European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development
Executive Committee Elections 18 April 2016, Berlin
CANDIDATES
PRESIDENCY
Portugal: Monica Ferro (EPP)
Sweden: Ulrika Karlsson (EPP)
VICE PRESIDENCY
Bosnia Herzegovina: Nermina Kapetanovic ( EPP)
Spain: Juan Carlos Grau (EPP)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:
Armenia: Arpine Hovhannisyan (EPP)
Austria: Katharina Kucharowits (Socialist)
Belgium: Petra De Sutter (Green)
European Parliament: Hilde Vautmans (Liberal)
Finland : Jani Toivola (Green / for re-election)
France : Edith Gueugneau (Socialist)
Georgia: George Tsereteli (EPP)
Lithuania: Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė (Socialist)
Macedonia: Liljana Popovska (Green)
Russian Federation: Natxo Raziet (One Russia/Conservative)
Switzerland: Yvonne Feri (Socialist)
United Kingdom: Baroness Ann Jenkin (Conservative) Candidates for PRESIDENT
Portugal: Monica Ferro (EPP)
Sweden: Ulrika Karlsson (EPP)
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
Portugal: Monica Ferro (EPP)
Dear Baroness Jenny Tonge, President of EPF
Dear Neil Datta, Secretary of EPF
I, Mónica Ferro, chair of the Portuguese All Party Parliamentary Group on Population and Development hereby announce my candidacy to the Presidency of EPF.
I’ve chaired the APPG since 2011 and had previously worked with the Group coordinating a study and participating in the Launch of UNFPA Swop Report, in the Seminars on “Human Rights at the Table,” organized by the APPG, as well as a member of civil society organizations.
Since 2011 I’ve made SRHR, Gender Based Violence, universal access to family planning, empowerment of women and girls, ending FGM, youth empowerment and maternal health the central part of my civic, political and parliamentary work.
I’ve participated in several major events of EPF, UNFPA, IPPF and civil society on the Population and Development Agenda and advocated for change and for the fulfillment of the Cairo PoA and also the Beijing Platform of Action in political speeches, op-eds, conferences, seminars, in Portugal and abroad. My CV shows how the Group has a very strong presence in the ongoing debates in Portugal.
Portugal has secured in the last years major advancements in this area and it is recognized as a country that is devoted to this Agenda. The recent election for the UN Human Rights Council, with a record number of votes, is a proof of this recognition. Also the fact that we were the first country in the European Union to rarify the Istanbul Convention shows the high level of commitment. In all these processes the APPG was involved.
Being a southern European country, we still face many challenges and understand, as many other European countries do, the difficulties in removing obstacles to a life in dignity for all. In these trouble times, this experience can constitute an added value to EPF.
We have learned the value of working, and learning, from the civil society organizations, with UNFPA, IPPF and we have profited immensely from the network, advocacy and experiences that EPF have provided us with.
The times ahead of us are not easy ones. Europe has lost the lead in many arenas, the Convention of Istanbul needs strong parliamentarian engagement so it can be efficiently applied as the strongest instrument against VAW and DV, the Post-2015 agenda is being finalized and this time we have to make sure that no one is left behind, the unfinished Agendas of Cairo and Beijing need to be transformed into perpetual compromises included in all public
policies and adequately funded, so monitoring ODA as to continue to be a core piece of our work.
Women, Girls, Youth and LGBT need to be the actors of their own development and this mean to empower them and to give them voice and rights.
There are many challenges ahead of us, but I believe we have the resources and the knowledge to overcome them.
With a special message to Baroness Jenny Tonge, to Neil Datta and to Ulrika Karlssom I put myself at your disposal to further develop my ideas and vision and to work for a world with more freedom and more dignity for all.
Lisbon, 1 April 2015
Mónica Ferro
Monica Ferro, Curriculum Vitae 2015
Mónica Sofia do Amaral Pinto Ferro Born on the 7th November 1972, Porto, Portugal Married, two daughters Lives in Lisbon Member of the Portuguese Parliament Lecturer at the Institute of Political and Social Sciences, University of Lisbon (http://www.iscsp.utl.pt/)
Academic Background Graduate diploma in International Relations (1995), Institute of Political and Social Sciences, University of Lisbon Master’s degree in International Relations (2003), ISCSP - UL PhD candidate with a thesis on “Security Sector Reform in Fragile States.”, ISCSP - UL Researcher at the Orient Institute, ISCSP - UL Senior Researcher at the Observatory for Human Security. Associated Researcher at CIEG – Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Center – University of Lisbon
Parliamentarian Activity, XII Legislature, 2011-2015 Vice President of the Parliamentarian Group of the Social Democrats Chair of the All Party Group on Population and Development (Rights, Equality, Health, Education and Cooperation) Member of the Executive Committee of the European Parliamentary Group on Population and Development Member of the Parliamentary Commission on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Liberties and Guaranties (alternate) Member of the Subcommittee for Equality Member of the Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities Committee (alternate) Member of the Defense Committee Member of the Committee on Ethic, Citizenship and Social Communication Member of the Working Group on Medically Assisted Reproduction
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Member of the Portuguese Parliamentarian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO (alternate) Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Guinea Bissau Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Timor Leste Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Georgia
Selected Legislative/Parliamentary work (only related to the Population and Development Agenda)
Law Projects / co-author
138/XII - Changes the Law n.º 32/2006, 26th July, that regulates the utilization of techniques of Medically Assisted Procreation 517/XII - Creates an autonomous crime on female genital mutilation 647/XII - Changes the Penal Code, to criminalize stalking and forced marriage 682/XII - Proceeds to the first alteration to the Law nº 14/2008, 12th march, that prohibits and penalizes sex based discrimination on the access to goods and services and their supply 769/XII - Reinforces the protection of victims of domestic violence, by changing the Penal Code and the Law nº 112/2009 that establishes the legal regime that applies to the prevention of domestic violence, and the protection and assistance to its victims.
Resolution Projects / co-author
635/XII - On the promotion of equality in labour for men and women
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Reports on Resolutions
Report that recommends that Portugal should join the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons; Report that approves the "Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part and the European Community and its Member States of the other part" signed on 23 June 2000 in Cotonou, altered for the first time in Luxembourg, 25th June 2005, signed in Ouagodougou,22 June 2010; Report that Approves the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted on 18 December 2002 at the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly of the United Nations by resolution A/RES/57/199, entered into force on 22 June 2006 Report that Approves the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 2008 Report that Approves the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, adopted in Istanbul, on 11 may 2011
Report on European Initiatives COM(2013)531 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Beyond 2015: towards a comprehensive and integrated approach to financing poverty eradication and sustainable development COM(2013)92 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A DECENT LIFE FOR ALL: Ending poverty and giving the world a sustainable future
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Selected hearings 2015-01-29 meeting with the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Gabriela Knaul 2014-09-16 meeting with a delegation from California’s Senate on the issue of LGBT rights and the fight against homophobia and transphobia, with the Honourable Ricardo Lara (Delegation Leader), Chair, Latino Legislative Caucus 2012-02-17 Working meeting with the Experts from GRETA - Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings aimed at improving the knowledge on the mechanism of intervention in the field of human trafficking as well as the Report Portugal presented on the matter 2013-05-21 meeting with P&D Factor – Association for Cooperation on Population and Development on the debate and construction of the Foreign Affairs Agenda for the Post-2015 2012-05-08 Meeting with Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr on Cooperation policy 2012-05-08 Meeting with Instituto de Estudos Estratégicos e Internacionais (IEEI) on Cooperation Policy 2012-05-08 meeting with the Portuguese Platform for NGDO 2011-10-11 Meeting of the Commission for Development and the Subcommission for Human Rights of the European Parliament with national Parliaments of EU MS, on the issue of Human Rights as a condition for Development Policy, Brussels 2014-01-14 Participation in a Workshop of the Project DivPol (Diversity in Political Parties Programmes, Organisation and Representation), organized by the High Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue, Portuguese Parliament
Interventions (short selection)
2012-01-19 On Medically Assisted Procreation [DAR I série 61 XII/1 2012-01-20 pág 62 - 63]
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2013-03-15 On the Prevention and Combat on Human Trafficking and the protection of its victims [DAR I série 67 XII/2 2013-03-16 pág 7 - 9] 2014-02-26 On the creation of a specific crime on Female Genital Mutilation [DAR I série 53 XII/3 2014-02-27 pág 28 - 29,33 - 34] 2014-07-08 On Gender Based Violence [DAR I série 103 XII/3 2014-07-09 pág 8]
Vote Declarations 2012-01-20 On the possibility of the enlargement of the list of beneficiaries of the techniques of Medically Assisted Procreation [DAR I série 62 XII/1 2012-01- 21 pág 48] 2012-01-20 On the possibility of assuring access to Medically Assisted Procreation Techniques to all women and regulation the surrogate gestation [DAR I série 62 XII/1 2012-01-21 pág 48] 2014-01-17 On the possibility to hold a referendum on same sex couples co- adoption and same sex couples adoption [DAR I série 38 XII/3 2014-01-18 pág 37 - 38] 2014-10-03 Congratulation for the Government of Spain to drop its intent on criminalizing the interruption of pregnancy [DAR I série 9 XII/4 2014-10-04 pág 45]
Votes 84/XII On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 158/XII Vote on the memory of women assassinated in the context of an intimate relationship 166/XII Vote of grief on the decease of Albino Aroso – the precursor of family planning in Portugal 215/XII Vote condemning the acts of Islamic State Jihadists 246/XII Vote condemning the violence and massacres by terrorist group Boko Haram
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Professional Experience Since 1997 Lecturer at the Institute of Political and Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, teaching courses on United Nations System, Organization of Humanitarian Missions, International Cooperation; Guest Lecturer at the Institute of National Defense, at the Military Academia, and at the Air Force Academia; From September 2007 to April 2008, Policy Advisor for Crisis Prevention and Recovery at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Brussels.
