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Conference Programme
Asian Rural Women's Conference 2008:
Rights, Empowerment and Liberation
March 5th: Arrival of participants
March 6th, 2008: Resisting Globalisation
| 10:00am-11:00am |
Opening Remarks and introductions |
| 11:00am-1:00pm |
Rural Women's Testimonies/Voices |
| 2:00pm-3:00pm |
Plenary: Resisting Globalisation and claiming our rights |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm |
Simultaneous Workshops |
- Land, livelihood, resources & Food Sovereignty
- Labour Migration and Displacement
- Women's health & Violence against Women
- Economic disempowerment
- Indigenous Peoples
- Environment
- Labour & Trade
- Fisherfolk
- Genetic Resources and Ecological Agriculture
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| 5:00pm-6:00pm |
Plenary: Workshop Outcome (Strategies and Recommendations) |
March 7th: Empowering Ourselves
| 9:00am-10:00am |
Plenary: Empowering ourselves against Fundamentalism |
| 10:00am-12:00nn |
Simultaneous Workshops |
- Dalit and casteism
- Sexual & reproductive rights
- Women, culture & violence
- Politics, communalism and secularism
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| 12:00nn-1:00pm |
Plenary: Militarisation, Democratization and strengthening our struggles |
| 2:00pm-4:00pm |
Simultaneous Workshops |
- Women Democracy & Politics
- State Violence & women's struggles
- Imperialist war on Terror
- Ethnic & caste conflict
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| 4:00pm-5:00pm |
Plenary: Workshop Outcome (Strategies and Recommendations) |
| 5:00pm-6:00pm |
Conference Declaration |
| 6:00pm-7:00pm |
Cultural presentation and Briefing for the next day |
March 8th: Strengthening our Movement for Liberation
| 10:00am |
Women's Caravan from Arakkonam to Chennai |
| 5:00pm-8:00pm |
Public Assembly and Press conference |
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