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PROGRAMME
10th Horn of Africa Conference with Focus on Role the of
Women of Promoting Peace & Development
23 - 25 September 2011, Lund, Sweden
Objectives
INFORMATION
The overall objective of the conference is to explore ideas by bringing together
individuals in the public sector such as political leaders, academicians and from the
private sector including businesswomen and men and the civil society to share their
experience and critically examine how to enable the best conditions to accelerate the
implementation of the UNSCR 1325 and 1820 in the Horn of Africa.
The purpose of the conference is to enhance the capacity of stakeholders, including
civil society, in the Horn of Africa with knowledge and tools to enable them to act
progressively and effectively in favour of the UNSCR 1325 and 1820, as well as to
promote institutional change in the of Horn of Africa to better respond to women’s
needs and situation. The specific objectives therefore include to:
· Raise awareness of women’s needs and situation in the Horn of Africa through
context analysis of what has been achieved and what is lacking.
· Raise awareness of Horn of African governments' social service expenditures.
· Raise awareness of UNSCR 1325 and 1820 in a Horn of African context.
· Promote the inclusion of Horn of African women in the decision-making
positions in their respective governments, as well as in regional and
international organizations.
· Promote women's (memberships) positions in governmental decision-making
institutions.
· Promote the participation of Horn of African women in conflict prevention
and resolution processes.
· Promote networking between Horn of African women’s women peace
organizations, and other stakeholders.
· Promote maintenance and protection of due process of law and
constitutionalism in Horn of African countries.

08:40 -
9:10
09:10 -
09:20
09:20 –
09:30
PROGRAMME
Day 1
Friday, 23 September 2011
Registration, Tea/ Coffee
Welcoming & Opening Remarks:
Welcoming & Opening Remarks:
Dr. Yakoub Abdi Aden, PhD, Karolinska Institute,
Stockholm, SIRC: Why annual Horn of Africa
conferences started in Lund, Sweden in 2002
Prof. Arne Ardeberg, PhD, Former Vice Chancellor,
Lund University, Chairman Lund Horn of Africa
Forum: Introductory Statement
09:30 – IIDA (Women’s Development Organisation)
09:40 Representative: Overview of Interventions & Statement
09:40 - 9:50 The Cooperation for the Development of Emerging
Countries (COSPE) Representative: Statement
9:50 -10:00 Honourable Mrs Annika Annerby, Mayor City of Lund,
Sweden: Welcoming & Opening Statement
SESSION United Nations Security Council Resolutions
1.
(UNSCR 1325 & 1820) in a Horn of Africa Context:
• What has been achieved?
• What are relevant interventions and activities to
promote UNSCR 1325 & 1820?
• How can interventions be effectively promoted
and achieved?
• What are the contextual challenges for a full
and effective implementation of UNSCR 1325
& 1820?

10:00 -
12:50
Presentations and open discussions/questions:
1. H. E. Mr. Christian Manahl, Deputy Special
Representative of the United Nations Secretary-
General, UNPOS, Nairobi, Kenya: Statement
2. Engineer Mahboub Maalim, Executive Secretary,
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
(IGAD): Statement
3. Jeremy Lester, European Commission Head of Unit
DG DEV/E/2 Relations with the countries and the
regions of the Horn of Africa, Eastern Africa and
Indian Ocean: Statement
4. H. E. Mrs Hasna Barkad Daoud, Djibouti Minister
of Family Affairs of the Republic of Djibouti:
Statement
5. Mr. Alvaro Rodriguez , Kenya/Somalia Country
Director, United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP): Statement
6. H. E. Dr. Mariam Aweis Jama, Minister of Family
Affairs, Somali Transitional Federal Government
(TFG), Mogadishu, Somalia: Statement
7. Bodil Ceballos, Chairperson Forum Syd, Member of
Swedish Parliament, Standing Committee on
Foreign Affairs, Green Party, Stockholm, Sweden:
Statement
DISCUSSANTS:
Dr. Shukria Dini, PhD, York University, Toronto,
Canada
Prof. Gaim Kibreab, PhD, London South Bank
University, UK
Moderator: H. E. Ambassador Marika Fahlen,
Sweden’s Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa,
Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
12:50
14:00
- Lunch: Sudanese Cuisine
SESSION 2 Gender Equality: Women’s Rights & Participation in
Decision Making.
14:00 -
14:15
H. E. Mrs Ilhan Mohamed Jama, Minister of Labour &
Family Affairs, Hargeisa, Somaliland: The Role of
Women in Somaliland Peace Building Process and
Lessons Learned