Publications More than fifty articles and book chapters on SRHR, Human Rights, Development Cooperation, MDGs, United Nations, State Building, Security Sector Reform and Timor- Leste.
Vigilante, A., Van-Langehove, L., Felicio, T., Ferro, M., Tavares, R., Delivering Human Security through Multilevel Governance, United Nations Development Programme, University of United Nations - Centre for Regional Integration, 2009, available in: http://www.undp.org/eu/documents/hsbooklet.pdf
Ferro, M. (2007), State Building, the UN Transitional Administrations, Lisboa, ISCSP (publ. in Portuguese)
Ribeiro, A.; Ferro, M. (2006), The United Nations Organization, Coimbra, Almedina (publ. in Portuguese)
Co-editor of a Study on knowledge and Representations of Parliamentarians, Technical and Political Decision Makers on MDGs 3, 4, 5 and 6, published in 2011, available in http://www.apf.pt/cms/files/conteudos/file/Direitos_ficheiros/livro%20roteiro3456_0 2_baixa.pdf
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Other Relevant information Member of the Administration Council of the Instituto Francisco Sá Carneiro; Vice President of the General Assembly of Benjamin Franklin Institute; Member of P&D Factor Association for Cooperation in Population and Development; Member of the Advisory Council of ILGA – Portugal; Face of the Campaign “Together Against Hunger” of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries; Member of the Editorial Committee of the Magazine Segurança & Defesa; Member of the Editorial Board of Globo Magazine; Auditor on National Defense; Founding Member and former Project’s Director of the United Nations Portuguese Association; Founding Member and Board Member of the Millennium Campaign in Portugal – Objectivo 2015; Founding Member of the Portuguese Association of International Law, an International Law Association Branch; Political and International Affairs Analyst at Portuguese Televisions; For 4 years (2007-2011) held a monthly column on the United Nations Regional Information Centre Newsletter During 2010 was a regular commentator for BBC Africa; Has worked with the GPPsPD (before being elected) namely in the presentation of the SWOP Reports, in several seminars and as the co-coordinator of a study on MDGs. Fluent in English (spoken and written). Speaks, reads and understands French and Spanish.
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2011 Launch of the UNFPA SWOP Report 2011 “People and Possibilities in a World of 7 Billion,” 26th October 2011
2012 Speaker at the Workshop on the National Strategy on Education for Development, in Partnership with the Fundação Gonçalo da Silveira, 17th February 2012 Speaker at the Seminar on Human Rights, Population and Development in a World of 7 Billion, Parliament, 18th April 2014 Speaker at the Seminar Voices and Faces: Art Supporting the End of FGM, organized by APF and International Amnesty, partners of the Campaign ENF FGM, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 23rd April 2012 Meeting with the Director of the Campaign END FGM, in the National Parliament 24th April 2012 Participation at the Fifth International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action (IPCI/ICPD), Istanbul, 23-25 May 2012 Chair of a Group Discussion on Maternal Health with Jill Sheffield, on the V IPCI/ICPD, 25 May 2012 Member of the Drafting Committee of the Istanbul Declaration, on the V IPCI/ICPD Inauguration of the Exhibition ‘Ending Female Genital Mutilation,’ in the Parliament, 31st May 2012 Meeting with EPF Secretary Neil Datta in Lisbon, Parliament, 27 July 2012 Meeting with Neil Datta and the new board of Camões, Institute for Cooperation and Language in Portugal, Camões, 27 July 2012 Speaker at the closing event of the IV Portuguese Conference on Demography, University of Évora, 13 September 2012 Speaker at the Launch of the SWOP 2012 Report, “By Choice, Not By Chance”, organized by APPG and APF, Parliament, 14 November 2012 Presentation of the Report Aid Watch 2012 – A Reading of the Portuguese Cooperation since 2003, Portuguese Platform for Non Governmental Development Organizations, Parliament, 20 November 2012 Speaker at the Seminar “Health and Gender,” Fundação Cidade de Lisboa, 21st November 2012
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Speaker in the Africa Regional Consultative Meeting for Parliamentarians on Population and Development, on representation of EPF, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2-5 December 2012
2013
Meeting with the Global Education Network Europe, Parliament, 19th February 2013 Presence at the 57th Session of the Commission on Status of Women, UN NY 4-8 March 2013, Parliamentary Delegation organized by EPF. VII Seminar “Human Rights at the Table” “Population and Development in the Foreign Affairs Policy and Post-2015 Cooperation,” organized by the APPG and P&D Factor, 14 April 2013 “Reflection on the future of Millennium Development Goals after 2015” Training session on “The UN: the MDG after 2015”, organized by the Department for Strategy and Planning of the Ministry of Social Security and Employment, 16 April 2013 Participation in the 3rd Women Deliver Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 28-30 May 2013, Delegation organized by EPF Speaker at the “Global Parliamentary Forum” at the 3rd Women Deliver, Kuala Lumpur, 25th May 2013 Meeting with a delegation from the Committee on Health, Education, Veterans and Gender Equality of the National Parliament of Timor Leste, 11 June 2013 Meeting with a delegation from the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of Mozambique, 24th July 2013 Debate during the Summer University of the Youth of the Social Democrats on “Co-adoption: yes or no?” Castelo de Vide, 30 Agosto 2013 Interview with Action for Global Health in the section “Talking to our Health Champions” http://www.actionforglobalhealth.eu/whats-new/news/detail- view/article/talking-to-our-health-champions-ms-monica-ferro-mp.html Meeting of the Steering Committee on the VI IPCI/ICPD in Stockholm, 19-20 September 2013 Speaker at the Conference “Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-2015” organized by the NGO PAR, with the support of CPLP, at CPLP, 25 September 2013
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Speaker at a debate on the launch of “The Alphabet of Development”, organized by ACEP with the APPG, Parliament, 9 October 2013 Speaker at the Celebration of the International Day of the Girl, at Café Martinho da Arcada, 11 October 2013 Speaker at the “Round table – the impact of the economic crisis and the demographic dividend” at the Seminar Youth and the Post-2015 Development agenda, organized by P&D Factor and the national Council of Youth, 19 October 2013 Speaker at the event on the Celebration of the International Day Against Poverty, Parliament, 22 October 2013 “Ending FGM: to know so we can act” in the ‘International Seminar Euro- Africa: Ending FGM,” Lisbon, 29 November 2013 Speaker at the Launch of the UNFPA SWOP Report 2013, “Motherhood in Childhood: Facing the challenge of adolescent pregnancy”, organized by P&D and the APPG, Parliament, 11 December 2013
Articles Published in 2013 “Why don’t we speak about human rights today?” – On Valentine’s Day the author recalls all the girls who are not allowed to choose a valentine or to decide whom to love and marry. In Publico, 14 February 2013, http://www.publico.pt/opiniao/jornal/por-que-nao-se-fala-hoje-de-direitos- humanos-26062117
“Female Genital Mutilation: Cutted Dignity” an article on FGM prevalence and its condemnation in several Treaties and Conventions. In Expresso, 15 February 2013, http://expresso.sapo.pt/mutilacao-genital-feminina-a-dignidade- cortada=f787161
“Equality and Violence at the UN”, this article was written from NY during the CSW. It describes the ongoing negotiations for a CSW Final Outcome Declaration and all the challenges in addressing violence against women and SRHR. In Público, 8 march 2013,
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http://www.publico.pt/opiniao/jornal/igualdade-e-violencias-na-mesa-da-onu- 26182381
“For a world that is fairer” interview on MDG, the post MDG negotiations and on the centrality of SRHR and Gender Equality. The Human Rights framework is considered paramount for all negotiations. In Diário de Noticias Magazine, 12 May 2013, http://www.dn.pt/revistas/nm/interior.aspx?content_id=3215642
“It Pays to Invest in Women” after Kuala Lumpur the author presents strong arguments to invest in women and girls, in the sexual reproductive health and rights, in addressing the unmet needs for family planning and for fighting violence against women. The economic dividend of having more empowered, healthy and educated women and girls cannot go untold. In Diário de Notícias, 29 May 2013, http://www.dn.pt/inicio/opiniao/interior.aspx?content_id=3244669
“Inequalities and the economic gains of gender equality”, in this op-ed the author quotes World Bank Reports to show how the world cannot neglect half of its educated population, how to invest in sexual and reproductive health can improve the productivity of women and of the whole-country. Against a background of economic crises the economic dividend of investing in women makes an appealing argument to be used by civil society and parliamentarians also. In Público, 2 June 2013 http://www.publico.pt/opiniao/jornal/a- desigualdade-e-os-retornos-economicos-da-igualdade-de-genero-26624697
“What it means to be developed” an op-ed on the Millennium Development Goals and the pragmatic and programmatic revolution they operated within the UN: for the first time there was an answer to the question: what does it mean to be developed? In Publico, 25 September 2013,
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http://www.publico.pt/opiniao/jornal/o-que-ser-desenvolvido-significa- 27143533
