"Women’s Leadership:
The Challenge of Gender Mainstreaming"
Leadership Research & TrainingCourse
New York/Amman
1 - 17 June 2000
"Local, national, regional and global peace is attainable and is inextricably linked with the advancement of women, who are a fundamental force for leadership, conflict resolution and the promotion of a lasting peace at all levels."
Beijing Declaration,para.18
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MODULE I: NEW YORK PROGRAMME
Venue of events UNA-USA Office (Arthur Ross Conference Room), 801 2nd Ave
1 June, Thursday
9.00 – 10.00 Welcome to the UNU-ILA
Dr. Kennedy Graham*
UNU/ILA Director
Introduction by Participants
10.00 – 10.15 Coffee break
10.15 - 12.30 Orientation Session and Career Development
Dr. Kennedy Graham*
12.30 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 15.45 The Theory of Leadership
Prof. Joanne Ciulla*
Jepson School of Leadership Studies
University of Richmond, Virginia
UNU/ILA-UNESCO Chair in Leadership Studies
15.45 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30 The Theory of Leadership (cont’d)
2 June, Friday
9.00 – 10.30 Ethics, The Heart of Leadership
Prof. Joanne Ciulla*
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 – 12.30 Ethics, The Heart of Leadership (cont’d)
12.30 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 -- 15.45 Personality Profiles of Political Leaders:
Men and Women – Is There A Difference?
Prof. Jerome Post
Professor of Political Psychology
George Washington University
15.45 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30 Personality Profiles of Political Leaders (cont’d)
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18.00 – 19.00 Meeting with H.M. Queen Noor*
Chair, UNU ILA Advisory Committee
MODULE II: UN CONFERENCE AND UNU-ILA EVENTS
3 June, Saturday and 4 June, Sunday
Free days
5 June, Monday
Attendance at Beijing Plus Five Conference
18.00 New Concepts for Political Leaders I: Global Public Goods
Dr. Inge Kaul*
UNDP, New York
6 June, Tuesday
Attendance Beijing Plus Five Conference
18.00 Meeting with NGOs Representatives:
Dr. Ranjani Kumari*
Center for Social Research, New Delhi, India
Ms. Maria Jose Lubertino
President, Institute Social y Politico de la Mujer, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ms. Adiatu Deigh
Sierra Leone Youth Empowerment Organization
Freetown, Sierra Leone
7 June, Wednesday
Attendance at Beijing Plus Five Conference
18.00 The United Nations System: The Need for Women’s Leadership
H.E. Louise Frechette*
Deputy-Secretary-General
United Nations, New York
8 June, Thursday
Attendance at Beijing Plus Five Conference
18.00 Women Leaders in the Human Rights Drama
H.E. Mary Robinson*
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
9 June, Friday
Attendance at Beijing Plus Five Conference
Evening: departing with a night flight to Amman
MODULE III: AMMAN PROGRAMME
Venue: UNESCO Building, Shmeissani, Amman
11 June, Sunday
15.00 – 15.40 Welcome
Dr. Kennedy Graham *
The UNU International Leadership Academy: The Genesis
H. E. Dr. Abdul Salam Majali
Former Prime Minister of Jordan
Member, UNU ILA Advisory Committee
15.45 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.30 Presentation & Review of Advance Research Papers
Prof. Joanne Ciulla*
Dr. Azza Karam*
Lecturer, Political Science Dept, Queens University, Belfast
18.30 - 20.30 Reception
Residence of Director and Ms. Marilyn Moir Graham
12 June, Monday
9.00 – 10.30 Presentation & Review of Advance Research Papers (cont’d)
10.30 – 11. 00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 Presentation & Review of Advance Research Papers (cont’d)
12.30 – 14.30 Lunch
New Concepts for Political Leaders II: The Planetary Interest
Dr. Kennedy Graham*
14.30 – 16.00 Presentation & Review of Advance Research Papers (cont’d)
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 17.30 Presentation & Review of Advance Research Papers (cont’d)
