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Rwandan Women and the Electoral Campaign • 30 - 31 July 2003
Work Programme
Wednesday, 30 July 2003
9:00-10:00 Opening ceremony
• Address by Hon. Berthe Mukamusoni, President of the Forum of Rwandan Women
Parliamentarians (FFRP)
• Address by Mr Kamau Macharia, UNDP Resident Representative
• Address by Ms Kareen Jabre, Manager, Programme for the Promotion of
Partnership between Men and Women, Inter-Parliamentary Union
• Address by the President of the Transitional National Assembly, the Hon. Vincent
Biruta
Moderator : Hon. Julianna Kantengwa, FFRP Vice-President
10:15-11:00 ‣ Women's participation in politics: international experiences and challenges
Speaker : Ms Françoise Gaspard, Member of the CEDAW Committee of the United
Nations, former MP, France
Moderator : Hon. Julianna Kantengwa, FFRP Vice-President
11:00-11:45 ‣ Gender, democratisation and good governance
Speaker : Mr Alexandre Semarinyota, National Coordinator, Decentralisation and
Democratisation, Ministry of Local Government, Information and Social
Affairs
Moderator : Hon. Bernadette Kanzayire, Member of the FFRP
11:45-12:30 ‣ Presentation of the Constitution (gender and the Constitution)
Speaker : Ms Judith Kanakuze, member of the Legal and Constitutional Commission
Moderator : Hon. Bernadette Kanzayire, Member of the FFRP
13:45-14:45 ‣ Women's leadership behaviour in the face of political pluralism
Speaker : Mr Tito Rutaremara, President of the Legal and Constitutional Commission
Moderator : Hon. Constance Mukayuhi Rwaka, Chair of the Budget and State Property
Committee
14:45-15:45 ‣ Presentation of the electoral law and the electoral process in Rwanda
Speaker : Ms Immaculée Mukankubito, Member of the National Electoral
Commission
Moderator : Hon. Constance Mukayuhi Rwaka, Chair of the Budget and State Property
Committee
16:00-16:45 ‣ The electoral campaign: organisation and funding
Speaker : Ms Phoebe Asiyo, Constitutional commissioner, former MP, Kenya
Moderator : Ms Marie Immaculée Ingabire, President of the Association of Rwandan
Journalists
16:45-18:00 ‣ The electoral campaign: links with the media
Speakers:
• Mr Joseph Bideri, Director of the Rwandan Information Office (ORINFOR)
• Ms Phoebe Asiyo, Constitutional commissioner, former MP, Kenya
• Ms Gwen Malhangu, MP, South Africa, President of the IPU Coordinating
Committee of Women MPs
Moderator : Ms Marie Immaculée Ingabire, President of the Association of Rwandan
Journalists
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