivered by Dr. Monique Rakotomalala, Director, African Center for Gender and Social Development (ACGS), Addis Ababa |
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| Keynote address: Address by H.E. Mr. Souleymane Nd茅n茅 Ndiaye, Prime Minister of the Republic of Senegal, Dakar | |
| Session I: Maternal Health | |
| Keyote addrss: H.E. Mr. Modou Diagne Fada, Minister of Healthcare and Prevention, Republic of Senegal, Dakar | |
| Dr. Isabelle de Zoysa, Senior Advisor, Family and Community Health, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva | |
Dr. Faustin Yao, Director, Sub-Regional Office for West and Central Africa, UNFPA, Dakar |
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| Dr. Jemima Dennis-Antwi, Regional Adviser for Anglophone Africa, International Confederation of Midwives, Accra | |
| Session II: Women, girls and HIV/AIDS | |
Moderator: Ms. Meskerem Grunitzky Bekele, Regional Director, UNAIDS |
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Dr. Ibra Ndoye, Executive Secretary, National Council of the Fight Against AIDS, Senegal |
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| Mr. James Kamau, Executive Director, Kenya Treatment Access Movement-KETAM, Nairobi | |
| Ms. Juliet Tembe, Chair of the AIDS Support Organization (TASO), Kampala | |
| Ms. Mary Crewe, Director, Centre for the Study of AIDS, University of Pretoria | |
| Mr. Wasai Jacob Nanjakululu, Director, Global HIV and AIDS Programme, Oxfam GB Global Centre of Learning on HIV and AIDS, Pretoria | |
| Session III: Empowering women to improve their health | |
Moderator: Ms. Souad Abdennebi-Abderrahim, Regional Advisor for the Promotion of Women鈥檚 Human and Legal Rights, African Center for Gender and Social Development |
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| H.E. Mrs. Mamatou Meba Bio Djossou, Minister of Family and National Solidarity, Benin, Porto-Novo | |
H.E. Ms. Nd猫ye Khady Diop, Senior Minister, Minister of Family, Food Security, Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Republic of Senegal, Dakar |
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| Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General, Special Advisor on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women, UNDESA, New Yorkhttp://www.un.org/ecosoc/president/corner/index_new.html | |
| Ms. Catherine Mumma, Senior Programmes Adviser, Kenya Legal and Ethical Network on HIV, Nairobi | |
| Ms. Fatime Ndiaye, Senior Gender Specialist, ILO Bureau for Gender Equality, Dakar | |
| Ms. Nestorine Campaore, Executive Director, Centre for Research and Intervention in Gender and Development, Ouagadougou | |
| Session IV: Initiatives and recommendations | |
Chair: H.E. Ms. Moulaty Mint ELMOCTAR, Minister of Social Affairs, Children and Family, Mauritania |
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Moderator: Dr. Faustin Yao, Director, Sub-Regional Office for West and Central Africa, UNFPA, Dakar |
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| Dr. Souleymane Diallo, UNICEF Representative, Cotonou | |
| Professor Jean Charles Moreau, Chair of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar | |
| Ms. Molly Melching, Executive Director, Tostan International, Dakar | |
| Ms. Dorothy K. Gordon, Director General, Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT, Accra | |
| Dr. Monique Rakotomalala, Director, African Center for Gender and Social Development (ACGS), Addis Ababa | |
| Reports from Moderators | |
| Session 1: Maternal Health | |
| Session 2: Women, girls and HIV/AIDS | |
| Session 3: Empowering women to improve their health | |
| Closing Statements: | |
| Closing remarks: H.E. Mr. Modou Diagne Fada, Minister of Healthcare and Prevention, Republic of Senegal, Dakar |