13 June, Tuesday
9.00 – 10.30 Personality Identification & Self-Development
Dr. Jacque Merrit*
The Gallup Organization, Los Angeles, USA
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 – 12.30 Self-Development (cont’d)
12.30 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 16.00 Self-Development (cont’d)
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 17.30 Self-Development (cont’d)
18.30 Jordanian Cultural Presentation
14 June, Wednesday
Beijing Platform for Action:
Item G. Women in Power and Decision-Making:
Session I: Local Leadership
1. Criteria for entry in decision-making positions
2. Mentoring and training
3. Gender-Sensitive training
Hon. Ms. Vicky Buck*
former Mayor, Christchurch, New Zealand
Hon. Ms. Hanan Ashrawi
Muftah, Ramallah, Palestine National Territory
9.00 – 9.45 Presentation by Leaders
9.45 – 10.00 Coffee break
10.00 – 11.00 Presentations of Item 1 by leaders - Questions and answers
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee Break
11.15 – 11.45 Presentation of Item 2 by leaders - Questions and answers
12.15 – 13.30 Lunch Break
13.30 – 14.00 Presentation of item 3 - Questions and answers
14.30 – 14.45 Coffee break
14.45 – 16.30 Group session
16.30 – 16.45 Coffee break
16.45 – 17.30 Presentation of group session by respective rapporteurs
12.30 - 14.30 Lunch
Special Presentation:
"Women Parliamentarians Around the World"
Ms. Christine Pintat*
Assistant Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union
15 June, Thursday
Beijing Platform for Action:
Item G. Women in Power and Decision-Making:
Session II: National Leadership
Ms. Fazehe Hashemi Rafsanjani*
Member of the Islamic Parliament, Tehran, Iran
Ms. Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf*
Leader of Opposition, Liberia
9.00 – 9.45 Presentation by Leaders
9.45 – 10.00 Coffee break
10.00 – 11.00 Presentations of Item 1 by leaders - Questions and answers
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee Break
11.15 – 12.15 Presentation of Item 2 by leaders - Questions and answers
12.15 – 13.30 Lunch Break
13.30 – 14.30 Presentation of item 3 - Questions and answers
14.30 – 14.45 Coffee break
14.45 – 16.30 Group session
16.30 – 16.45 Coffee break
16.45 – 17.30 Presentation of group session by respective rapporteurs
20.00 Dinner
Special Address: My Years as Iceland’s President
Hon. Ms. Vigdis Finnbogadottir
President of Iceland, 1980 - 96
16 June, Friday
Beijing Platform for Action:
Item G. Women in Power and Decision-Making:
Session III: Regional & Global Leadership
Hon. Emma Bonino*
former EU Commissioner
Leader Transnational Radical Party, Italy
9.00 – 9.30 Presentation
9.30 – 9.45 Coffee break
9.45 – 10.30 Presentation of Item 1 - Questions and answers
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee Break
10.45 – 11.00 Presentation of Item 2 - Questions and answers
11.30 – 11.45 Presentation of Item 3 - Questions and answers
12.15 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.00 Post-Beijing Analysis
‘Leadership at the UN: Insights into Leadership Initiatives from the Beijing Plus Five Conference’
Group Discussion
Facilitator: Ms. Eve Thompson, Association for Human Rights, Johannesburg, South Africa, UNU/ILA Alumni, 1998
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 17.30 Post-Beijing Analysis (cont’d)
17 June, Saturday
9.00 – 10.30 Career Development: Individual Reflections (Session II)
Facilitator: Dr. Kennedy Graham*
10.30 – 11. 00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.00 Career Development: Individual Reflections (Session II) (cont’d)
12.00 – 13.00 Closing Ceremony
Venue: Main Auditorium, University of Jordan, Amman
Princess Basma Bint Talal, Goodwill Ambassodor to UNIFEM
Dr. Haifa Abu Ghazaleh, Regional Programme Advisor, UNIFEM
Prof. J.A. van Ginkel, Rector, United Nations University
Dr. Kennedy Graham, Director UNU/ILA*
13.00 Lunch (University Restaurant)
* Confirmed