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Time for Plan B:  Positive Effects of Gender Sensitive and Environmental Policies

Time for Plan B:  Positive Effects of Gender Sensitive and Environmental Policies

PROGRAMME

 

15.00 – 15.10  Opening

Gabi Zimmer, President GUE/NGL
Mikael Gustafsson, MEP GUE/NGL and Chair of FEMM Committee


Session 1 Gender Aspects: Social and Ecological Boundaries of the Planet
15.10 – 15.50 Challenges and Solutions

Moderator: Kartika Liotard, MEP GUE/NGL

Panel:

Dr. Jyoti K. Parikh, IRADe India, (Integrated Research and Action for Development)
Gender Aspects of Climate Change

Eva Lindholm, Friends of the Earth
Gender and Sustainable Economy

Sascha Gabizon, Executive Director of WECF, (Women in Europe for a Common Future)
Environmental Health for All

15.50 – 16.20 Open Debate
Session 2  Gender Equality: Key to Economically, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Living
16.20 – 17.00 Challenges and Solutions

Moderator: Martina Anderson, MEP GUE/NGL

Panel:

Valerie Ndaruzaniye, President of Global Water Institute
The Impact of Climate Change on Women in the African Societies

Petter Lydén, Diakonia
The Climate Bill

Victoria W. Thoresen, Associate Professor and Director PERL, (Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living)
Sustainable Living and Gender


17.00 – 17.45  Open Debate


17.45 – 18.30 Concluding Remarks

Moderator: Mikael Gustafsson, MEP GUE/NGL and Chair of FEMM Committee

Towards Sustainable Solutions

 

Contact:

Azadeh JAFARI: [email protected]

Press contact: Gianfranco Battistini:[email protected]