Mid-term Review of the Implementation of the Dakar and Beijing Platforms for Action
Addis-Ababa, 22-26 November 1999
United Nations, Economic Commission for Africa

Pre-Conference Activities

Friday 19 November : Consultative meeting of NGOs

Saturday 20 November : Consultative meeting of NGOs
Consultative meeting of the youth
Workshop for media representatives

sunday 21 November : Meeting for workshop facilitators
Meeting for rapporteurs
Meeting for the Conference co-ordination team
Meeting for the drafting groups

Day 1. Monday 22 November 09:00 – 10:00 Opening of the Conference 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break 10:30 – 11:00 Election of Conference Bureau 11:00 – 12:00 Plenary 1. Progress report of Dakar + 5 African governments (15 min.) NGOs (15 min.) Discussions (30 min.) 12:00 – 13:00 Plenary 1. Progress report of Dakar + 5 (Continued) OAU (15 min.) ADB (15 min.) Discussion (30 min.) 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch break 15:00 – 16:30 Tea break 17:00 – 19:00 Plenary 1. Progress report of Dakar + 5 (Continued) Panel discussion by UN agencies

Day 2. Tuesday 23 November 08:30 – 09:00 Plenary 2. Presentation on the process of evaluation 09:00 – 17: 00 Evaluation workshops

Workshop 1

Workshop 2

Workshop 3

Workshop 4

Workshop 5

Workshop 6

Women and poverty/ economic empowerment

Women, education, training and access to science and technology

Women, the family and socialization

Women, health, reproduction, family planning and population

Women and the environment

Women and politics

17:30 – 19:00 Exhibition - caucuses

Day 3. Wednesday 24 November 09:00 – 17:00 Evaluation workshop

Workshop 7

Workshop 8

Workshop 9

Workshop 10

Workshop 11

Workshop 12

Women's legal and human rights

Women and peace

Gender disaggregated data

Institutional mechanisms

Women, communication, information and Arts

The Girl-child

17:30 – 19:00 Open space and caucuses

Day 4. Thursday 25 November 09:00 – 13:00 Preparation of reports of the outcome of workshops 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break 14:30 – 16:30 Plenary 3. Reports of the outcome of 4 workshops Presentation of the reports Discussions 16:30 – 17:00 Tea/Coffee break 17:00 – 19:00 Plenary 3. Reports of the outcome of 4 workshops (Continued) Presentation of the reports Discussions

Day 5. Friday 26 November 9:00 – 11:00 Plenary 3: Reports of the outcomes of 4 workshops (Continued) Presentation of the reports Discussions 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch break 15:00 – 16:30 Plenary 4. Adoption of the Plan of Action for the next five years 16:30 – 17:00 Tea/Coffee break 17:00 – 18:00 Plenary 5. Africa's participation at the Global Mid-Term Review (Beijing + 5) Assessment of preparations for the UN Special Session on Beijing +5 to be held in June 2000 Report on the modalities for Africa’s participation at the UN Special Session (Beijing + 5) Reading of the Draft Declaration

Day 6. Saturday 27 November 09:00 – 10:00 Closing of the Sixth African Regional Conference on Women, for the Mid-Term Review of the Implementation of the Dakar Platform for Action.   Post-Conference Activities Saturday 27 November 15:00 – 17:00 Meeting of the Technical Preparatory Committee of the Sixth African Regional Conference on Women   Workshop 1 Workshop 2 Workshop 3 Workshop 4 Workshop 5 Workshop 6   Women and poverty/ economic empowerment Women, education, training and access to science and technology Women, the family and socialization Women, health, reproduction, family planning and population Women and the environment Women and politics