SECOND EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FORUM OF WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS

Malta will be hosting and presiding over the Second Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Women Parliamentarians between the 1st and 3rd March 2001 at the Westin Dragonara Resort. The Forum, at which delegations from nineteen countries and a delegation from the European Parliament are participating, will debate the theme of "Globalisation and its Effects on Women and Families" during its plenary session on Saturday morning following workshops with the sub-themes of "Globalisation and the Economic Power of Women", "Globalisation and Citizenship" and "Globalisation and Access to Information and Culture".

The First Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Women Parliamentarians was held in Naples on World Women's Day last year following a commitment assumed in the Declaration on Euro-Parliamentary Co-operation signed the previous year at Palma de Mallorca by the Presidents of the Euro-Mediterranean countries who, in 1995, signed the Barcelona Partnership Pact. In line with the Declaration of Barcelona the Forum aims to further dialogue and co-operation among Mediterranean countries through a focus on issues where women have the necessary knowledge, expertise and authority such as those of education, health care, individual rights and justice.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives will deliver the opening speech while the Forum will be presided over by the Hon Dolores Cristina, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Malta.

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Programme

Second Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Women Parliamentarians

Malta

2nd - 3rd March 2001

Thursday 1st March, 2001

Arrival of Delegates

16.00 – 18.00                 Meeting of the Co-ordination Committee

20.00

Friday 2nd March, 2001

Saturday 3rd March, 2001

Conclusions