“And after 2015? High Intensity Global Challenges” on the Post-2015 Agenda and how development is paramount for security. In PACTA- ISCSP, September 2013
“Equality for All,” in the EU-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry Review, Sept-Nov 2013, pp.20-23
“On ending violence against women, on human dignity,” an op-ed on the 25th of November on the root causes and consequences of violence against women. This article also gives notice of the UNFPA SWOP Report and how “motherhood in childhood” is a violence against girls, In Público, 25 November 2013, http://www.publico.pt/sociedade/noticia/pelo-fim-da-violencia-contra-as- mulheres-pela-dignidade-humana-1613874
“To combat the pandemics,” in this article violence is described as a pandemic – using the words of UN Women Director – in Diário de Notícias, 25 September 2013, http://www.dn.pt/inicio/opiniao/interior.aspx?content_id=3551264&seccao=C onvidados
“Fighting violence against women in CPLP”, a focused article on ending violence in Portuguese Speaking Countries Community and on the Campaign against violence that was released to all CPLP. In SOL, 25 November 2013
“The framework of reference for post-2015 cooperation,” this article starts with the approval of the Millennium Declaration and visits the process of
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adopting the MDG; after a mixed balance on the outcomes the focus is on the ongoing process to build de SDG and the post 2015 Agenda. In Globo Magazine, n.º 2, September 2013
2014 Received the 2013 Rainbow Prize from ILGA, given to all MP who voted in favor of same sex couples co-adoption, 11 January 2014
Participation at the Public Hearing on “FGM and other Harmful Traditional Practices in the Post-2015 Development Agenda” organized by P&D and Camões, 6 February 2014
February: The APPG adopts a new logo that highlights specific areas of work: Rights, Equality, Health, Education and Cooperation
Participation at the Public Hearing on “Migrations and Development in the Post-2015 Agenda” organized by P&D, IMO and Camões, 27 March 2014
Speaker at the Parliamentary Hearing on the Unfinished Agendas of the PoA of Cairo and the Millennium Development Goals in the framework of the Portuguese Cooperation for Development: Sexual Reproductive Health and Gender Equality in the Perspective of Human Rights – the Contribute of Portugal to the Post 2015 negotiations. Organized by the APPG with P&D Factor. 28 March 2014
Following this Consultation, an APPG Fact Sheet on the Unfinished Agendas was produced and is being widely distributed.
“To born and to grow old in Portugal – the low fertility rate and the sustainability of the social welfare state in Portugal,” Institute for Accounting and Administration in Coimbra, 11 April 2014
“Sex and Politics 20 years after Cairo,” Pre-IPCI Conference organized by RFSU, Stockholm, 22 April 2014
Participation on the VI International Parliamentarian Conference on the Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, in Stockholm, 23-25 April 2014
Member of the Steering Committee Member of the Drafting Committee
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Speaker at the Special Breakout Session on Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) Chair of the plenary session on the discussion and adoption of the Stockholm Declaration on the implementation of ICPD beyond 2014 and the Declaration on Human Rights The Stockholm Declaration on the implementation of ICPD beyond 2014 and the Declaration on Human Rights were translated into Portuguese by P&D Factor and the APPG and are being distributed. Speaker at the “Conference: Peace, Fragility and Security –The Post-2015 Agenda and the Challenges to CPLP,” organized by the Students of International Relations in ISCSP, 4 May 2014
Press Release condemning the kidnap of 200 girls in Nigeria – 7 May 2014
Keynote speaker “The Post-2015 Development Agenda: New and Old Challenges,” in the Iberia Meeting on Municipalities of the Future, Efficient answers to new and old challenges, IMVF, Sesimbra, 8 May 2014
“Portugal, Africa, Europe: Development and migratory movements,” V Amarculturas, Amadora, 22 May 2014
Meeting with a Delegation from the Committee on Social Affairs of the Assembly of the Republic from Mozambique, Parliament, 5 June 2014 Speaker at the conference “From Cairo to Post-2015: health and sexual reproductive rights at stake in 2014” Meeting of Groups on Population, Development and Reproductive Health, Madrid, 9 June 2014 Speaker at a workshop on “Policy Coherence for Development and the monitoring of Public Policies,” National Assembly, Praia, Cape Verde, 16 June 2014 Meeting with the Committee on Human Rights, Gender and Citizenship from the National Assembly of S. Tomé and Principe, Parliament, 1 July 2014 Press Release on the 13th Session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals. The Group regretted the fact that the access to Reproductive and Sexual Health had been left out of Goal 3 – Leading a Healthy Life. The APPG called for its inclusion in Goal 3 – as well as in Goal 5 – Equality – and with measurable indicators, 7 July 2014
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Opening of the exhibition Too Young To Wed – UNFPA/Photo VII on early forced marriage, an initiative of the Campaign “Continuamos à Espera” with the support of CGD and Camões, 1 September 2014 Facilitator on a session on “The Post-2015 Agenda and Financing for Development: perspectives and challenges,” included in the ‘Day for Development’ organized by Camões, Lisbon, 15 October 2014. Speaker at the Forum on Education for Global Development, with the launch of the Peer Review Report of GENE (Global Education Network Europe) on the Portuguese National Strategy on Education for Global development, co- organized by the APPG with Camões. The Group was mentioned as a good practice on working with parliaments. 28 October 2014 “Women’s participation in political and economic decision making processes,” Training session on ‘The Challenges and Perspectives of women’s rights in today’s society,” organized by the Strategy and Planning Cabinet of the Ministry for Social Security and Employment, Lisbon, 4 November 2014 Chair of a session on “Preventing and eliminating Violence against women and girls,” on the Beijing + 20 – UNECE, Regional Review: Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls for Sustainable Development in the UNECE Region, 7 November 2014 Opening Speech on the VIII Seminar “Human Rights at the Table” Youth and Development – Global Challenge, with the Presentation of UNFPA SWOP Report 2014 “The Power of 1.8 Billion, Adolescents, Youth and the Transformation of the Future”, Parliament, 18 November 2014 Commentator/chair on a session on Female Genital Mutilation, in “Istanbul Convention: a Compromise, A Seminar on the preventing and combating all forms of violence against women and domestic violence,” III National Days on Violence Against Women, Law School, Lisbon, 19 November 2014 Speaker at the Conference on “The 25 years of the Convention on the Rights of Children”, in ISCSP, University of Lisbon, 20 November 2014
Speaker at a Workshop on “Good Practices on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence,” Ministry of Economy, Lisbon, 24 November 2014
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Moderator of a session on “The Sustainability of Development” in the Lisbon Conferences – Global Development, IMVF, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 4 December 2014 Meeting with Fatumata Djau Baldé, from the National Committee for Abandonment of Harmful Practices on the health of women and children in Guiné Bissau, Parliament, 18 December 2014 Invited Speaker at the PSVI (Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflicts) with Emma Hopkins, organized by the UK’s Ambassador in Portugal, Kirsty Hayes, Lisbon, 10 December 2014
Articles written in 2014
“The Unfinished Agendas” – an article focused on the unfinished agendas of Cairo, Beijing and MDG, on the challenges ahead and on the need to integrate these compromises into the next global development agenda, the post-2015 Agenda, in Público, 28 March 2014 http://www.publico.pt/mundo/noticia/as- agendas-inacabadas-1629973
“Portugal and the Unfinished Agenda” – article that aims to describe the position Portugal has assumed regarding the unfinished agendas of Cairo, Beijing and MDG. The article describes the political commitments Portugal has been assuming in international and national foras. In Diários de Noticias, 28 March 2014, http://www.dn.pt/inicio/opiniao/interior.aspx?content_id=3782691
“Population and Development after 2014: a personal statement from Stockholm” a op-ed where the author tells her impressions of the VI IPCI/CIPD, highlights the outcomes and celebrates the advances. There is also room for discussing the problems global forums face when trying to push for more
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progressive agendas. July 2014, in Pacta – an International Relations Students Magazine http://issuu.com/pacta/docs/pacta_edi____o_10
“Bring back our girls” – an op-ed signed by Mónica Ferro, Luis Montenegro and Angela Guerra on the abduction of 200 girls in Nigeria. The article is focused on girl’s rights and their violation. In Público, 19 May 2014, http://www.publico.pt/mundo/noticia/tragam-de-volta-as-nossas-meninas- 1636476
“Sexual Violence in conflicts under investigation” article that explores the outcomes of Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict on 10-13 June 2014, namely the International ‘Protocol on the documentation and investigation of sexual violence in conflict’. The author also explores the absence of SRHR responses in crisis response mission. In Diário de Noticias, 24 June 2014, http://www.dn.pt/inicio/opiniao/interior.aspx?content_id=3987758&seccao=C onvidados
