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BIOGRAPHIES:
CARMEN MORENO:
Carmen Moreno holds
a Law Degree and a
Postgraduate degree in
Cultural Management.
She
is
currently
Director
of
Cooperation
with
Africa,
Asia
and
Eastern Europe in the Spanish International
Cooperation Agency.
Professional career: In 1991 she joined the
Diplomatic Service and was appointed
Second Chief at the Embassy of Spain to
Pakistan. She then was Secretary of the
Embassy of Spain in India, in charge of
cultural and consular affairs.
Between 1996 and 1999 she was Second
Chief at the Embassy of Spain in Malaysia
and then returned to Spain as second-Head
of the Technical Cabinet of the subSecretary of Foreign Affairs, moving to
Head of this Office in 2000.
In 2004 she was Consul at the Consulate
General of Spain in Havana and in
2006, minister responsible for Cultural
Affairs at the Embassy of Spain in Beijing.
Since 2008 she is Director of Cooperation
for Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe in the
Spanish
Agency
for
International
Development.
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ANNA TERRÓN:
Born in Barcelona on
October 6, 1962. Holds
a BA in Political
Science
and
Administration.
Since March 2010 she
is Secretary of State
for Immigration and
Emigration.
She was Secretary General of the Patronat
Català Pro Europa (Pro Europe Catalan
Council) since 2004 until its disappearance
in 2006. From December 2006 to March
2010, she was Secretary for the European
Union of the Generalitat de Catalunya,
institution that succeeded the Patronat,
while being a Delegate to the EU
throughout this period.
From 2005 to 2010 she was a member of
the Committee of the Regions, where she
was a Socialist spokesperson in the
Commission on Citizenship, Governance,
Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX)
and Vice President of the European
Socialist Group.
She was a member of the European
Parliament from 1994 to 2004 and was
spokesperson for the European Socialist
Party Group in the Committee for Freedom
and Rights of citizens, Justice and Home
Affairs as well as member of the Foreign
Affairs commission.
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psychology,
racism
in
Australia,
multicultural attitudes in plural societies,
migration policy, cross-cultural psychology,
social and community issues, and youth
issues.
She has undertaken research on migration
and return migration in Hawaii and the
Philippines, labour migration in Spain and
Italy, the character of Australian ethnic
press, international students’ experiences,
street-frequenting ethnic youth, refugee
family settlement, Hong Kong immigrants
in Australia, legal needs of NESBs, and an
evaluation of a Juvenile Crime Prevention
Strategy.
She has also worked collaboratively with
international
researchers
comparing
ethnocultural
youth
identity
and
acculturation in 13 countries, and culture
and trait links in four countries. Her most
recently completed project was about the
needs of Australian Muslim families,
research funded by the Australian
Government Department of Immigration
and Citizenship. She is currently
conducting research on social cohesion,
social division and conflict in multicultural
Australia, funded by the same government
department.
Rogelia has a long history of specialisation
in indigenous psychology which started at
the University of the Philippines where she
taught for 15 years before migrating to
Australia. She has published widely in this
area, including the first edited volume on
Philippine indigenous psychology, book
chapters and journal articles on indigenous
methods. She has applied her passion for
and expertise in indigenous and crosscultural methods to the research she has
conducted and to her teaching of research
methods. An example of her leadership in
this area is her recent involvement with the
founding of the Asian Association of
Indigenous and Cultural Psychology in
which she was elected as Director of
Research and Publication.
MONTSE GATELL PÉREZ:
Born in Sabadell in
1971. She holds a
degree in Semitic
Philology,
specializing in Arabic,
from the University of
Barcelona
(1994).
Also a postgraduate
degree
in
Management of Public
Administrations, by Hall of Higher Elected
Studies,
Catalan
Association
of
Municipalities and Regions of the
Autonomous University of Barcelona
(2006). Currently, she is studying the
second level in Catalan Studies at the UOC.
She was the mayor of Castellar del Vallès
(2004-2007), and deputy mayor in the
Municipal Council, where she coordinated
the Social Area and the departments of
Culture, Communication and Education in
2003-2004 and Youth Affairs and
Communication in1999-2003.
She was vice president of the Catalan
Cooperation Fund (2004-2007), member of
the Joint Commission of Education since
2007 and adviser on equality and gender
issues in the Catalan Association of
Municipalities since 2007.
