Agenda for the ILO/MOLE Technical Workshop on Women's Labour Force Participation in India and South Asia
ILO-MOLE Technical Workshop Draft Programme 14-15 February 2013 Vice-Regal Room, Claridges Hotel, New Delhi |
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Have women benefited from an era of globalization and growth? | ||||
DAY 1 |
Thursday, 14 February 2013 | |||
8:30 – 9:00 |
Registration | |||
9:00 – 10.45 |
Opening Chair: Honourable Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister for Labour and Employment, Government of India Welcome by Ms. Tine Staermose, Director, Country Office for India and Decent Work Team for South Asia Opening remarks by Dr. Mrutyunjay Sarangi, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India Address by Mr. Ravi Wig, Council of Indian Employers Address by Ms. Amarjeet Kaur, National Secretary, All India Trade Union Congress Address by Mr. Yoshiteru Uramoto, Regional Director for the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Keynote address by Honourable Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India Chairperson’s remarks by Honourable Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister for Labour and Employment, Government of India Vote of thanks by Mr. Sharda Prasad, Director-General of Employment & Training and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India | |||
10:45 – 11:00 |
Coffee | |||
11:00 – 12:30 |
Session 1: A global perspective on women in the world of work Chair: Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India Dr. Sher Verick, Senior Employment Specialist, ILO, Delhi Dr. Govind Kelkar, Senior Advisor, Landesa | |||
12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch | |||
13:30 – 15:00 |
Session 2: Unravelling recent trends in female labour force participation in India: What explains the fall? Chair: Prof. K.P. Kannan Prof. Preet Rustagi, Co-Director, Institute for Human Development (IHD) Mr. Steve Kapsos, Senior Economist, ILO, Geneva Dr. Santosh Mehrotra, Director-General, Institute for Applied Manpower Research (IAMR) | |||
15:00 – 15:30 |
Coffee | |||
15:30 – 17:00 |
Session 3: Challenges to measuring female labour force participation and work Chair: Prof. Pronab Sen Prof. Indira Hirway, Centre for Development Alternatives Prof. Sandip Sarkar, Institute for Human Development | |||
DAY 2 |
Friday, 15 February 2013 | |||
9:00 – 11:00 |
Session 4: Common and diverging trends in the participation of women in South Asia and beyond Chair: Ms. Tine Staermose Dr. Ramani Gunatilaka and Ms. Shyamali Ranaraja, Sri Lanka Dr. Rushidan Islam Rahman, Research Director, Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies (BIDS) and Dr. Rizwanul Islam, Former Special Adviser, Employment Sector ILO Ms. Frida Khan, ILO-Islamabad, Pakistan Dr. Meena Acharya, Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Nepal | |||
11:00 – 11:15 |
Coffee | |||
11:15 – 13:00 |
Panel: Identifying more effective strategies to promote women’s participation and economic empowerment Chair: Mr. Prem Narain, Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development Dr. Tanaya Mishra, Senior Vice-President (HR), JSW Steel Ms. Geeta Gokhale, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Ms. Ratna Sudarshan, Institute for Social Studies Trust (ISST) Ms. Shahnaz Kapadia, Pakistan Prof. Savitri Goonasekere, Sri Lanka | |||
13:00 – 13:30 |
Closing Ms. Tine Staermose, Director ILO Country Office for India and Decent Work Team for South Asia Ms. Amarjeet Kaur, Deputy Director-General of Employment & Training, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India | |||
13:30 |
Lunch |