INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “Cooperating for a gender-equal world: 30 years of challenges and accomplishments”
To ensure a balanced breakdown of participants among the 12 workshops, please indicate your preferences. We will assign participants on a first-come first-served basis by order of registration. If a workshop you have selected is full, we will try to accommodate your second choice.
Friday morning
11 a.m.–1 p.m.
WORKSHOP A: Impact of the mining and energy industries on women’s rights
Who: Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL) in collaboration with L’Entraide missionnaire and QUISETAL
Type of workshop: Awareness-building
Target audience: All
Language: French and English (simultaneous interpretation)
WORKSHOP B: Contributing to gender equality as an international volunteer: one step at a time
Who: Consortium CÉCI, Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie, WUSC and CESO
Type of workshop: Training
Target audience: Participants with some understanding of gender equality
Language: French and English (simultaneous interpretation)
WORKSHOP C: How to intervene when gender inequality is traditional? Strategies proposed by AIPEO Canada in Morocco, Senegal and DR Congo
Who: AIPEO Canada
Type of workshop: Awareness-building
Target audience: All
Language: In French only
WORKSHOP D: Best practices in organizational gender mainstreaming
Who: Equitas and Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie (AQOCI CoP members)
Type of workshop: Training
Target audience: All
Language: French only
WORKSHOP E: Girls and young women as agents of change: examples from Peru, Haiti and Burkina Faso
Who: Oxfam-Québec
Type of workshop: Awareness-building
Target audience: General public and international cooperation organization practitioners
Language: French only (with Spanish input)
WORKSHOP F: The gender aspect of school programs
Who: Social Justice Committee of Montreal
Type of workshop: Training
Target audience: Participants who work in education
Language: English only
Friday afternoon
2 p.m.–4 p.m.
WORKSHOP G: The hidden face of trafficking of women – and girls!
Who: The YMCAs of Québec – International Initiatives, CCI, Quebec
Native Women Inc., Les Affranchies
Type of workshop: Awareness-building
Target audience: Participants interested in the various forms of modern slavery
Language: French and English (simultaneous interpretation)
WORKSHOP H: Collective experience serving gender equality: example of community of practice “Gender in Practice”
Who: SUCO, Crossroads International with the support of Oxfam-Québec and CESO (CoP members)
Type of workshop: Training
Target audience: General public, international cooperation organization personnel, and students
Language: French and English (simultaneous interpretation)
WORKSHOP I: Gender equality in Indonesia: how to address culture and religion as instruments of social change
Who: CUSO International
Type of workshop: Awareness-building
Target audience: All
Language: French and English (consecutive interpretation)
WORKSHOP J: Integrating gender equality in public engagement
Who: Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI)
Type of workshop: Training
Target audience: Public engagement leaders in civil society organizations
Language: French only
WORKSHOP K: Militarism and women’s rights
Who: Comité Femmes et mondialisation (FFQ) and Collectif Échec à la guerre
Type of workshop: Awareness-building
Target audience: All
Language: French only
WORKSHOP L: Empowerment for the business world: female leadership, a Malian experience
Who: Crossroads International and FEM International
Type of workshop: Training
Target audience: All
Language: French only
BE ADVISED THAT WORKSHOP SELECTION IF ONLY AVAILABLE FOR THOSE REGISTERED FOR THE CONFERENCE.
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