6-8 September 2006: 59th Annual United Nationas DPI/NGO Conference

More than 2,500 Non-governmental Organization (NGO) representatives and other civil society partners from more than 90 countries are expected to gather at the United Nations headquarters in New York, from 6 – 8 September 2006, to discuss ways and means for strengthening collaboration between local communities and global institutions. They will meet during the 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference, entitled Unfinished Business: Effective Partnerships for Human Security and Sustainable Development.

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The three-day gathering of NGOs is organized by the Department of Public Information (DPI) in cooperation with the NGO/DPI Executive Committee and the participation of its associated NGOs and NGOs that have consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The Conference aims to build on what has already been accomplished by greater NGO and civil society participation in many of the debates taking place at the United Nations, including Informal Interactive Hearings by the General Assembly President with NGOs, civil society and private sector representatives.

Speakers at the Conference are being asked to illustrate their work on the ground by real-life examples of effective partnerships to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). To ensure the widest possible exchange of views and experiences, all NGO delegations will include one representative under the age of 30 As an annual meeting taking place on the eve of the opening of the General Assembly, the Conference has become an established forum for networking and exchange of views, opinions, expertise and best-practices on relevant issues. Beyond these, it has moved in recent times towards strategic partnership-building

Midday NGO Workshops
Friday, 8 September 2006
1:15 to 2:45 p.m

A Model of Women and Girls’ Empowerment through Education, Socio-economics, and Self- determination.

Sponsored by Pen Foundation International
Cosponsored with Teachers without Boundaries, Child Advocacy/Women’s Rights, and the Center for International Settlement and Development for Tribal, Nomadic, Indigenous, and Displaced Refugees.

Conference Room 8

This workshop presents a plan to aid nomadic, tribal, indigenous, and displaced refugee women to achieve self-determination (empowerment) through education and socio- economic opportunities.

Moderator:

Karen Clanton, President, PEN Foundation International and Chief Executive Director of Child Advocacy/Women’s Rights

Presenters:

Hakim Said, Cofounder and Executive Director for PEN Foundation International.
Aziz Jan, Specialist in sustainable international development for tribal and nomadic regions in Southeast Asia (Silk Road).
Malek Towghi, Advisor to PEN Foundation International for Baluchi education issues and the Southeast Asia Human Rights and education.
Towghi, former Minister of Education in Bulchistan, Pakistan.
Karim Abdian, Expert on tribal, nomadic, people and socio-economic development.
Nur-E Rahman, Program Assistant at PEN Foundation International.

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