She worked in the creative art department
of the Educa Sallent SA company,
supervising translations, editing and
creation of texts (1996-1998) and was
professor of Catalan language and literature
(ESO) in school Casal de Castellar del
Vallès (1995 -1996 and 1998-1999).
ROGELIA PE-PUA:
Associate Professor
and Head of the
School of Social
Sciences
and
International Studies
at the University of
New South Wales,
Australia.
Her
research
interests
include indigenous
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Chulalongkorn, Thammasat University, the
University of Sukhothai Thammathiraj,
Shinnawatra, the University of Thai
Chamber
of
Commerce
(UTCC),
Ramkhamhaeng
University,
Kasetsart
University, Khonkaen University and
others.
SAKKARIN NIYOMSILPA:
Lecturer, Institute for
Population
and
Social
Research
(IPSR),
Mahidol
University.
He holds a Bachelor
Degree Faculty
of
Political
Science
(Gold Medal, First Class Honours),
Chulalongkorn University. He studied as
well a Master Degree M.A. in Strategic
Studies, RSPAS, The Australian National
University (ANU), Canberra, Australia
(MacArthur Foundation Scholarship) and a
Doctoral Degree Ph.D. in International
Relations (Major in Political Economy),
RSPAS,
The
Australian
National
University, Ph.D. Dissertation on “The
Political Economy of Telecommunications
Deregulation
in
Thailand”
(Merit
scholarship
from
the
Australian
Government).
MARIA BASSOLS:
Born in Barcelona,
Spain
on
10th
December 1958. She
has a Degree in Law
and in Business
Management
ICADE). Relevant
career information
includes:
Ambassador at large
for Migration Affairs (January 2009);
Deputy Director in the General-Directorate
forConsular Affairs (Ministry of Foreign
Affairs) (August 2008); Promoted to the
rank of Minister Plenipotentiary (September
2007);
Ambassador
at
large
for
Humanitarian and Social Affairs (August
2007); Deputy Director-General in the
Inspectorate General in the MFA (August
2003); Promoted to the rank of Counsellor
(August 2001); Technical Adviser to the
Secretary General of Foreign Affairs (July
2000); Deputy Director-General for
Multilateral Economic Relations in the
General-Directorate
for
International
Economic Relations (MFA) (May 1999);
Director for Economic Relations with
Africa and Middle-East in the GeneralDirectorate for International Economic
Relations
(MFA)
(August
1998);
Counsellor, Embassy of Spain in
Washington (April 1993); Deputy DirectorGeneral
for
Multilateral
Economic
Relations in the General-Directorate for
International Economic Relations (MFA)
(January 1993); Assistant Secretary of the
Secretary of State for International Cooperation and for Latin-America (August
1991); Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy
He has worked as: Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MFA); Kasikorn Research Center
Co.Ltd; Rangsit University; International
Institute for Trade and Development
(Public Organization); Present Lecturer,
Institute for Population and Social Research
(IPSR), Mahidol University.
He has been Director of PPE (Philosophy,
Politics and Economics) of the International
Program, Director of Master's Program in
China in the World Economic System
(CWES) of Rangsit University. Also Head
of Research Division and of the
Administration Division of the International
Institute for Trade and Development
(Public Institution).
Other
experiences
include
Visiting
Research Fellow (CORE University
Program), Center for Southeast Asian
Studies, of Kyoto University, Japan. Also
visiting Professor at the University of
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of Spain in Warsaw (April 1988); Director
of
International
Organizations
for
Economic Cooperation in the GeneralDirectorate for International Economic
Relations (MFA) (May 1986); Chief of the
Service of Regional Organizations for
Economic Co-operation in the GeneralDirectorate for International Economic
Relations (MFA) (April 1985); Joined the
MFA as Third Secretary (April 1985).
team of Catalan Television, TV3, as
director of programming and production.
R.M. Calaf is currently President of the
International Press Center of Barcelona
which
brings
together
foreign
correspondents.
ZAINAH ANWAR:
Zainah Anwar is a
founding
member
and former Executive
Director of Sisters in
Islam, a Malaysian
non-governmental
organisation working
on women’s rights
within the Islamic
framework. The group works in the areas of
research, advocacy, public education and
legal reform and services to push for a
progressive rights-based understanding of
Islam.[It deals with a wide range of issues,
including Islamic Family Law, Islamic
Criminal Law, domestic violence, freedom
of religion, freedom of expression, Islam as
a source of law and public policy, and
Islam and women’s rights. ]
ROSA MARÍA CALAF:
The most veteran
correspondent
in
TVE
(Spanish
Television), she has a
26-year
career
abroad. She opened
the Moscow agency
for the Soviet Union
and the Hong Kong
one for the Asia
Pacific Region. She has been a
correspondent in New York for the United
States and Canada, in Buenos Aires for
South America, in Rome for Italy and the
Vatican, in Vienna for Eastern Europe and
in China during the Olympic year.