“Less than 500 days to achieve development” – an article that calls the attention to the fact that the world has less than 500 days to deliver on the promises made in 2000, with the MDG agenda. A world with larger freedom – freedom from fear and freedom from want – was the promise, and now we have less than 500 days to fulfil it. In Público, 3 September 2014, http://www.publico.pt/mundo/noticia/menos-de-500-dias-para-garantir-o- desenvolvimento-1668395
“Forced Marriages, Denied Rights” a op-ed devoted to the issue on early forced marriage and the denial of human rights to the 39.000 children that are married every day. The articles draws from the captions of the exhibition too young to wed, to showcase how early forced marriages prevent children and
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girls to fully realize their potential and violates their fundamental rights, in Observador online newspaper, 10 September 2014 http://observador.pt/opiniao/casamentos-forcados-direitos-negados/
“The Geopolitics of values” – this op-ed explores the ongoing debate in the UNGA on the implementation of the Cairo Programme of Action and the alignment of states around this issues, showing clearly that there is a geopolitics based on values, that values such as SRHR, family planning are as relevant as realpolitik issues. In Observador, 23 September 2014, http://observador.pt/opiniao/uma-geopolitica-de-valores/ “Women Rights are Human Rights” – On the eve of Human Rights Day this article starts from the groundbreaking affirmation from Vienna 1993 that women rights are human rights to then show a World of inequalities: women in decision making processes, both political and economic, the prevalence of violence against women, the number of maternal deaths every day, the evidence from 39.000 early forced marriages every day, and other statistics that make the case against the desired university of human rights. In the end a call for action is made: it needn’t be this way. We can change it. In Observador, 9 December 2014.http://observador.pt/opiniao/os-direitos-das-mulheres-sao- direitos-humanos/ “The Promise of Human Rights in 2015” – on the last day of 2014 and just when Portugal is beginning its first term at the UN Human Rights Council, the author recalls the fact that because Portugal was elected with the best vote ever obtained by a WEOG Member State, this means a High degree of responsibility in the way the mandate is conducted. It highlights the Portuguese agenda and priorities for the UNHRC. The author shows how to end violence against women and the empowerment of girls are at the heart of this agenda. In Observador, 31 December 2014, http://observador.pt/opiniao/promessa-de- direitos-humanos-em-2015/
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Monica Ferro, Curriculum Vitae 2015
2015
“Political Perspectives on fertility II: The Political Parties” in Conference: The Problematic of Fertility in Portugal: a Social, Economic and Political Question, organized by APF, the Institute of Social Sciences, Institute of Public Policy, Foundation for Science and Technology and the University of Lisbon, 16 January 2015 Meeting with Camões on the European Year for Development, 5 February 2015 Visit to Guiné Bissau at the invitation of a Portuguese NGO. During the visit I had the opportunity to visit a number of hospitals and health clinics, to meet with representatives from UNFPA, UNICEF, EU and NGOs and Parliamentarians from all the Political Parties, 22 to 26 February 2015 Speaker in a thematic “djumbai” Communication on the work of the National Committee for Abandonment of Harmful Practices, with the Ambassador for the end FGM campaign in Guinea, Tchuma Bari, and the head of the Committee, Quita Djata, Bissau, 26 February 2015 Participation in an informal Tea and Coffee and Debate on “women’s economic empowerment and supporting women to achieve their potential” organized by the UK’s Ambassador in Portugal, Kirsty Hayes, Lisbon, 9 march 2015 “Policy Coherence for Development: the Post 2015 Agenda” Master Class at the University of Cape Verde, Praia, Cape Verde, 18 March 2015 “Policy Coherence for Development: Challenges to an active citizenship in Cape Verde” in a Seminar on Policy Coherence for Development: Results and Future Challenges, Praia, Cape Verde, 19 March 2015 Chair and commentator on a session on “Rights and Development in the Post- 2015” in the Conference “People, Rights and Development” organized by P&D Factor, 26 March 2015
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Monica Ferro, Curriculum Vitae 2015
Articles published until 1st April 2015
“History does not begin today” – an op-ed on domestic violence in Portugal, the new approaches and policies. 12 January 2015 in Observador, http://observador.pt/opiniao/historia-nao-comeca-hoje/
“Female Genital Mutilation is a crime” – on the International Day of Zero Tolerance on FGM the author refuses the religious and cultural justification, and calls FGM a crime. While describing the physical and psychological consequences of such a practice, she denounces it as human rights violence, as the ultimate gender based violence against women and girls and recounts the process of creating a specific crime on FGM in Portugal. 6 February 2015, in Observador, http://observador.pt/opiniao/mutilacao- genital-feminina-e-um-crime/
“A world with dignity, a future” – an op-ed on the European Year for Development and on what cooperation means and should mean: partnership not charity. In Diário de Notícias, 16 February 2015, http://www.dn.pt/inicio/opiniao/interior.aspx?content_id=4402922&seccao=Convida dos
“Here we save lives” – this expression that the author heard several time in Guiné Bissau opens an op-ed on the PIMI – Integrated Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Death in Guiné Bissau. The author also speaks about the work the APPG has been doing with Guiné Bissau for several years, the support from UNFPA, the UNFPA Good Will Ambassador Catarina Furtado and EPF organized study tour. In the end, the author says that when asked on what cooperation is all about – specially in the European Year for Development – one could answer that in Guiné Bissau it saves lives. In Observador, 25 February 2015, http://observador.pt/opiniao/aqui-salvamos- vidas/
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Monica Ferro, Curriculum Vitae 2015
“A country called hope”, an op-ed on the future of Guine Bissau and on the human potential of the country. The author highlights the fight against Female Genital Mutilation and all the work she has seen in the field of health, in Observador, 28 February 2015, http://observador.pt/opiniao/um-pais-chamado-esperanca/
Lisbon, 1 April 2015
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CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
Sweden: Ulrika Karlsson (EPP)
Ms Ulrika Karlsson, MP, Swedish Parliament
Party: The Moderate Party Title: Lawyer, Member of Parliament and Chair of the All-Party Group on SRHR in the Swedish Parliament Born: 1973
Ulrika Karlsson has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006 and is Chairman of the Swedish Parliamentary SRHR Intergroup. She is member of the EPF Executive Committee.
Ms. Karlsson has experience of leading large projects and handling sensitive negotiations. For more than two years Ms. Karlsson lead the project of IPCI 2014 in Stockholm. In Sweden she was the project leader and she fundraised 2 million euro. She represented EPF in the Steering Committee of IPCI 2014 and she co- chaired the Drafting Committee at IPCI Stockholm. The Stockholm Statement of Commitment and the Declaration on Human Rights was adopted unanimously by 250 MP’s from 134 countries. The Stockholm Statement of Commitment is widely regarded as the most progressive input to the ICPD review process.
In Parliament she has assignments concerning EU Affairs and Foreign Affairs. Within the moderate parliamentary group, she has had responsibilities regarding the Middle East and North Africa, Democracy and Human Rights.
Ms. Karlsson has a large international network. Since 2002, she has been a trainer with the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation, which aims to promote cooperation and development based on freedom, human rights and market economy. She has been training politicians – mainly women and youth – in Latin America, Central America, Africa, Asia, Europe and former Soviet bloc States.
Ms. Karlsson represents the Swedish parliament internationally in the parliamentary delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and in the parliamentary delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM). Ms. Karlsson is Vice President of the Executive Committee representing Women Parliamentarians from 166 countries. She has also been a member of Council of Europe.
Ms. Karlsson has a strong demonstrated interest in human rights and gender equality. For more than a decade she has been a voice in the public debate on the question on combating violence against women and oppression in the name of honor. Ms. Karlsson was involved in developing the Swedish Government’s
Action Plan for combating violence against women, violence and oppression in the name of honor and violence in same sex relationships.
During the 126th IPU Assembly in Kampala Ms. Karlsson participated in the Third Standing Committee’s work on democracy and human rights and was active in the forming of the resolution “Access to health as a basic right: the role of parliaments in addressing key challenges to securing the health of women and children”. She held strong statements on the importance of combating Maternal Mortality and was an active member in the drafting committee. All her amendments were successfully adopted by parliamentarians from 161 countries and added into the final resolution. The resolution is known to be progressive.