14:15 -
14:30
14:30 –
14:45
14:45 –
15:00
15:00 –
15:20
15:00 -
15:10
15:10 -
15:30
15:30 -
15:50
15:50 -
16:10
16:10 -
17:00
17:00 -17
15
19:00 -
21:00
Dr. Markus Böckenförde, PhD, Senior Research
Fellow, German Development Institute, Adviser to
the German Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development, attached to the policy planning staff
(Bonn/Berlin): Towards Equity and Agency:
Designing the Role of Women in the Constitution
Sahra Omar Maolin, Head of the Somali Women’s
Agenda Political Task Force; & Head of the Drafting
Committee of the Independent Federal Constitutional
Commission: Theory into Practice: Exploring the
Somali Constitution as a source of individual rights and
as a peace means of organising democratic conversation
around a collective future;
Mariam Yassin Hagi Yusuf, Masters in Political
Science & Executive Director of IIDA (Women’s
Development Organisation): Sharing the Results of the
Gender Audit of the Somali Constitutional Draft for
Consultation
Mirjam van Reisen, PhD, Professor of International
Social Responsibility, Endowed Chair Marga Klompé,
Tilburg University, Department of Culture Studies,
and Director of Europe External Policy Advisors
(EEPA); Brussels, Belgium and Dr. Daniel R
Mekonnen, Bank of Ireland Human Rights Fellow,
Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of
Ireland: The Role of Women in Post-Conflict
Transformation in the Horn of Africa: A Case Study
of Eritrea
Health Break: Tea/Coffee
Prof. Gaim Kibreab, PhD, London South Bank
University, UK: Gender, Development, Violent
Conflict and Peace in the Horn of Africa
Shukria Dini, PhD, York University, Toronto, Canada
and Khadija Osoble, PhD Candidate, George Mason
University: Domesticating UN Resolution 1325 and
1820 to Promote Gender Equality in War-torn Somalia
Zahra Ashkir Guled, Executive Director of the Somali
Women’s Agenda Political Movement: Sharing The
Best practice of the Somali women agenda in
translating and disseminating the UNSCR from 1325-
1960;
Discussion/Questions
End of Day 1
Reception for guests at Rådhuset: Hosted by
Honourable Ms Annika Annerby Mayor, City of
Lund

PROGRAMME
Day
2
Saturday, 24 September 2011
08:30
09:00
- Breakfast Tea/Coffee
SESSION 3. WORKSHOPS
Recommendations
– Core for the Conference’s
09:00 - Workshop 1: The women’s needs in armed and
11:30 violent conflicts in the Horn of Africa

Speakers:
Chantal Ekambi, UNPOS Gender Advisor Special
representative of the United Nations Secretary-
General, UNPOS, Nairobi, Kenya: Statement
Amira Osman, PhD, Peace Researcher, University of
Bradford, UK: Caught between war and its aftermath:
experience of internally displaced women in Sudan
Fowsia Abdulkadir, PhD Candidate, School of
Canadian Studies, Carleton University & Rahma
Abdulkadir, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor, New
York University: Gender & Transitional Justice: An
Empirical Case Study on Somalia
Almaz Negash, Researcher, The African Diaspora
Network, Santa Clara, California, USA: Economic
Empowerment of Women
Moderator: Prof. Ole Elgström, PhD, Vice Dean,
Department of Social Sciences, Lund University
Ms Marja Kajava, Finland-Somalia Association,
Helsinki, Finland: Reporter of the workshop
recommendations
Workshop discussion participants: 25 academics,
practitioners, politicians, diplomats, university
students, NGOs, institutions
Stadshallen, Room C1
Workshop 2: Proliferation of Small Arms &
Sexual Violence in the Horn of Africa
(UNSCR 1820)

Speakers:
Gyöngyi Kovács, PhD, Lise Meitner Professor, LTH
Teknisk Logistik Professor in Supply Chain
Management and Corporate Geography, Hanken
School of Economics, Director of the HUMLOG
Institute, Helsinki, Finland: Gender Mainstreaming in
Purchasing in the
Humanitarian Context
Niemat Ahmadi, Diaspora Outreach and Advocacy
Coordinator Genocide intervention/Save Darfur
Coalition Joining forces to stop genocide and
mass atrocities: Women’s situation in Darfur, Sudan
Lilla Schumicky, PhD Candidate, University of
Bradford / Peace Department Bradford, UK, Somali
Observatory of Conflict and Violence Prevention,
Hargeisa, Somaliland: Somali women victims of crime
and violence and grassroots, district level responses
Moderator: Prof. Benny Carlson, PhD, Department of
Economic History, Lund, University
Suado Abdillahi Mohamed, MSc. in Experimental
Medicine, Lund University: Reporter of the workshop
recommendations
Workshop discussion participants: 25 academics,
practitioners, politicians, diplomats, university
students, NGOs, institutions
Stadshallen Room B2
Workshop 3: The Women’s Role in Peace-
Building & Political Processes, Security and
Decision Making in the Horn of Africa