She has reported from 93 countries to TVE
on politics and economics, conflicts and
disasters, culture and society and has
explained the events and met the characters
that have shaped the history of the last four
decades.
Zainah is currently the Director for
Musawah, a global movement for equality
and justice in the Muslim family. She also
writes a monthly column on politics,
religion and women’s rights, called Sharing
the Nation, in the Sunday Star, Malaysia.
She is also a former member of the Human
Rights Commission of Malaysia.
R.M. Calaf has visited a total of 170
countries, in professional, personal and
adventure trips. She has traveled 50,000 km
and visited 21 African countries by car over
13 months.
Her other work experiences include: Chief
Programme Officer, Political Affairs
Division,
Commonwealth
Secretariat,
London; Senior Analyst, the Institute of
Strategic and International Studies, Kuala
Lumpur; and Political and Diplomatic
Writer, the New Straits Times, Kuala
Lumpur. Her book, Islamic Revivalism in
Malaysia: Dakwah Among the Students,
has become a standard reference for the
study of Islam in Malaysia. She was
educated at the Fletcher School of Law and
Born in Barcelona, she has a degree in Law
and Journalism, on European Institutions
(Free University of Brussels) and on
Political Science (University of California
Extension Courses-Los Angeles).
She was a staff member of TVE from 1970
to 2009. She was a member of the founding
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Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA, Boston
University, and the MARA Institute of
Technology, Shah Alam, Malaysia.
Employment, Universities, Research and
Innovation, ICT, Youth, Road safety,
Development
and Cooperation and
Security and Mobility.
She has also held responsibilities as an
Associate Councilor in the districts of Les
Corts and Gràcia, in Barcelona.
From 2003 to 2007 she was president of the
Committee on Arbitration, Mediation and
Discipline of the Youth section of the
Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya
party.
RATNA OSMAN:
Organisation: Sisters in
Islam
Country: Malaysia
Ratna Osman is the
Executive Director of
Sisters in Islam, a
Muslim women’s NGO
committed
to
promoting
an
understanding of Islam
that recognises the principles of Justice,
Equality, Freedom and Dignity within a
democratic nation state. Her work at Sisters
in Islamincludes creating public awareness
and advocating for reform in laws and
policies by promoting and developing a
framework of women’s rights in Islam,
taking
into
consideration
women’s
experiences and realities. She joined Sisters
in Islam in 2009 as the Programme
Manager for the Advocacy, Legal Services
and Reform Unit, and was involved in the
advocacy campaign together with Joint
Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) in
pushing for the amendments of the Islamic
Family Law Bill.
Within Convergència Democràtica de
Catalunya she has been a member of the
Executive Committee of the Barcelona
Federation, member of the Barcelona
Council and of the National Council and
has also been part of the Bureau of
Immigration
and
the
Cooperation
committee.
From 1999 to 2003 she was a member of
the Executive Committee of Convergència
Democràtica de Catalunya’s
Youth
section.
SÒNIA PARELLA:
Ph.D. in Sociology
from the Universitat
Autònoma
de
Barcelona
(UAB)
and professor in the
Department
of
Sociology at the
same
University.
Researcherat
GEDIME
(Group
of
Studies
on
Immigration and Ethnic Minorities - UAB)
since 1996.
Her main research interests include:
migration and gender, migration and labor
markets, family and migration, analysis of
processes and practices in the context of
transnational migration. She is the author of
numerous books, book chapters and articles
in journals of national and international
level.
FRANCINA VILA:
Francina Valls holds a
bachelor’s degree in
Law. She is currently
councilor
of
the
Barcelona
City
Council, Head of the
Horta
-Guinardó
district and councilor
of Women and Civil Rights since July
2011.
She has been Councilor of the Municipal
Group of Convergencia i Unió since 2007
acting as a spokesperson with various
committees:
Entrepreneurship
and
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on women/child rights and poverty and
International Relations.