Ms. Karlsson has been a member of the Swedish Government’s Delegation for Human Rights Dialogue with the Indonesian Government. She has been a member of the Swedish delegation to parliamentarian dialogue in United Nation on reconciliation and peace negotiation. She has also been a member of the Swedish delegation at UNGA and the UNGA Special Session on the follow-up to the Program of Action of the ICPD beyond 2014.
Current and previous assignments:
. Member of the Swedish Parliament Riksdag- Regular member (2006 – current) . Chair of the Swedish Parliamentary SRHR Intergroup (2010 – current) . Member of EPF Executive Committee (2012 – current) . Ranking Member of the Committee on European Union Affairs (2012 – current) . Deputy member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2012 – current) . Deputy member of the Committee on Civil Affairs (since 2006 – current) . Chair of the Riksdag Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2013 – October 2014) . Deputy Chair of the Riksdag Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (October 2014 - current) . Member of the Riksdag Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2012 – November 2014) . Second Deputy Chair of the Riksdag Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (2010 – October 2014) . Member of the Riksdag Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (October 2014 - current) . First Vice President of IPU coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians (2014 – current, member since 2012) . Member of the IPU Committee to Promote Respect for International Humanitarian Law (2011 – current) . Deputy Chair of the All-Party Group on Human Rights in the Swedish Parliament (2012 – current) . Member of the Committee on Justice (2006 – 2012) . Member of the All-Party Group on HBT in the Swedish Parliament (2006 – 2010)
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Candidates for VICE PRESIDENT
Bosnia Herzegovina: Nermina Kapetanovic ( EPP)
Spain: Juan Carlos Grau ( EPP)
CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Bosnia Herzegovina: Nermina Kapetanovic (EPP)
BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA БОСНА И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА PARLAMENTARNA SKUPŠTINA ПАРЛАМЕНТАРНА СКУПШТИНА BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE БОСНЕ И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНЕ
PARLIAMENTARY GROUP FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Nr. 05/4-50-13-30-1/15 Sarajevo, March 26, 2015
European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development Brussels, Belgium Attn: Neil Datta, Secretary
Subject: Notice of constitution of the Parliamentary Group on Population and Development and the nomination of our member for the EPF Executive Board
Dear Sir,
Please be informed that new Parliamentary Group on Population and Development of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina is constituted on March 26, 2015. This Group continues the work since its foundation in 2004 till now and in the future, to promote the population policy and its development in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On today first, constitutional session, Dr. Nermina Kapetanović is elected as the Chair of the Parliamentary Group, (the House of Representatives, and Party of Democratic Action), Dr. Lazar Prodanović is elected as the first Deputy Chair (the House of Representatives, Alliance of Independent Social democrats) and Dijana Zelenika as the second Deputy Chair (the House of Representatives, Croatian Democratic Union 1990).
Dr Halid Genjac is also a member of the Parliamentary Group (House of Peoples, Party of Democratic Action). The Parliamentary Group is open for admission of new members, both from the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH and the BiH Federation Parliament and the National Assembly of the Republka Srpska. Dr Zijad Hasić is appointed as the Secretary of the Group.
At today's meeting, the Parliamentary Group has unanimously supported the candidacy of Dr. Nermina Kapetanovic for the EPF Executive Board. The Parliamentary Group considers that dr. Nermina Kapetanovic is capable, professional and competent candidate, not only for a member but for the Vice Chair of EPF as she possesses the professional (medical) and parliamentary experience so that she is very familiar with the work and issues of EPF as well as population policy and development so the Group nominates her for this position. Mrs. Kapetanović was elected into the House of Representatives at the elections in 2014 and can be at EPF disposal in the next four years mandate.
However, Mrs. Nermina Kapetanović was a member of EPF Executive Committee in the mandate 2006 -2010, so she has got experience in the issues as well as the operation and functioning of the
______Trg BiH 1, Sarajevo / Трг БиХ 1, Сарајево, Tel/Тел: (+387 33) 21 99 23, 21 99 24, Fax: (+387 33) 23 34 80 2 EPF. Mrs. Kapetanović has also been a member of the Parliamentary Delegation in the PA of the Council of Europe since 2010 and is going to continue her engagement until 2018.
Moreover, we would like to point out that Mrs. Kapetanović is a member of Sub-Committee for protection of human rights and the rights of children of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. She possesses other qualities as stated in her CV which we attach herewith.
In case you need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact the Secretary of the Parliamentary Group, Dr. Zijad Hasić, phone: +387 33 28 44 05, Fax: + 387 33 226 841 or E- mail: [email protected]
Respectfully yours,
Dr. Nermina Kapetanović Chair of the Parliamentary Group
- Encl: CV of Mrs. Nermina Kapetanović BIOGRAPHY
Name/Surname: Nermina Kapetanović Delegate in the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Address: Trg BiH 1, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: +387 33 284 438 mob: +387 61 104 962
E-mail: [email protected]
Date & Place of Birth February 27, 1962, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Education & Training Medical doctor, a specialist in anesthesia and resuscitation
University degree Graduate in medicine
High school Grammar school
University University of Medicine from 1980 – 1986
Masters degree University of Medicine - completed postgraduate studies in experimental medicine 1987 – 1990 Completed postgraduate studies in management in health care Faculty of Political Science, Sarajevo – completed postgraduate studies “Diplomacy in modern world” 2008 – 2010 CORNELL UNIVERSITY NEW YORK - certificate of successfully completed training in the field of anesthesiology and resuscitation UNIVERSITY OF CESVI ITALY - certificate of successfully completed training in pediatric resuscitation
Additional Specialization: Anesthesiology and resuscitation
Work experience: House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2014 House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2010 – 2014 House of Representatives of the Parliament of Federation BiH 2002 – 2010 Zenica Cantonal Hospital until 2003 Health Center Zenica 1987 – 1990
Foreign languages: English /fluent/
Activities in the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH
Committees: Chair of Parliamentary group for population and development, First Deputy Chair of the Committee for foreign affairs Committee for foreign and trade policy, customs, transport and communication Joint Security and Intelligence Committee on supervision of the work of Intelligence and Security Agency of BiH Joint Committee on Administrative Affairs Joint Committee on Human Rights, Rights of Children, Youth, Immigration, Refugees, Asylum and Ethics
Parliamentary Friendship Groups Group for West, Mid and East Europe
Parliamentary Delegations Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH in the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe Member of Sub-committee for protection of human rights and rights of children in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Three years membership in the Executive Committee of European Parliamentary Forum for population and development in Brussels
Additional information: Awarded for the humanitarian work in the city of Zenica US Department of State – Certificate on training in the field of policy Winner of special gratitude charter given by BiH Associations of disabled persons Winner of special Charter of Alliance of Independent Unions Winner of Charter of Civil War Victims in BiH Winner of Charter of BH miners
CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Spain: Juan Carlos Grau (EPP)
Country Spain Party POPULAR PARTY Government/ Party in Government Opposition Gender MALE Experience in Chair of the Spanish Parliamentary SRHR & EPF Group on Population, Development and Sexual and Reproductive Health since 2011
Participant to the Women Deliver Meeting, May 2013 – Kuala Lumpur
Participant to III IPCI, Istanbul 2012.
Participant to Philippines study tour organized by FPFE - 2012 Participant to Morocco parliamentary study tour - 2013 Participant to IV IPCI, Stockholm 2014 Participant to EPF parliamentary delegation to UNGASS 2014, New York
JUAN CARLOS GRAU REINÉS
Parliamentarian by Baleares Islands POPULAR PARLIAMENTARY GROUP
Born in Inca (Mallorca Island) on 31st of January 1959. Political Party: POPULAR PARTY
1995-1999 Coordinator of Planning of the Island Menorca Council 1999-2003 City Council of Ciutadella 2003-2007 Representative of the Institute of Business Innovation in Menorca
Academic background
Graduate in Law at the University of Barcelona and Les Illes Balears Course of International Election Observer for the Spanish Diplomatic School
Professional Experience
Chief of Bureau of Baleares Islands Government since 1985
Political position Parliamentarian on the IX and X Legislature
Spokesman of the Committee on International Cooperation for Development Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Member of the Defense Committee Member of the Committee on Internal Affairs Member of the Joint Committee for climate change Coordinator of the Parliamentary All Party Group on Population , Development and Reproductive Health Executive Coordinator of the Parliamentary Intergroup Hispano -Israeli friendship Candidates for EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Armenia: Arpine Hovhannisyan (EPP)
Austria: Katharina Kucharowits (Socialist)
Belgium: Petra De Sutter (Green)
European Parliament: Hilde Vautmans (Liberal)
Finland : Jani Toivola (Green / for re-election)
France : Edith Gueugneau (Socialist)
Georgia: George Tsereteli (EPP)
Lithuania: Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė (Socialist)
Macedonia: Liljana Popovska (Green)
Russian Federation: Natxo Raziet (One Russia/Conservative)
Switzerland: Yvonne Feri (Socialist)
United Kingdom: Baroness Ann Jenkin (Conservative)
CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Armenia: Arpine Hovhannisyan (EPP)
ARPINE HOVHANNISYAN
Tel.(mobile) :(+37491) – 34-99-66
E-mail:[email protected]
Yerevan, Armenia
EDUCATION
2000-2004 Yerevan State University Faculty: Law Degree: Bachelor 2004-2006 Yerevan State University Faculty: Law Degree: Master of Laws (LL.M) 2006-2009 Yerevan State University Faculty: Law Degree: Postgraduate studies/ PhD
WORK EXPERINCE
2003-2006 Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Division of Reforms of the Criminal Executive Service of the Judicial Reforms Department of Department of judicial reforms, Staff of the Ministry of Justice of RA Position: specialist of the first category 2006-2007 Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Division of Reforms of the Criminal Executive Service of the Judicial Reforms Department of Department of legal reforms, Staff of the Ministry of Justice of RA Position: leading specialist 2007-2008 Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Department of Examination of Legal Acts, Staff of the Ministry of Justice of RA Position: Deputy Head of the department May 19, 2008 - September 30, 2008 Staff of the President of the Republic of Armenia Position: Assistant to the Chief of Staff 2008 - 2011 National Assembly of the republic of Armenia Position: Adviser to the President of the National Assembly 2007-present Yerevan State University Lecturer at the faculty of law (courses: Roman law, civil law, intellectual property business law) May 6, 2012 – present Deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, “Republican Party of Armenia” member of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, member of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights, member of the Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, member of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination 2013-present
Member of the Armenian All-Party-Parliamentary-Group on Population and Development CONFERENCES January, 2008 Tsakhadzor, Armenia-“Gender education as a civic education and a factor in the formation of a democratic culture”.
