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Conference on Asian Women

The 18th Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women (’07 KCAW)

  1. Theme: “Let’s link together and create a more sustainable future”
  2. Date: November 10th (Sat.) – 11th (Sun.), 2007
  3. Venue: Kitakyushu Municipal Gender Equality Center “Move”
  4. Program

10th (Sat.)

13:00-13:15 Opening Address

13:15-13:55 Keynote Speech

  • “Words into Action: Education for Sustainable Development to Secure Our Common Future” (Dr. Hans van Ginkel, Former Rector, United Nations University)

13:55-14:25 Special Program

  • Interview with Ms. Chihoko Asada, Deputy Mayor of Kitakyushu (Interviewer: Ms. Yoshiko Misumi, Chair of KFAW)

14:30-17:00 Session Meetings

  1. Gender and Human rights education
  2. Environment and Development education
  3. Declining birthrate/aging population and Welfare education

17:30-19:00 Banquet (at Kyushu Kosei Nenkin Kaikan)

11th (Sun.)

10:00-12:30 Presentation of the Interim Reports of KFAW’s Research Projects

13:00-16:00 Symposium organized by Takamiya Mariver Foudation for Envirnmental Protection