ATTIYA INAYATULLAH:
She is Member of
Parliament
(Pakistan); Director,
KASHF (Pakistan’s
premier micro-credit
organization
for
women); Member of
Board of SPARC (Pakistan’s child rights
organization); President Emeritus of Family
Planning Association of Pakistan; Member
of UNESCO High Panel on Peace &
Security; Member of Asian Society
International Council; and Member of
Women’s
Parliamentary
Caucus
(Parliament of Pakistan).
LOURDES BENERÍA:
Lourdes Benería is
Professor Emeritus of
Cornell
University,
USA,
and
former
Director of the Latin
American
Studies
Program
and
the
Gender and Global
Change program at the
same University. Since
2008 she is associate professor at iiEDG
(Inter-University Institute for the Study of
Women and Gender) in Barcelona. She has
also worked at the ILO (International
Labour Organization) and has collaborated
with other international institutions such as
UNIFEM, UNDP, DESA, and UNRISD,
among others.
Her immediate past responsibilities include:
Minister
for
Women
&
Social
Development, Adviser Population Planning
and Chairperson UNESCO Executive
Board. She has contributed for over two
decades to a range of important
international and national forums of multilateral institutions and civil society
organizations/think tanks on women/child
development, poverty, peace and security.
Her teaching and research work focuses on
issues of labor markets, gender and
development, globalization, the crisis of
care and the feminization of international
migration. She was President of IAFE
(International Association of Feminist
Economics) in 2003 and is a member of the
editorial board of the Journal of Feminist
Economics,
European
Development
Research, and others. She has authored
numerous articles and books on several
topics, including: The crossroads of class
and gender. Homework, subcontracting and
household dynamics in Mexico City,
Colegio de Mexico / Fondo de Cultura
Economica, Mexico, 1994 (with Martha
Roldan), Gender, Development and
Globalization (Doing 2005) and she is
editor of Rethinking Informalization;
Poverty, Precarious Jobs and Social
Protection (with Neema Kudva, Cornell epublishing, 2006). Together with Diana
Strassmann and Ann Mari May, she has
compiled three volumes of articles on
feminist economics - Feminist Economics
for the 21st Century, Edgar Elgar, 2011.
She is author of a number of publications &
research mimeograph.
Her many awards include: the World
Population Year CERES GOLD MEDAL,
which is given by the United Nations to
distinguished contemporary women in
recognition of their humane and dedicated
service to their area of specialization. The
Human Rights GOLD MEDAL by Human
Rights Society of Pakistan. The Jean Harris
Global Award by Rotary International in
recognition of outstanding service to the
development and progress of women in
society and the Kashmir GOLD MEDAL
Award on Human Rights
Professional Field has evolved around
Social & Human Development with focus
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University (1985)
Journalist at La Vanguardia since 1982.
Correspondent for this newspaper at the Far
East based in in Hong Kong (1987-1993),
Washington (1993-1996) and Paris (19962000)
International Chief Editor since 2005
Events covered by him for La Vanguardia:
Hirohito funerals, Deng Xiaoping and
Hassan II, Tiananmen massacre, peace
process in Cambodia, elections in Japan,
Kuwait and Iraq wars, the U.S. presidential
elections 1996 and 2000, special envoy to
NY after 11-S, 2002 French presidential
elections, Olympic Games in Seoul,
Barcelona, Atlanta and Athens, U.S. World
Cup, France and Korea-Japan.
SHAHRA RAZAVI:
Senior Researcher at
the United Nations
Research Institute for
Social Development
(UNRISD).
She
obtained her Doctorate
(D.Phil.) from Oxford
University in 1993. At
UNRISD she oversees
the Institute’s research
programme on Gender and Development.
Shahra specializes in the gender dimensions
of social development, with a particular
focus on livelihoods and social policy.
Her recent publications include a co-edited
special issue of the International Labour
Review (Underpaid and Overworked: A
Cross-National Perspective on Care
Workers, Vol. 149, No.4, 2010), The
Gendered Impacts of Liberalization:
Towards
“Embedded
Liberalism”?
(Routledge, 2009), and Gender and Social
Policy in a Global Context: Uncovering the
Gendered Structure of ‘the Social’, edited
with Shireen Hassim (Palgrave, 2006).
She is a member of the editorial board of
Global Social Policy, Journal of Peasants
Studies, and Development in Practice, as
well as being advisor to a number of global
research programmes, including WIEGO
(Women in the Informal Economy
Globalizing and Organizing) and CROP
(Comparative Research Programme on
Poverty, Norway).
