Conference under the Patronage of Dr. Juliane Bogner-Strauss, Federal Minister for Women, Families and Youth, Austria
FORCED AND EARLY MARRIAGE – A Severe Human Rights Violation
Diplomatische Akademie, Favoritenstraße 15a, 1040 Vienna, Austria
May 24, 2019 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sie können das Programm hier ansehen: moderated by Shams Asadi (Human Rights Commissioner of the City of Vienna)
9.00 – 9.45 am Registration
9.45 – 9.55 am Welcome and presentation of the program
Ingeborg Geyer (Zonta International UN), Margot Fleck (ZIF Ambassador D14)
9.55 – 10.20 am Ending Child Marriage: A Program to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage
Susanne von Bassewitz (ZONTA International President)
10.20 – 10.50 am The Economic Impact of Child Marriage on Society – Educating girls and ending child marriage – A priority for the international community
Quentin Wodon (Worldbank)
10.50 – 11.20 am FGM – A Harmful Traditional Practice
Petra Bayr (StopFGM)
11.20 – 11.35 am Panel Discussion
Susanne von Bassewitz (ZONTA International President), Quentin Wodon (Worldbank), Petra Bayr (StopFGM)
11.35 – 11.45 am Intervention
H.E. Khojesta Fana Ebrahimkhel Ambassador of Afghanistan
11.45 – 12.05 pm coffee break
12.05 – 12.35 pm Organised crime and Forced Marriage
Gerald Tatzgern (Federal Ministry of the Interior)
12.35 – 13.05 pm Insights into the circumstances which are leading girls and young women to Child Marriage in humanitarian crises settings
Rime Allaf (UNODC)
13.05 – 14.15 pm Lunch break
14.15 – 15.00 pm Good practices, examples presented as Marketplaces
Zonta Golden Z Club of Vienna
15.00 – 15.30 pm Support for affected women
Najwa Duzdar (Verein Orientexpress)
15.30 – 16.00 pm Insight into the work in Beirut
Wafaa Daou (ZC Beirut, AD 04, District 14)
16.00 -16.15 pm Coffee break
16.15 – 16.45 pm Closing
Susanne von Bassewitz (ZONTA International President)
7.00 pm – open end Heuriger „Herrgott aus Sta“ (www.hergottaussta.at)