18-20 November, 2013 Tokyo, Japan - “International Conference of Parliamentarians on Population and Aging: Toward a New Paradigm for Healthy Aging and Vibrant Economy” 23-25 April, 2014 Stockholm, Sweden - “2014 international parliamentarians’ conference on the implementation of the ICPD program of action” LANGUAGES Armenian (native), Russian, English, German
CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Austria: Katharina Kucharowits (Socialist)
MP Katharina Kucharowits Sozialdemokratische Parlamentsfraktion Dr. Karl Renner-Ring 3 A - 1017 Wien +43 664 885 40 919 [email protected]
Born on 19/09/1983, Mödling
© Johannes Zinner
Responsibilities Austrian Parliament, Member Group of Socialdemocrats in the Austrian Parliament, Member Commitees Commitee on Gender Equality Commitee on Family, Youth and Children Commitee on Science Commitee on the Austrian Ombudsman Board Commitee on Building and Construction Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs Subcommitee on Education Parliamentarien Groups Austrian Multy Party Group on Reproductive Health and Development
Education 2001 - to present University of Vienna Teacher accreditation programme Subjects of instuction: o Mathematics o Psychology and Philosophy 1993 – 2001 Realgymnysium Schwechat grammar school 1989 – 1993 Volksschule Rannersdorf elementary school
Party political positions 2012 – to present Vice Chairperson of the Austrian Socialdemocratic Party 2012 – to present Chairperson oft the Youth in the Austrian Socialdemocratic Party 2009 – 2014 Vice Chairperson of the Lower Austrian Socialdemocratic Party 2007 – 2013 Chairperson oft the Youth in the Lower Austrian Socialdemocratic Party CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Belgium: Petra De Sutter (Green)
Candidatur Petra De Sutter Ex Comm EPF 17 February 2015
Parlementaires pour les objectifs du millénaire Honorable Baroness Tonge,
Dear colleague,
In line with the decision of the bureau of the Belgian All Party Parliamentary Group ‘The Parliamentarians For The Millennium Development Goals‘, with this letter we propose for your consideration the candidacy of Senator Petra De Sutter for the Executive Committee of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development.
We are convinced that her candidacy is very solid as Mrs. Petra De Sutter has substantial experience with sexual and reproductive health and rights both in the academic field and in politics. She is also personally engaged in the promotion of sexual and reproductive rights.
We would therefore appreciate it if you could take her candidacy into consideration.
secretariaat c/o Sensoa v.z.w. President Building F. Rooseveltplaats 12 boîte 7 2060 Antwerpen T 03 238 68 68
[email protected] We remain at your disposal for any further information.
Yours sincerely,
Roel Deseyn, president, Karine Lalieux and Sabien Battheu vice- presidents
Vice-president
Bio Senator Petra De Sutter
Prof. Dr. Petra De Sutter has been designated by her party (Groen, ecologist party) as a Senator since 2014. Prof. Dr. Petra De Sutter studied medical sciences at the University of Ghent. Currently, she is full professor at the University of Ghent and Head of the Department of Reproductive Medicine at the University Hospital Ghent. As well as this, she is a member of numerous councils and committees, like the College of Physicians in Reproductive Medicine, the Accreditation Committee in obstetrics and gynaecology, the College of the High Health Council, and the Royal Academy of Medicine. She has written more than 280 publications in peer- reviewed journals, as well as chapters in books or
proceedings, and has (co-)authored more than 350 conference communications. As a transsexual, Petra De Sutter is for many people a role model in the transgender movement. Born as a man, she became a woman in 2004. Petra De Sutter is fluent in Dutch, French and English.
Parlementaires pour les objectifs du millénaire
secretariaat c/o Sensoa v.z.w. President Building F. Rooseveltplaats 12 boîte 7 2060 Antwerpen T 03 238 68 68
[email protected] CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
European Parliament: Hilde Vautmans (Liberal)
Hilde Vautmans
Overbroekstraat 1a 3800 Sint-Truiden 0478.66.28.32 [email protected] www.hildevautmans.be Curriculum Vitae Curriculum : #hildevautmans :hilde vautmans ° 2 may 1972 Partner of Semijejero KANEFU - mother of Amani and Sambo
Education 1994-1997: Master in Criminology, Magna cum Laude, KU Louvain 1990-1994: Master in Social Sciences, Magna cum Laude, KU Louvain 1984-1990: Heilig Graf Instituut Sint-Truiden, Latin-Mathematics
Professional National Level 2015 - Member of the European Parliament Full Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence and the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Substitute Member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly 2011-2014: Secretary General Open Vld Group in the Belgian House of Representatives 2003-2010: Member of the Belgian House of Representatives 2009-2010: President Open Vld Group in the Belgian House of Representatives 2007-2009: President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Belgian House of Representatives 10 June 2007: Member of Parliament: Member of the Committees Foreign Affairs, Defence, Military Procurement, European Affairs and Rules 18 mei 2003: Member of Parliament: Member of the Committees Defence, Infrastructure, Military Procurement an Rules and of the parliamentary inquiry commission Sects. 2000-2003: Office Prime Minister Guy VERHOFSTADT Junior adviser responsible for defence, external aid and cooperation, equal chances and relations with the parliament. 1999-2000: Office Minister of Telecommunications, Public Companies and -Participations. Junior adviser responsible for Foreign Affairs, Defence and External Aid and Cooperation 1996-1999: Adviser Open VLD Group Belgian Senate Adviser Senators V. VAUTMANS and S. GORIS on Senate Committee Foreign Affairs Adviser Senator G. VERHOFSTADT, Ruanda Commission
Local Level 2013: City of Sint-Truiden: Alder Woman for Youth, Tourism, Environment, Agriculture and Fruit, Military Affairs 2006-2011: City of Hasselt: City Councillor and President of the City Council 2000-2002: City of Wellen: Group Leader VLD in the City Council
Open Vld 2015- : Political Secretary Open Vld Vrouwen 2011-2014: President Open Vld Vrouwen 2008-2014: International Secretary Open Vld 2008-2009: Second Vice-President Open Vld 2004-2008: Political Secretary Open Vld 2004- : Member of the Board of Open Vld
European Parliamentary Forum 2006: Member of the Executive Committee 2009-2010: President
Hobbies Horseback riding - Passion for Africa - Travelling - Cooking
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CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Finland: Jani Toivola (Green/for re-election)
To the Executive Council of the EPF
This is to let you know that I support Hon Jani Toivola’s, MP, candidacy as member of the Executive Committee of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development and have asked Ms. Hilkka Vuorenmaa, Secretary of the Finnish APPG to sign the letter of nomination on my behalf as for technical reasons I am not able to do it.
With best regards,
Ilkka Kantola, MP
Social Democratic Party
Vice-Chair of the Finnish APPG
Mr. Jani Toivola, Member of Parliament, the Greens of Finland
Jani Toivola was elected to the Parliament of Finland in 2011 as a candidate of the Greens. He is a member of the Parliamentary Employment and Equality Committee and the Legal Affairs Committee. He is the Chair of the Finnish All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population and Development, Vice- chair of the Finnish All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Rights, Member of the Finnish Refugee Council and Chair of the Board of the Finnish HIV Foundation.