BRAEMA MATHI:
Director of Research and
Advocacy, AWARE (
Singapore)
and
President,
MARUAH
(Working Group For An
ASEAN Human Rights
Mechanism, Singapore)
Miss Braema Mathi is
an advocate for social justice. This has led
her to become very involved in issues
related to women, migrants and HIV. She
has led AWARE, founded and led Transient
Workers Count Too( migrants’ rights) and
is today the President of the regional group,
MARUAH (human rights). She is also the
Singapore focal Point for the Women's
Caucus ( regional network of women’s
groups) in ASEAN and for the Regional
Working Group on Human Rights in
ASEAN. She is the also the Chair of
CEDAW Committee with the women’s
group and has led and coordinated the
Alternative reports on CEDAW and the
Universal Periodic Review.
JOAQUÍN LUNA:
Born in Barcelona
on December 31,
1958. Holds a BA in
Journalism from the
University
of
Navarra
(1981).
Fellow
of
the
Missouri
Further
Education grant at
Columbia
Braema is also the Regional President
(Southeast Asia and Pacific) of the
International Council of Social Welfare and
is currently the Vice-Chair of the Institute
of Women's Empowerment, an international
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women's work that works on pluralism and
empowerment.
Braema has worked as a teacher, a
journalist, a researcher with the Institute of
South East Asian Studies (ISEAS). She was
also a Nominated Member of Parliament.
She is now the Director of Research and
Advocacy at AWARE and a consultant.
Doctoral Professor at the School of
Psychology at UB.
Relevant career information includes:
General Director of Equal Employment
Opportunity in the Department of
Employment of the Generalitat de
Catalunya (2007-2011); Lecturer of the
Department of Social Psychology at the
University of Barcelona (2006-2010);
President of the 'Institut Català de les
Dones” (Catalan Institute of Women”),
Generalitat de Catalunya (in 2006); City
Council
Comissioner
for
Equality
opportunity policies (2002 - 2004); City
Council
Coordinator
for
Equality
opportunity policies Barcelona. (Jan. 2004Jan. 2005); Director of Employment and
Entrepreneurship Center of Barcelona
Activa (1990-2002); Vice President of the
District Council of Nou Barris (Barcelona
City Council) (2001-2003); Councillor of
Social welfare in District Nou Barris
(Barcelona City Council) (2001-2003);
Design, delivery and coordination of
courses for women politicians and
executives from a gender perspective:
MIN DONGCHAO:
Holds a PhD in
Women’s
Studies,
University
of
Manchester. She is a
Professor
at
the
Department of Culture
Studies, School of
Humanity and Director
of the Centre for
Gender and Culture
studies of Shanghai University.
Her recent publications include: “Duihua
(Dialogue) in-between: A Process of
Translating the Term ‘Feminism’ in
China,” in Mona Baker (ed.) Translation
Studies: Critical Concepts in Linguistics.
London: Routledge, 2009 and Traveling
Theory within the Context of Globalization,
Transnational Feminism and Knowledge
Production, Tianjin, Tianjin People’s
Publishing House, 2009 (in Chinese).
TONI MARÍN:
Toni Marin was born
in Premia de Dalt,
Barcelona in 1967. He
is a journalist and has
worked during most of
his career in radio and
television.
SARA BERBEL:
Born in Sabadell,
Barcelona, Spain.
PhD
in
Psychology from
the University of
Barcelona
in
1997, in the field
of
Social
Psychology
Postgraduate in "Analysis and Group
Leadership" 1991. Currently, she is
Director of the Xarxa d’Inserció
Sociolaboral ( Social and labour insertion
net) or the Barcelona City Council,
Barcelona Activa, since February 2011.
Since 2005 he directs
and presents the programme "Matí 4-band"
on Radio 4. He has worked on Radio
Antena 3 (1989-1997) in Catalonia
Television TV3 (1997-1998) and on Radio
Barcelona, Cadena SER (1997-2005) where
he has been part of the team of “La
Ventana” (the window) program and has
directed and presented the program "La
ventana del verano”
(the window of
summer) He has presented the TV debate
show "Pros i contres" (for and against) of
City TV-8 TV (2006).
