“Other Borders”
International Women’s Health Conference
Everglades Hotel, Derry
Thursday 29th – Friday 30th May 2008
Thursday morning – Theme 1 - women & exclusion
8.30 - 9.00 Registration
9.00-9.30 Welcome - Chair, Nuala Doherty and Susan Gibson, Centre Manager
9.30–10.00 Tackling Exclusion and Promoting Inclusion
An International Perspective
Professor Lesley Doyal, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol
10.00-10.30 Tackling Exclusion and Promoting Inclusion
A Local Perspective
Karen Meehan, Derry Well Woman and Dr Helen McAvoy, Institute of Public Health in
Ireland - Cross Border Plan for Social Inclusion
BREAK & photos
10.30-10.45 President Mary McAleese
11.15-12.15 Workshop (x3)
12.15-1.00 Return to Plenary
Thursday Afternoon – Theme 2 - maintaining women’s roles in determining health and well-being when societies move from conflict to post conflict
(registration desk)
2.00-2.40 Chair welcomes back
2.05-2.40 Maintaining Women’s Roles in Post-Conflict Society
An International perspective
Sheila Mentjes and Anu Pillay
2.40-3.10 Maintaining Women’s Roles in Post-Conflict Society
Professor Gillian Robinson, INCORE & ARC
3.10-4.30 Workshops (x3)
4.30 Return to Plenary
5.00 Close
Thursday evening
Dinner
Evening Entertainment
Friday morning – Theme 3 - meeting health needs on a cross border basis
9.00 – 9.30 Registration – Distribute papers for the day
9.30 – 9.45 Welcome back – Anne Campbell - Chair
9.45 – 10.15 Health Across Borders
An International perspective
Madame Catherine Romanens, Director, La Palmosa Hospital, Menton
10.15 – 11.15 Health Across Borders
A Local perspective
Dr Patricia Clarke, Centre for Cross Border Studies and Edel O’Doherty, Deputy Chief Officer, CAWT
BREAK
11.30 – 12.30 Workshop (x3)
12.30 – 1.00 Panel (Questions & Answers)
CLOSE
Return after Workshops to formally close Conference
