Indian Muslim News – WOMEN March 30, 2009
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Jamia Millia Islamia to host seminar on Women of South Asia: Partners in Development
Jamia Millia Islamia, in collaboration with South Asia Foundation, will host a two-day seminar on Women of South Asia: Partners in Development from 30 March 2009. Nobel laureate from Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus will deliver the keynote address on 30 March at 10.00 am in the Ansari Auditorium. Activists, writers, academics from the South Asian region shall be discussing women and micro-credit, peace making, creativity, coommunication, etc.
The seminar will begin with the welcome address by Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia Mushirul Hasan. Special address will be given by Ms Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India. Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh, will deliver keynote address on ‘Women, Micro Credit And Poverty Alleviation’. At 11.45am Mohammad Yunus is scheduled to attend Meet the Press programme. On the same day Parallel Working Group Sessions will be conducted on Women and Microcredit; Women in Education; Women in Peace making; Women’s Malnutrition and Hunger; Women and the Environment; Women and Creativity: Crafts and Textiles; and Women and Creativity: Arts and Literature. Later, Mohammad Yunus will address the Plenary Session and present his views on the South Asian Women’s Network and his advice for their future functioning.
On Day 2, discussion and finalizing Action Plans and Programmes of Activity for 2009-10 will be undertaken. The seminar will conclude with valedictory keynote address by Ms. Bushra Gauhar, MNA and Chair of the Pakistan National Assembly Women’s Committee.