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His
professional
work
has
been
acknowledged by several awards, among
others, 2011 City of Barcelona Award of
Communication; AOSIS silver at best
magazine program "Mati 4-band", 2006,
Best Communicator 2004, Valldoreix
Activa, Barcelona Ciutat Jove Award 2003
and Department of Consumer Affairs
Award, Generalitat de Catalunya, 2001.
His most important awards are; Prize
"Guirao Gea" the Royal Academy of
Medicine and Surgery of Granada (1990);
Prize of the Royal Academy of Medicine
and Surgery of Granada by the work
"syndrome Assault on Women" (1990);
Award of the College of Physicians of Jaen
to the best publication (1994); Recognition
of the City of River Olula (1994); Award of
the College of Physicians of Jaen to the best
doctoral thesis (1995); Award of the
College of Physicians in by working
Granada "Programme for the mother-child
genetic
fingerprinting"(1996);
Prize
"Progressive Women" ninth edition (1999);
Meridian Award Andalusian Women's
Institute (2002); Gold Medal of the
Autonomous Community of Andalusia
(2002); Premio Jaén City Council and the
Association "Light of the Valley." (April
2003);
Award of the College of
Psychologists of eastern Andalusia (May
2003); Recognition of the City of Chiclana
on the work developed in the field of
violence against women (March 2004);
Prize "Alecrin" in recognition of the
contributions made in the study of gender
violence (September 2004).
MIGUEL LORENTE:
He was born in Seron,
Almeria, Spain.
He holds Bachelor of
Medicine and Surgery
with honors in 1986.
He is Doctor of
Medicine and Surgery,
Apto "cum laude". PhD
Extraordinary Award.
Relevant career information includes:
Medical Examiner (since 1988); Associate
Professor of Forensic Medicine at the
University of Granada (since 1988);
Corresponding Member of the Royal
Academy of Medicine and Surgery in
Granada (since 1996); Specialist in
Forensic Medicine; Director of the Institute
of Legal Medicine of Granada (July 2003May 2005); General Coordinator of the
Institute of Legal Medicine of Andalusia
(May 2005 – December 2006); Director
General for Legal Assistance to Victims of
Violence Ministry of Justice. Junta de
Andalucía (From December 2006 to April
2008);
Government Representative for
Gender Violence (April 2008).
BANDANA RANA:
Bandana Rana is one
of the leading players
of
the
women's
movement in Nepal
with more than two
decade
of
active
engagement
in
promoting women's
rights and gender
equality. She is currently the executive
chair of Saathi an NGO working on
violence against women and children in
Nepal since 1992. Ms. Rana is the regional
coordinator of the South Asian Campaign
for Gender Equality (SACGE) and has led
the campaign in the region since 2006. She
is a member of the Asia Pacific Advisory
Group for Women Peace and Security for
UN ESCAP.
He has 60 national and international
publications related mainly to the following
topics: Analysis of DNA in human
identification in the field of criminal
investigation and biological research on
fatherhood and motherhood; Occupational
Medicine; Bioethics, especially in relation
to scientific research and genetic studies;
Violence against women and Violence.
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the Master’s Programme of Journalism and
other postgraduate courses at the University
Pompeu Fabra.
Ms Rana has a background on gender,
media and development and has led several
advocacy programs for women’s rights with
focus on media interventions and enhancing
participatory communication at all levels –
community, national and regional. She has
led many studies and research programs
related to Gender Based Violence during
the conflict and post conflict situation of
Nepal.
She is a Member of the Bioethics
Committee of Catalonia and of the Social
Council of the University Pompeu Fabra.
She has the National Culture Prize awarded
by the Generalitat de Catalunya in the
section of Journalism.
Milagros Perez-Oliva has been associate
dean and president of the Barcelona section
of the Journalists Professional Association
of Catalonia . She is a member of the
Commission for the Study of Preventive
Measures of Recidivism of Serious Crimes,
created by the Department of Justice of the
Generalitat (2007) and member of the Jury
of the Award of the Catalan Foundation for
Research and Innovation (2008), among
other responsibilities.
Ms Rana is the former Chairperson of the
National Women’s Commission of Nepal.
She has worked as news editor/anchor for
Nepal Television and also served in the
board of directors of Radio Nepal and Press
Council Nepal. She was the founder and
first elected president of Sancharika
Samuha (Forum of Women in Media) and
has worked as gender and communications
consultant at different times with UNDP,
UNIFEM (now part of UN Women)
UNCEF and FAO.
