Expert Group Meeting "Closing the Gender Gap"

Main   Papers and Presentations
 
 

Background papers

Background paper by Narumol Nirathron, and Kamolthip Chamkajang, Case Study on Thailand - Access to Health Services
Background paper by Tran Thi Mai Oan h, Case Study on Vietnam - Access to Health Services
Background paper by Neeta Thapa, Case Study on Nepal - Excluded Groups
Background paper by Vijay Naidu, Case Study on Fiji - Excluded Groups
Background paper by Soya Mori and Tatsufumi Yamagata on Persons with Disabilities
Background paper by Alfred C M Chan, Carol Ma Hok Ka and Suen Yiu Tung on the Gender Perspective on Ageing

Presentations

Opening Session
Presentation by UNESCAP on Interregional cooperation to strengthen social inlcusion, gender equality and health promotion in the Millennium Development Goals: A project overview


Session on International Development Frameworks and Indicators
Presentation by Clovis Freire on MDGs monitoring-global and regional levels
Presentation by Aiko Akiyama on MDGs Monitoring Process and Disability Mainstreaming
Presentation by Marie Sicat on Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in the Asia-Pacific
Presentation by Natalie Meyer on The human rights framework and monitoring progress in the MDGs

Session on Promoting, quantifying and monitoring progress for vulnerable groups-Selected Examples
Presentation by Alfred Chan on A Gender Perspective on Ageing in Asia Pacific: Social Inclusion and Health Promotion in the Millennium Development
Presentation by Dejana Popic on Young People in the East Asia-Pacific Region
Presentation by Soya Mori and Tatsufumi Yamagata on Measurement to Access Progress in Rights and Livelihood of Persons with Disabilities: Implications Drawn from the IDE-PIDS Socio-Economic Survey of PWDs

Measuring poverty: Panel Discussion on Community-Based Monitoring Systems (CBMS)
Presentation by Celia M. Reyes on Community-Based Monitoring System
Presentation by Evan Due on Fighting Poverties with Facts: Community-Based Monitoring Systems
Presentation by Try Sothearith on CBMS as a Tool for Measuring Achievement of Cambodia Millennium Development Goals
Presentation by Akhmadi on Pilot and Implementation of CBMS in Indonesia

Session on International Experiences
Presentation by Souleymane Abdallah on Strengthening social inclusion, gender equality and health promotion in the Millennium Development Goals in Africa
Presentation by Lisa Warth on Closing the Gender Gaps: Strategies to Combat and Monitor Exclusion
Presentation by Maren Andrea Jimenez on Strengthening Health Promotion in the Millennium Development Goals: A view from Latin America and the Caribbean
Presentation by Simone Cecchini on Socio-Economic Challenges and Policies to Fight Exclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean

National contexts and policy: social exclusion in Asia and the Pacific-Selected Examples
Presentation by Neeta Thapa on Excluded groups in Nepal
Presentation by Vijay Naidu on Fiji Country Profiles on Excluded Groups 
Presentation by Mohan Das Manandhar on Social Stratification and Exclusion Groups
Presentation by Gigi P. Ruiz on Barrier to Inclusion in the Philippines Scenario

National contexts and policy: the role of health promotion in Asia and the Pacific-Selected Examples
Presentation by Remedios Paulino on Health Promotion as Equalizer for Vulnerable Groups and Women: towards the development of indicators
Presentation by Tian Xiangyang on Suggested health promotion indicators relevant to MDGs