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Programme

Provisional Programme

TIME
SESSION
DESCRIPTION
09:30 – 10:00

Registration of participants

10:00 – 10:30

Opening remarks

  • Elizabeta Gjorgievska, Spouse of the President of the Republic of North Macedonia
  • Jovana Trenchevska, Minister of Labor and Social Policy, North Macedonia
  • Diene Keita, Deputy Executive Director for Programmes, UNFPA (video message)
  • Florence Bauer, UNFPA Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Rossana Dudziak, UN Resident Coordinator, North Macedonia

Master of Ceremony – John Kennedy Mosoti, UNFPA Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Country Director for the Republic of Albania, Republic of Serbia, Republic of North Macedonia, and Director for Kosovo (UNSCR1244)

10:30 – 11:30

Panel 1: Unpacking bodily autonomy: an overview

Keynote: Ana Peláez Narváez, Chair of the Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW

 

  • Sarah Hawkes, Professor of Global Public Health, Institute for Global Health, University College London, Editor of Health 50/50
  • Noemi Grutter, Women Deliver Young Leader, Switzerland
  • Florence Bauer, UNFPA Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Panel moderator: Kasia Madera, BBC Presenter 

11:30 – 11:35

Mobility break

11:35 - 12:20

Panel 2: Exploring progress and gaps in women’s exercise of Bodily Autonomy in the region

  • Marta Diavolova, Regional Adviser, Strategic Partnerships, UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office
  • Elisa Fernandez, Deputy Regional Director, UN Women Europe, and Central Asia Regional Office
  • Ana Daneva Markova - Health Advisor to the Prime Minister of North Macedonia
  • Fatma Haxhialiu, Journalist and TV Hostess, Albania

Panel moderator: John Kennedy Mosoti, UNFPA Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Country Director for the Republic of Albania, Republic of Serbia, Republic of North Macedonia, and Director for Kosovo (UNSCR1244)

12:20 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 14:30

Panel 3: How do gender and social norms affect gender equality and bodily autonomy?

Section one: What are the opportunities and best practices for working on gender and social norm change to foster bodily autonomy and SRHR?

Section two: What are the new challenges and what can we do to adapt to the changing environment?

Keynote: Sarah Hawkes, Professor of Global Public Health, Institute for Global Health, University College London, Editor of Health 50/50 

  • Natko Gereš, Masculinities Specialist, Croatia
  • Salome Chagelishvili, Director, Women's Fund in Georgia
  • Elaine Neuenfeldt, Gender Programme Manager, Act Alliance, Switzerland

Panel moderator: Marta Diavolova, Regional Adviser, Strategic Partnerships, UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office

14:30 - 14:35

Mobility break

14:35-15:35

Panel 4: Strategizing for a bold future for the bodily autonomy of women and girls in the region

  • H.E. Jovana Trenchevska, Minister of Labor and Social Policy, North Macedonia (Action Coalition Lead)  
  • Pınar Okyay, Professor, Adnan Menderes University, Türkiye
  • Rita Behadini, Young activist, North Macedonia
  • H.E. David Geer, EU Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia 

Panel moderator: Afrodita Shalja, Head of Office, UNFPA North Macedonia

15:35 – 16:00

Coffee Break & Ballet Performance

16:00 – 16:45

Call to action

  • Armanda Ymeri, Spouse of the President of Albania
  • Mirela Bećirović, Spouse of the Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Sanja Musić Milanović,  Spouse of the President of Croatia (video message)
  • Elizabeta Gjorgievska, Spouse of the President of North Macedonia
  • Tamara Vučić, Spouse of the President of Serbia
  • Aleš Musar, Spouse of the President of Slovenia
  • Olena Zelenska, Spouse of the President of Ukraine (video message)

Moderator: Kasia Madera, BBC Presenter​​​​​​

16:50 – 17:00

Closing remarks

Master of Ceremony: John Kennedy Mosoti, UNFPA Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Country Director for the Republic of Albania, Republic of Serbia, Republic of North Macedonia, and Director for Kosovo (UNSCR1244)