Speakers:
H. E. Asha Gele, Minister of Family Affairs,
Puntland, Somalia: Women’s situation in the Horn of
Africa – Case Puntland, Somalia
Carla Fernández-Durán and Belén Villar,
Club de Madrid’s project on Women, Madrid, Spain:
Club de Madrid’s project on Women, Peace and
Security in the GHoA
Addei Sidi Nur Manguay, Lic. rer. pol., Université
de Fribourg, member of Communal Parliament in
Fribourg, Switzerland: “Concerning the Status of the
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820 in
the Horn of Africa".
Hawa Ali Jamac): 2 nd Vice President of the Somali
Women’s Agenda Political Movement: Bridging the
Divide – The Case For Mediation By The Wise Women
Moderator: Prof. Arne Ardeberg, PhD, Former Vice
Chancellor, Lund University, Chairperson of Lund
Horn of Africa Forum (LuHAF)
Mrs. Fatima Ahmed, President Zenab for Women
Development Organization (ZWD), Khartoum, Sudan:
Reporter of the workshop recommendations
Workshop discussion participants: 25 academics,
practitioners, politicians, diplomats, university
students, NGOs, institutions
Stadshallen, Room E1
11:30
.11:40
– Health Break: Tea/Coffee
SESSION 4 Women’s situation in the Horn of Africa
11:40 -
12:00
Francesca Pavarini, Democratisation, NSAs, Human
Rights & Gender Focal point Somalia Operations
Delegation of the European Commission to the
Republic of Kenya: European Union Commitment on
Women

12:00 -
12:20
12:20 -
13:30
13:30 -
13:50
13:50 -
14:10
14:10 -
14:30
15:30 -
15:45
15:45 -
17:00
17:00 -
17:05
Honorable Ms Carina Hägg, Swedish Member of
Parliament, Vice Chair of the Parliament’s Foreign
Affairs Committee for Africa, Board Member of UN:
Women, Sweden: Protection of Women’s Rights &
Participation in The Decision Making: Lessons
Learned From Sweden
Health Lunch: Somali Cuisine
Dr. Martin Hill, PhD, Independent consultant on
human
rights in the Horn of Africa; London, UK: The Somali
Minorities & What Somali Women Human Rights
Defenders Can Do
Mrs. Fatima Ahmed , President Zenab for Women
Development Organization (ZWD), Khartoum, Sudan:
The Status & Review of The Progress Or Lack
Thereof Of The Implementation of The United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 In The
Horn Of Africa
Marja Tiilikainen, PhD, Department of Social
Research, University of Helsinki, Finland: Sitaat as
Part of Somali Women's Everyday Religion: Peacemaking
and Religious Emotions
Health Break: Coffee/Tea
Discussion/Questions
End of Day 2
PROGRAMME
Day
3
Sunday, 25 September 2011
09:00
9:30
- Registration, Tea/ Coffee
SESSION 5 Panel-led Discussion on Thematic Recommendations
for Stakeholders to Undertake
09:30 -
11:30
11:30 -
11:50
Speakers:
1. Ethiopian Ambassador in Stockholm
2. Sudanese Ambassador in Stockholm
3. Somali Ambassador in Rome
4. Djibouti Ambassador in Paris
5. Eritrean Ambassador in Stockholm
Cawo (Awa) Abdi, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota:
Gender & Protracted Conflict in the Horn of Africa

11:50 –
12:10
12:10 -
13:20
13.20 -
13:50
13:50 -
14:10
14:10 -
14:30
14:30 -
15:30
15:30 -
15:40
15:40 -
15:50
15:50 -
15:55
CONCURRENT EVENTS
23 – 25 September
2011
23 – 25 September
2011
Amanda Lindhout, executive director of The Global
Enrichment Foundation (GEF): Women's
Empowerment in the Horn of Africa – Case Somalia
Lunch: Sudanese Cuisine
Somali Women Diaries Broadcast – Pioneer Women
Leaders
Dr. Hodan S. Isse, PhD, Department of Finance &
Managerial Economics School of Management,
University (SUNY) at Buffalo: Gender Economics:
The Uses and Misuses of Human Resource?
Dr. Ismail Weiss, Economic Advisor of the Presidency
of the Republic of Djibouti: Statement
Discussion/Questions
Health Break: Coffee/Tea
Cawo (Awa) Abdi, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota,
USA: Consensus on Workshops’ Recommendations
Abdillahi Jama, Horn of Africa Conference
Coordinator, Lund, Sweden: Closing Remarks:
CULTURAL EXHIBITION: Horn of Africa (Djibouti,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somaliland, Puntland and South Central
Somalia, Sudan)
BOOK & REPORT EXHIBITION: Exhibition of Horn
Africa Conference reports as books from 2002-2010 and will
be also available for dissemination and for sale on site at the
conference.

Somalia International Rehabilitation Centre (SIRC), BOX 974, 220 09 Lund, Sweden,
Tel/fax: 046-2114502, Mobil Tel. 073-989 75 33, sirc@zeta.telenordia.se,
www.sirclund.se, Org. Nr. 845003-3389
ORGANIZE
D:
10th HORN OF AFRICA CONFERENCE:
Role of Women in Promoting Peace & Development in the Horn of
Africa
23-24 September 2011 at Stadshallen, in Lund, Sweden
In Co-operation with:
Horn of Africa Scholars in Europe & USA, International scholars, &
Horn of Africa Associations in Lund, Sweden,
Chairing the Conference: Former UN Ambassador Count Pietersen & Co-Chairing of the
conference: Khadija Osoble, PhD Candidate, George Mason University & Engineer
Ishael Siroiney, Eksandhs AB, Lund, Sweden
Conference Coordinators: Abdillahi Jama, SIRC, Liban Wehlie, SIRC
Secretary
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