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Member of European Parliament (MEP) Eva-Britt Svensson from the GUE/NGL-Group, and Vice Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) in co-operation with Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW)  invites you to a conference on "Violence Against Women with Disabilities" on August 28, 2008 at 09.00-12.30 in the European Parliament.

 

Violence Against Women with Disabilities

August 28,  2008

European Parliament, Brussels

ASP 1G3

 

Registration: European Parliament, Spinelli-entrance (Rue Wiertz) at 08.30

 

Chair: MEP Eva-Britt Svensson

 

Titel

Speaker

09.00-09.15

Opening/Introductory words

MEP Eva-Britt Svensson, GUE/NGL

 

 

09.15-09.45

Violence against women  with disabilities

 

Commissioner Vladimir Spidla,

Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

(tbc)

09.45-10.15

Violence against women with disabilities.

Are women with disabilities especially vulnerable?

Projectmanager Wiveca Holst,  Stockholm

10.15-10.45

Trafficking in Human Beings and Prostitution: A Feministic Analysis of the Demand

Co-Executive Director Gunilla Ekberg,

CATW, Brussels, Belgium

10.45-11.15

Men with disabilities and prostitution:

Sexual Assistance or Sexual Servitude

 

Journalist Claudine Legardinier, France

11.15-11.45

Violence against women with disabilities from a Norwegian perspective

 

Head of Office Helle Hagenau, Norwegian Association of the Disabled

11.45-12.15

Discussion

 

12.15-12.30

Conclusions

MEP Eva-Britt Svensson, GUE/NGL

(Interpretation to swedish, english, french and german during the conference)

 

For more information, contact:

Berit Dahlström phone: 0032 496 23 36 85 or

e-mail: eva-britt.svensson-assistant2@europarl.europa.eu

The last day for application is August 15

Please send your application to eva-britt.svensson-assistant2@europarl.europa.eu

with your name, birthdate and address