centre for democratic institutions Women in Politics Training Course (WiP) 24 November to 2 December 2010 Venue Unless otherwise specified, all days commence at: Lennox Room, Room 1.59, Level 1, Crawford Building, Lennox Crossing, The Australian National University Wednesday 24 November 08:30 Admin announcements & ANU orientation Mr Luke Hambly and Ms Tulika Saxena, CDI 11:15 Morning Tea 11:30 Opening Address Dr Stephen Sherlock CDI Director 12:00 Course outline 13:00 I Lunch 14:00 Women in Politics - What are the arguments for/against having more women in parliament? Professor Marian Sawer, ANU 15:30 Afternoon Tea 15:45 Women in politics in the local context Ms Trudy Taylor, Queanbeyan Councillor 17:30 Welcome Function Crawford Building 1 / 6
Thursday 25 November 08:45 Working with the Media: Press release Ms Vanessa Alpern Presentation by Ms Horiwapu (Solomon Islands) 10:00 Morning Tea 10:15 Working with the Media: Press release Ms Vanessa Alpern 11:25 Bus depart ANU for Parliament House 12:00 Introduction Women in Politics Welcome to Parliament Committee Room 1S4 Dr Stephen Sherlock, CDI Director Hon Kate Ellis MP, Minister for the Status of Women 12:10 Lunch Queen s Terrace Cafe 13:00 Liberal Party of Australia: Approach to getting more women elected and promoting gender equality Committee Room 1S4 14:00 Attend Question Time in the House of Representatives Senator Marise Payne, Liberal Party of Australia International and Community Relations Office Parliament House 15:00 Afternoon Tea Committee Room 2R1 15:30 Women, politics and leadership Committee Room 2R1 Ms Anna Burke MP, Former Deputy Speaker, Australian Labor Party 16:30 Bus depart Parliament House for ANU 16:45 Discussion on Strategy for Women in Politics 17:00 Close Friday 26 November 08:30 Australian Greens: Approach to getting more women elected and promoting gender equality Senator Christine Milne, Australian Greens 09:30 Develop strategy for Women in Politics: Key issues 10:30 Morning Tea 10:45 The challenges and opportunities for women in Dr Nicole Haley, ANU 2 / 6
politics: The 2007 PNG election experience 11:45 The challenges and opportunities for women in politics: The case of Indonesia Dr Sharon Bessell, ANU 12:45 Lunch 13:45 Australian Labor Party: Approach to getting more women elected and promoting gender equality 14:45 The impact of electoral systems and political reforms on women s representation Ms Amanda Rishworth MP, Australian Labor Party Dr Jon Fraenkel, ANU 16:00 Afternoon Tea 16:15 NGOs: How to support women candidates? Experience from Indonesia (Ms Aryani) Experience from PNG (Ms Baing) Experience from Vanuatu (Ms Pakoa) Sunday 28 November 13:30 Bus depart ANU for Old Parliament House 14:00 Visit to the Democracy Museum Old Parliament House Monday 29 November 09:00 NGOs: How to support women candidates? Experience from Fiji (Ms Jiuta and Mrs Volatabu) Experience from Timor-Leste (Ms Lopes and Ms Costa) 10:00 Networking: The experience of the Equal Rights Alliance Ms Kathy Richards, Manager, Equal Rights Alliance 11:15 Group Photo & Morning Tea 11:30 How to build a good relationship with the media? Ms Catriona Jackson, ANU 3 / 6
12:45 Lunch 13:30 Bus depart ANU for Parliament House 14:00 Working with the Media: Interviews Parliament House Studio & Committee Room 1R1 Ms Alexandra Kirk, Mr Nick Butterly 15:00 Afternoon Tea 15:30 Working with the Media: Interviews cont: Parliament House Studio & Committee Room 1R1 Ms Alexandra Kirk, Mr Nick Butterly 17:00 Finish & Bus depart Parliament House for ANU Close Tuesday 30 November 09:00 Election campaign Practical guide Experience from Ms Yusuf (Indonesia) Ms Linda Reynolds, Former Deputy Director, Liberal Party of Australia 11:15 Morning Tea 11:30 Election campaign Practical guide (continued) Ms Linda Reynolds, Former Deputy Director, Liberal Party of Australia 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Gender differences in thinking about policies and elections Professor Gabrielle Meagher, University of Sydney 15.15 Afternoon Tea 15:30 Parties contribution to improve women's representation in politics National Alliance Party (Ms Grant) National Mandate Party (Ms Idris) Acehnese People Party (Ms Diani) PDI Party (Ms Tari) 4 / 6
Wednesday 1 December 09:00 Power of information: What do we need to know to move the women in politics agenda forward? Dr Chris McMurray, ANU 10:15 Resource Mobilization (people and money) Ms Karen Brown, Australian Greens 11:30 Morning Tea 11:40 Women and men acting as gender advocates The role of Parties Vanuatu Party (Ms Arnhambat) Golkar Party (Ms Buchori and Ms: Mutmaina) Nation Awakening Party (Ms Hamidah) 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Lobbying to increase the number of women in parliament and move forward gender equality Ms Roslyn Dundas, Director, ACT Council of Social Service and Former member of the ACT Legislative Assembly 15:30 Afternoon Tea 15:45 Group discussions 18:30 Depart Crawford Building for Ottoman Restaurant 19:00 Presentation of Course Certificates Dinner Thursday 2 December 09:00 Group presentation Strategy to improve women s representation 10:00 Temporary special measures (quotas and reserved seats) - Introduction, pros and cons Ms Sherrill Whittington 11:00 Morning Tea 11:15 Learning from experience: The role of government, Ms Sherrill Whittington 5 / 6
politicians, NGOs and churches in adopting temporary measures Solomon Islands (Ms Casoah) PNG (Ms Peipul and Ms Tugum) 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Group presentation Strategy to improve women s representation 15:00 Afternoon Tea 15:15 Group presentation Strategy to improve women s representation Final discussion and review session 16:00 Course Evaluation and discussion Mr Luke Hambly, CDI 6 / 6