TASHI ZANGMO:
Dr. Tashi Zangmo is
the Executive Director
and the Founder of the
Bhutan
Nuns
Foundation (BNF), in
Thimphu Bhutan.
Tashi has a Bachelor’s
Degree in Buddhist
Higher Studies from
the Central Institute of
Higher Tibetan Studies
in Varanasi, India. In 1999 Tashi earned her
second Bachelor’s degree as a student at
Mount Holyoke College, in Development
Studies in the United States. She then
earned a Master’s and PhD degree in
Education from the University of
Massachusetts in Amherst.
MILAGROS PÉREZ OLIVA:
Milagros Pérez- Oliva
holds a degree in
Journalism by the
Autonomous
University
of
Barcelona (1980) and
has done Law Studies
at the University of
Barcelona
(19801984).
She is the Readers’ Advocate for the
newspaper El País since February 2009,
where she has previously held several
responsibilities as editor in chief. She
collaborates in various TV programs as an
analyst such as "Hour 25" SER Chain,
"The Matí" of Catalunya Radio, "Els
Matins" TV3 and "59 Seconds " of TVE in
Catalonia.
Tashi’s childhood experience inspired her
to champion the cause of underprivileged
women and girls through educating
Buddhist nuns in Bhutan. As a student in
the United States, she also raised funds to
start an organization that will facilitate to
Pérez-Oliva is a professor in the Master’s
Programme of Journalism (El PaísAutonomous University of Madrid) and in
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elevate the education for the young nuns in
Bhutan.
Affairs for PT. Surya Citra Televisi (SCTV)
and Commissioner for CNM Productions.
She is a board member of
TIFA
Foundation and Revenue Watch Institute
Her Professional affiliations include the
Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand,
the Association of Independent Journalists,
the Jakarta Editors Club, the Jakarta
Foreign Correspondence Club and the
Eisenhower Fellowship Alumni.
Right after she received her PhD Degree in
2009, Tashi returned to her home country
and stated the Bhutan Nuns Foundation
(BNF) under the patronage of Her Majesty,
Ashi Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck, the
Queen Mother of Bhutan.
The
Foundation’s mission is to provide adequate
learning opportunities and improve the
basic living conditions of every Nunnery in
Bhutan. So that the nuns of Bhutan will in
turn benefit the women and young girls in
the larger Bhutanese society. It also plans to
create a Higher Buddhist Learning Center
(equivalent to college) that will be open to
all Bhutanese nuns seeking higher
education in Buddhist studies, as well as to
provide a space for the general women in
Bhutan.
INDU CAPOOR:
Ms. Indu Capoor, is
the Founder Director
of Centre for Health
Education, Training
and
Nutrition
Awareness
(CHETNA).
Her KEY AREAS OF
EXPERTISE are:
YULI ISMARTONO:
•
Born in Yogyakarta,
Indonesia. Holds a
BA in Political
Science
by
the
University of Delhi,
India (1967) and a
MA in Journalism
by
Syracuse
University, N.Y. - USA (19729.
Since 2004 she is Managing Editor of
AsiaViews Online Magazine in Jakarta,
where she is responsible for the
coordination of the entire publication,
including liaison with editorial partners and
supervision of editorial contents.
She is also Deputy Chief Editor of TEMPO,
and edits the English edition of TEMPO
weekly magazine, the largest circulating
news magazine in Indonesia.
Some professional positions in the past
include: VP Corporate Communications,
where she was responsible for the
company’s Corporate Communication’s
activities in Jakarta and Irian Jaya; Advisor
to the Board of Directors and Columnist for
The Indonesian Observer; GM for Public
•
•
•
She is a Salzburg Fellow, The Independent
Sector: Looking at the Past, Building the
Future Ashoka Fellow: Associate Member,
Ashoka Innovators for the Public,
Washington, U.S.A.
Starting her career as Project Officer,
Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science
Centre, an activity of Nehru Foundation for
Development, Ahmedabad in the year 1980,
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Management
and
Institution
Building:
Creating
and
Communicating a Vision and
Assisting in converting ideas into
reality
People Management: Building
capacities of individuals and
organizations, Mentoring, Social
Mobilization
Networking and Communication:
Building networks of individuals
and organizations. Assisting people
and organizations develop through
networking
Advocacy, Lobbying and Creative
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she implemented the Integrated Nutrition &
Health Action Program (INHAP) in 100
villages all over Gujarat to assess and
improve the Supplementary Nutrition
Program of the Government of Gujarat and
CARE, trained functionaries of Maternal &
Child Health Programs which served as an
impetus for setting up CHETNA.