In his work as a Parliamentarian he is focused on human rights and development issues, puts emphasis especially on health and wellbeing of children and adolescents. He is very committed to promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights and is a strong spokesperson for equal rights for same sex marriage, adoption rights and gay rights overall. He is the first black MP in the whole of Scandinavia.
CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
France: Edith Gueugneau (Socialist)
Neil Datta, EPF Secretary European Parliamentary Forum On Population and Development 23 Rue Montoyer 1000 Brussels
Paris, November 12th 2014
Candidacy of Mrs. Édith Gueugneau for Executive Committee Elections of EPF.
Dear EPF Council members, Dear Mr. Datta,
As chair of the National Assembly Delegation on Women Rights and Equal Opportunities between Women and Men, I have the honor to recommend the EPF Council to consider the candidacy of honorable Mrs. Édith Gueugneau as a member of the Executive Committee of EPF.
The commitment and action of Mrs. Édith Gueugneau to our delegation for women’s rights, the gender equality and health issues and sexual and reproductive health and rights, naturally lead me to nominate Mrs. Gueugneau for this candidacy.
Please find here-attached the curriculum vitae of Mrs. Gueugneau
Looking forward cooperating with you in the future. Sincerely
Mrs. Catherine Coutelle,
MP Chair of the National Assembly Delegation on women's rights and Equal opportunities between women and men. 126, rue de l’Université – 75355 Paris cedex 07 SP, France
ÉDITH GUEUGNEAU
Member of the French National Assembly (14th legislature) Constituency: Saône-et-Loire (2nd Electoral District) Parliamentary Group : Socialist, Republican & Citizen
Born in Bourbon-Lancy (Saône-et-Loire) June 7, 1953 Political Party : SOCIALIST PARTY
National Assembly Member of the Committee on National Defense and Armed Forces Member of the Delegation on Women Rights and Equal Opportunities between Men and Women Member of the Study Group on International Gender Issues and Women Rights
Local mandates Mayor of Bourbon-Lancy President of the Community of Municipalities “Between Somme and Loire”
Professional Experience Health worker (Pharmacy Technician)
Various Vice-President of the Burgundy Regional Committee for Tourism
Titel Hon. Ms First/Last Name Edith Gueugneau Function Member of Parliament Country France Party Socialist Party Government/Opposition Party in Government Gender FEMALE Experience in SRHR & EPF Member of the National Assembly Delegation on Women Rights and Equal Opportunities between Women and Men Member of the National Assembly Study Group on International Gender Issues and Women’s Rights Member of the EPF Delegation to the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly, New York – September 2012
CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Georgia: George Tsereteli (EPP)
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27/03/2OLs Tbilisi,Georgia
To:Secretary General of the EuropeanParliamentary Forum on Populationand Development(EPF)
DearMr. Datta,
On behalfof our parliamentarygroup we are pleasedto nominateMr. George Tsereteli as a member of the executivecommittee of EPF.We know that Mr. Tsereteliis longstanding member of the organization.He hasbeen a memberof the executivecommittee, Vice-Presidentand Presidentbf EPF,he carrieshuge experiencein the field.
As a distinguishedmember of GeorgianParliament he promotedpopulation related issues,especially SRHR issues and MDGsduring many years. Currently, he is serving as a Vice Chairmanof the Healthcareand SocialAffairs Committee of Georgian Parliament.He is on highlevel international positions as a Vice-Presidentof the OSCE PAand the Presidentof the EPPand like-mindedgroup of OSCEPA, which would be usefulfor the EPF.
We hopethat your organizationmembers will supportMr. GeorgeTsereteli as a memberof executivecommittee of EPF.
Lookingforward cooperating with you in the future.
Sincerely, r MikheilMachavariani, MP t IftJJ^ ",-c
ChioraTaktakishvili, MP
DavidDarchiashvili, MP
George Tsereteli , Member of Parliament of Georgia, Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly . Medical doctor and lawyer, started his political career in 1995, after several years of working as practicing neurologist and having private business. He served as a Vice-Mayor of Tbilisi Municipality, leader of the faction in the City Council.
. Since 1999 was elected in the Parliament of Georgia and held the positions of Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy and Self Governance, Chairman of Committee on Healthcare and Social Issues, Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia and Acting Chairman of the Parliament . in 2004 he has been appointed as Minister of health and social affairs and Deputy Prime –minister.
George Tsereteli served as a Vice-President and President of the European parliamentary forum on population development (EPF) in 2006-2012. Recently he was elected as a President of the EPP and Likeminded Group In the OSCE PA.
George (Gigi) Tsereteli (born February 23, 1964, Tbilisi, Georgia) is a member of the Parliament of Georgia. He is married, with two children.
Education 2005 - Boston University School of Public Health, Economics and Financing for International Health – Certificate; 1995 - 2000: Tbilisi State University, School of Law – LLM; 1987–1989: Institute of the Clinical and Experimental Neurology, Residency – MD (Neurologist); 1986 - 1987: Tbilisi Central Republican Hospital-Internship; 1980–1986: State Medical University, School of Medicine; 1970–1980: Tbilisi N55 Secondary School; 1970–1977: Tbilisi N8 Musical School.
Career 2012 - present: MP, VIII Parliament of Georgia. Vice-Chairman, Committee on Healthcare and Social Affairs. Foreign Affairs Committee member; 2012 - present: Vice-President, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly; 2014 - present: President of the EPP an like-minded group in the OSCE PA; 2011-2013: European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (EPF)- President; 2009-2011: European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (EPF)- Vice- President; 2008-2012: MP, VII Parliament of Georgia, Deputy Chairman; 2004-2008:MP, VI Parliament of Georgia, Member of Parliament of Georgia (Mtatsminda N1 Constituency), Parliament of Georgia Committee on Healthcare and Social Issues – Chairman; 2004 / 02 – 05: Minister of Labor, Health and Social Protection of Georgia, Deputy Prime- Minister; 2003 / 11 – 2004 / 01: Acting Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia; 2000 / 02 – 2004 / 01: Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia; 1999 / 11 – 2000 / 02: MP, V Parliament of Georgia, Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy and Self-Governance; 1998 / 10 – 1999 / 11: Member of Tbilisi City Council, Chairman of the Majority Faction; 1996–1998: Tbilisi Municipality, Vice-Mayor; 1995 / 04 – 1995 / 10: Tbilisi Municipality, First Deputy Chairman of the Department of Social Affairs 1995–1996: Governor of Tbilisi Vake District 1993–1995: Private Business 1989–1993: Hospital of the Clinical and Experimental Neurology, Neurologist, MD
Membership Member – Political Council of the EPP (European Peoples Party); Member- Executive Political Board of the “ United National Movement” (UNM) Party; Chairman of the UNM Party Council; Member of the Delegation to the OSCE parliamentary Assembly; President of the EPP and Likeminded Group In the OSCE PA; Member-European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (EPF); Member- of the USA Caucus in the Parliament of Georgia; Member- of the Friendship Group with Parliament of Sweden.
CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Lithuania: Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė (Socialist)
CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Macedonia: Liljana Popovska (Green)
E UROPEAN CURRICULUM VITAE FORMAT
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name Liljana Popovska Address 11 Oktomvri / 10 Telephone +389 23 22 41 50 Fax +389 23 22 41 50 E-mail [email protected]
Nationality at birth Macedonian Present nationality Macedonian
Date of birth [ Day, month, year ] 24 May 1956 Place of birth PRILEP
Sex Male □ Female x
Marital status Single □ Married x Widowed □ Divorced □ Separated □
WORK EXPERIENCE
• Dates (from – to) September 2002 - March 2015 • Name and address of employer Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia • Type of business or sector Politics • Occupation or position held Member of the Parliament, Green • Main activities and responsibilities - Vice-President, October 2002 - December 2004 - Chair, Committee for equal opportunity of women and men, 2006 - 2015 - Coordinator/Member, Inter-Parliamentary Group for People with Disability, 2003 - 2006 / 2006 - 2015 - Member, Women's Parliamentary Club, 2003 - 2014 - Member, Green Lobby, 2007 - 2014 - Member, Inter-party Parliamentary Group on HIV, 2012 - 2015 - Member, Committee for International Affairs, 2002 - 2015 - Member/Deputy Chair, Committee for European Integration, 2006 - 2015 - Member/Deputy Member, Interparliamentary Committee with EU, 2008 - 2015 - Chair, Group for friendship with Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, 2006 - 2015 - Member, Group for friendship with Poland, 2002 - 2015 - Member, Group for friendship with Israel, 2006 - 2014 - Member, Group for friendship with Slovenia, 2002 - 2008, 2014 - 2015
• Dates (from – to) 1999 - 2002 • Name and address of employer Mayor of Skopje
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• Type of business or sector Management • Occupation or position held Advisor of the Mayor of Skopje on Planning and Development • Main activities and responsibilities Coordination of programs and projects with NGO-s and international cooperation
• Dates (from – to) 1998 - 1999 • Name and address of employer Ministry for Development • Type of business or sector Politics • Occupation or position held Deputy Minister for Development • Main activities and responsibilities Coordination of the programs and projects in public investments, industrial policy, innovations, technological development, international cooperation
• Dates (from – to) 1996 - 1998 • Name and address of employer Council of Skopje Municipality • Type of business or sector Politics • Occupation or position held Councilor in the City Council • Main activities and responsibilities Coordinator of the political group, negotiation with other parties
• Dates (from – to) 1993 - 1998 • Name and address of employer Private firm • Type of business or sector Trade and tourism • Occupation or position held Manager • Main activities and responsibilities Responsible for managing
• Dates (from – to) 1982 - 1993 • Name and address of employer Pharmaceutical Chemical Company ALKALOID • Type of business or sector Research and development / Marketing • Occupation or position held Independent researcher • Main activities and responsibilities Research and synthesis of drugs, medicals and food supplements; Awards for innovations
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• Dates (from – to) 1974 - 1984 • Name and type of organization University Sv. Kiril and Metodij / Faculty for Technology and Metallurgy providing education and training • Principal subjects/occupational Organic Chemistry, Chemical Synthesis of Drugs skills covered • Title of qualification awarded Master of Science in technical sciences, Engineer of organic technology • Level in national classification (if appropriate)
PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
MOTHER TONGUE Macedonian
OTHER LANGUAGES
[ Indicate level: excellent, good, basic. ] [ Specify language ] Macedonian English Slovenian • Reading skills excellent excellent excellent • Writing skills excellent excellent good • Verbal skills excellent excellent excellent
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SOCIAL SKILLS Strong interpersonal and communications skills gained by living and working in a multicultural environment, various projects and activities. Capable of easy adjustment, flexibility and AND COMPETENCES willingness for continuous improvement. .
