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Woman and Earth is pleased and delighted to announce its plans for its 2nd World Women's and Ecological Conference/Film (Video) Festival and Expo to be held December 8-10, 1998 in Helsinki, Finland!!! We look forward to welcoming again those of you among the 1000 plus participants who joined in making our inaugural world program held on these dates last year a tremendous success and fulfilling experience. We are also excited to invite and include those of you who were unable to join us or were not informed.
Below is our initial annoucmenet and call for proposals for papers/performers which we urge you to send to us AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to ensure that your participation is everything you want it to be. We would also very much appreciate responses from all those who have an interest in attending, taking part in our film festival or expo, volunteering, interning or sponsoring (either serving as a general sponsors, "Adopt a Russian Sister Sponsor" or sponsoring individual participants).
For all those interested, please be sure to provide us with your mailing address, telephone, fax numbers, e-mail, organization or group name where applicable and to what extent you would like to be part of this year's program. We will send all those who respond follow-up information, accordingly. (Please post this message and share with interested members of your network.)
We look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you in Helsinki! Our contact details:
Tel/Fax +1-212-866-8130, +1-516-368-1652
E-mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.dorsai.org/~womearth/
Our announcement follows!
THEMES:
In this 2nd Annual World Conference WE (Woman and Earth) conclude our marking of the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with an expanded meaning of human rights for women and what women value -- ecological health. In this program we would like our speakers to address one or more of the following themes -- 1. Economically and Ecologically sustainable solutions that empower women and promote a positive transformation into a partnership society in the new millennium. Where applicable, please address to his the project you are currently involved in from your community and how this can be applied to the global community and particularly to the emerging democracies in the former Soviet Union. 2. For our Nordic sisters or experts, given that this year's venue is Finland, we would like you to consider sharing with our global audience whether and to what extent your economic and ecological model has benefitted women, ways in which you would reform this model, and whether and to what extent this model may be beneficial to women in the former Soviet Union and other emerging democracies. 3. What would be in your agenda for expanding the meaning of human rights for women and/or ecological health and how can women participate in and contribute to creating this agenda? 4. We also welcome proposals for cultural presentations/performance (can be, but not limited to, a theme of linking east-west) -- THere are opportunities during opening and closing ceremonies and evening cultural presentations.
PROPOSALS -- Please provide us with a title of your proposed presentation, the language you would give this presentation in (our Conference language will be English so if you are able to give this in English, it would be appreciated but otherwise we will find translators -- or is you know of others attending who could help, please let us know) and a summary/synopsis -- no greater than 2 double spaced pages of what you would like to talk about. In addition, please indicate:
a) whether you think your presentation is suited for our general audience/plenary session (In this case you would be part of a panel and your presentation would be restricted to 15 to 30 minutes depending on the size of the panel) or as a workshop/small-sized audience (greater time flexibility) or both. You may also organize a panel or workshop with others and/or propose to serve as facilitator/moderator. Please be specific as to what you would like to propose.
b) whether you would require any equipment for your presentation.
c) whether you would like to participate in or lead an expanded discussion/meetings or site visits focused on your specific area or areas of interest.
Note: We offer all presenters the opportunity for their presentation to be published. In addition, in the case of a situation which lends itself to dialogue/audience interaction or an expanded look at your topic of interest, we would welcome any resolutions or calls for actions that result.
CONFERENCE FORMAT:
(This is subject to modification but is meant to give you guidance as to the general topic areas that will be covered.)
EXPO ONGOING DURING THE CONFERENCE IN SPACE TO BE ANNOUNCED. Day 1: 9:00am - 10:00am Registration 10:00am -11:30am Opening Ceremonies 11:30am-12:30pm Networking Reception 12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch (on your own) 1:30pm-6:30pm FILM FESTIVAL IN SEPARATE ROOM GENERAL/PLENARY SESSIONS WILL BE HELD IN MAIN CONGRESS HALL: FOCUS OF DAY 1 IS WOMEN'S PUBLIC LIVES 1:30pm-2:45pm Plenary/General Session Women in Politics 2:45pm-4:00pm Plenary/General Session Women and Economic Development 4:00pm -4:30pm Coffee/Tea Break 4:30pm-5:45pm Plenary/general Session Women and Business/Entrepreneurship 5:45pm-6:45pm Workshops/Breakout Sessions Women and Business/Entrepreneurship 8:00pm-10:00pm Gala Dinner and Cultural Presentation Day 2 9:00am-10:00am Registration 10:00am-6:30pm FILM FESTIVAL ONGOING IN SEPARATE ROOM GENERAL/PLENARY SESSION DAY 2 THEME IS WOMEN'S PERSONAL LIVES AND ECOLOGY 10:00am-11:15am Plenary/General Session Women and Literature 11:15am-12:30pm Plenary/General Session Goddess Spirituality 12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch (on your own) 1:30pm-2:45pm Plenary/General Session Women and Ecology 2:45pm-4:00pm Plenary/General Session Women and Health 4:00pm-4:30pm Coffee/Tea Break 4:30pm-6:30pm Workshops On site and Offsite/Site Visits/Breakout Sessions 6:30pm Dinner 8:00pm-10:30pm Evening Cultural Presentation Day 3 9:00am-10:00am Registration 10:00am-4:30pm FILM FESTIVAL IN SEPRATE ROOM GENERAL/PLENARY SESSION DAY 3 THEME WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS 10:00am-11:15am Plenary/General Session Women and Media 11:15am-12:30pm Plenary/General Session Women and Technology 12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch (on you own) 1:30pm-2:45pm Plenary/General Session Women and Violence 2:45pm-4:00pm Plenary/General Session Women and Human Righths (Opportunities for Workshops/Breakout Sessions on Day 3 from 10:00am -4:00pm) 4:00pm-4:30pm Coffee/Tea Break 4:30pm-6:00pm Closing Speech/Ceremony 6:30pm Dinner 7:30pm-10:30pm Dance
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Last updated: June 24, 1998
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