Since October 2010 she has the post of
Secretary General for Social Policy and
Consumer Affairs in the Ministry of Health,
Social Policy and Equality.
From an early age she began her career in
the media as an editor, occupying the post
of Head of Press at the City Council of
Andújar, Jaén, from 1993 to 1998.
As the Founder - Director, CHETNA, She
has been instrumental in developing a
unique support organisation of national
importance and international repute in the
capacity of its Chief Executive Officer
(CEO).
In 1995 she participated in the UN
Conference in Beijing for the advancement
of women and since 1997 in defining
equality policy initiatives in the Socialist
Party, then in the opposition. She then held
the responsibility, for two years, as
Coordinator of Women's Participation in
the Federal Executive Committee of the
PSOE (Socialist Party) taking the
representation of the PSOE in the Socialist
International of Women (SIW).
Developed a team of dedicated individuals
and a "learning" organisation, inculcated a
high degree of professionalism with human
values and ethical standards in her team.
Built linkages with various organisations
and networks. Developed a comprehensive,
holistic, multi-sectoral approach to issues of
health. Successfully advocated for a
lifecycle approach to women's health.
Highlighted the integral nature of gender
issues in health.
From 2000 until 2004 she is Advisor,
responsible for institutional relations and
social policy, of the Secretary General of
the PSOE, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
and from 2004 to 2008, she joins the Office
of the First Vice President, María Teresa
Fernández de la Vega as a consultant.
She
possesses
a
multidimensional
personality. One of her passions is
preservation of heritage and traditions,
which includes her love for the architectural
heritage of Ahmedabad, reflected in her
efforts for renovation /restoration of three
buildings in the walled city of Ahmedabad,
which are being used as the office premises,
training/conference centre, hostel for
CHETNA. She has initiated a trend in the
city for restoring/ renovating heritage
buildings to be used for various purposes.
In 2004 she represents the Government of
Spain to the UN, EU, Council of Europe,
ECLAC and OECD, participating in all the
ministerial meetings and sector conferences
on equality and family policies.
With the creation of the Ministry for
Equality in 2008, she is appointed Secretary
General for Equality Policies and during the
two years she spent as head of this General
Secretariat, she participated actively in the
development
and
promotion
of
Comprehensive Law against Gender
Violence, the Law for Effective Equality
between Women and Men, the Law of
Personal Autonomy, the development and
coordination of the Comprehensive Plan to
combat human trafficking for sexual
exploitation. She coordinated the making of
the Law sexual and reproductive health, of
ISABEL MARTÍNEZ LOZANO:
Born in Vilches,
Jaén, 1969, she
holds a degree in
Journalism
from
the
Universidad
Complutense
de
Madrid and is an
expert on Gender.
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the creation of the Participation of Women
Council.
EVA PERUGA:
Degree in Journalism. Has worked in radio
and press. As special envoy she has
reported events that shaped the XXth
century, such as the first disarmament
summits between Ronald Reagan and
Mikhail Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela's
electoral victory, the
fall of the Berlin Wall,
Yitzhak
Rabin’s
funeral, the overthrow
of Slobodan Milosevic,
as well as decisive
elections in Europe.
Entered the newspaper
EL PERIÓDICO in
1990, where she has been head of the
International area, interviewer for the back
cover of the newspaper, senior reporter of
international issues and foreign policy
analyst.
She is Secretary General of the European
Journalists Association of Catalonia
(APEC) and consultant for Hunivers firm.
Lecturer and participant in radio
programmes. Currently she holds the
position of Ombudsman for Equality in the
newspaper EL PERIÓDICO.
Throughout her entire professional and
political career she has lead numerous
training courses of political education for
women. Over the years, she has kept an
intense work agenda in the development of
equality policies in Spain, actively
participating
in
various
women's
organizations,
writing
articles
and
contributions in various specialized
journals.
At present, given her position, she is also
President of the State Council of the Roma,
Vice President of the Protectorate of
ONCE, Vice President of the Council for
the Protection of the Spanish Red Cross,
Vice President State Board of Social
Action, Vice President of the State Council
for the elder, Vice President of the State
Council on Disability, and Secretary
General of the Royal Association for
Disability.
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