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS Demonstrated organizational skills, proved teamwork but also ability to work and act independently. AND COMPETENCES
DRIVING LICENCE(S) B Category
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CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Russian Federation: Natxo Raziet (One Russia/Conservative)
РЕЗЮМЕ
Натхо Разиет Хамедовна
Мобильный телефон: 8-985-765-20-91 Рабочий телефон: +7 (495) 692-20-35, +7 (495) 692-73-43 (факс) E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Дата рождения: 05.01.1961 г.
Образование: Год окончания Учебное заведение 1988 г. Кубанский государственный университет, Специальность: "Юриспруденция"
1992 г. Северо-Кавказский социально-политический институт Специальность: "Социология"
1996 г. Ростовский государственный университет, Специальность: "Социальная работа"
2011 г. Российская академия народного хозяйства и государственной службы при Президенте Российской Федерации Специальность: "Управление в сфере здравоохранения" Опыт работы (за последние 10 лет): декабрь 2011 г. Депутат Государственной Думы Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации по н.вр. VI созыва, член Комитета ГД по охране здоровья
март 2009 г. - Министр здравоохранения Республики Адыгея декабрь 2011г.
май 2003 г. - Директор ФГУП «Ставропольское ПрОП» февраль 2009 г. Минздравсоцразвития Российской Федерации
Общественная деятельность:
Член Постоянной комиссии по социальной политике и правам человека Межпарламентской Ассамблеи государств – участников СНГ (МПА СНГ); Член правления Союза женщин Республики Адыгея; Член общественного Совета при следственном управлении Следственного комитета Российской Федерации по Республике Адыгея; Член научно-консультативного Совета Адвокатской палаты Республики Адыгея.
Государственные награды, знаки отличия:
1998 г. Почетное звание «Заслуженный работник социальной защиты населения Российской Федерации»
Дополнительная информация:
Имею опыт работы по подготовке нормативно-распорядительных актов, методических материалов. По роду деятельности была связана с подготовкой и проведением семинаров, конференций и различных масштабных мероприятий. Владею методиками анализа, стратегического планирования по вопросам общественного здоровья, организации здравоохранения, включая материнское и детское здоровье, охрану репродуктивного здоровья. CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Switzerland: Yvonne Feri (Socialist)
To: European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development Neil Datta, EPF Secretary 23 Rue Montoyer 1000 Brussels
CAIRE+ Co-Présidence : Yvonne Gilli, Conseillère nationale SG Groupe parlementaire Yvonne Feri, Conseillère nationale AG
Berne, March 30th 2015
Candidacy for Executive Committee Elections 2015 of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development
Dear Secretary of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development Neil Datta
Hereby, the Swiss parliamentary group CAIRE+ is nominating Yvonne Feri as candidate for the Executive Committee Elections 2015 of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development. We highly recommend Yvonne Feri as member of the Executive Committee of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development, since she has been involved in promoting the ICPD agenda as co-president of our parliamentary group CAIRE+ since 2013. In this function and as president of the Socialist Women of Switzerland, she has been actively promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights as well as gender equality and empowerment of women on national and international level. Details of her involvement are demonstrated in the attached CV. Sincerely yours
Yvonne Gilli Member of the National Council of Switzerland Co-President of the parliamentary group CAIRE+
Curriculum Vitae
Name: Yvonne Feri Nationality: Swiss Place of Living: 5430 Wettingen (AG), Switzerland Profession: Merchant Political Function: Member of the Swiss National Council Political Party: Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Contact: e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.yvonneferi.ch
Professional Activities 2007-2012: Executive director of the Teacher’s Association of Zurich 2007: Executive director of TERRE DES FEMMES, a Swiss NGO fighting against human rights violations on women and girls 2004-2006: Member of financial and administrative staff at the Swiss trade unions Unia and GBI
Political Activities Member of the Social Democratic Party since 1996 Since 2012: president of the Socialist Women of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Member of the National Council of Switzerland since October 2011 Co-president of the all-party parliamentary group CAIRE+ since 2013 and co- president of the all-party parliamentary group on women Since 2006: Member of the Council of the municipality of Wettingen, with management responsibilities for the health and social security related departments 1998-2008: Member of the parliament of the canton Aargau
Activities in political Committees of the Swiss National Council Vice-president of the Control Committee Member of the Drafting Committee Replacement member of the Committee on Social Security and Health
Activities in the context of ICPD and SRHR Co-president of the Swiss parliamentary group CAIRE+ since June 2013 Numerous political initiatives on SRHR as for example parliamentary questions and interpellations on topics like female genital mutilation, domestic violence against women, sexual exploitation in the context of human trafficking, the ratification of the Istanbul convention and the implementation of the ICPD programme of action in Switzerland, For all initiatives see: www.parlament.ch Vice-president of the alliance to defend access to safe abortion in the context of the national referendum in February 2014. Participation in the 6th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action (IPCI) in April 2014 in Stockholm.
Other activities Member of the Foundation board of SWISSAID President of Parent Education in Switzerland 2012-2013 Member of the steering committee of the Children’s Lobby Switzerland 2009- 2010 Member of the Foundation Board of the shelter for women in Aargau 2002- 2006, president from 2003-2006
CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
United Kingdom: Baroness Ann Jenkin (Conservative)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Hon Joint-Chairs: Baroness Jenny Tonge and Pauline Latham MP Hon Vice-Chairs: Richard Ottaway MP and Heather Wheeler MP Hon Secretary: Baroness Flather Hon Treasurer: Baroness Anne Jenkin
19th March 2015
Dear Neil Datta,
Re: EPF Executive Committee nomination–Baroness Anne Jenkin, UK APPG on PDRH
The UK APPG on PDRH would like to nominate Baroness Anne Jenkin to the EPF Executive Committee.
Anne Jenkin stood for election as a Member of Parliament in the 1987 general election. In 2005, she founded, with Theresa May MP, the current UK Home Secretary of State, Women2Win, a campaign to increase the number of female Conservative MPs.
In January 2011 she was created a life peer as Baroness Jenkin of Kennington, of Hatfield Peverel in the County of Essex. She sits on the Conservative benches.
She co-chairs Conservative Friends of International Development with the Rt Hon. Stephen O’Brien MP and is now the treasurer of the UK APPG on PDRH, after joining the Group in 2011.
Anne Jenkin participated in the Group’s study tour to Myanmar in 2013 and is an active and outspoken supporter of family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights. She also spoke in favour of equal marriage in 2013.
Yours sincerely,
Baroness Jenny Tonge Chair APPG on PDRH
Parliamentary and Policy Advisor: Ann Mette Kjaerby Little College Street, Room 103, Fielden House, House of Lords, Westminster, London SW1P 3SH T: +44 (0) 207 2194827 Mob : +44 (0) 7791082036 Email : [email protected] Website : www.appg-popdevrh.org.uk
Baroness Anne Jenkin of Kennington
Biography
Baroness Jenkin became a peer in 2011 is recognition of her charity work. She is the chairwoman of both the Conservative Friends of International Development and the Sustainable Resource APPG. She is founder and co-chairwoman of Women2Win, an organisation which aims to encourage more women to become Conservative MPs. Baroness Jenkin has worked for the Prince's Trust in the past and represents the Albert Hall on certain matters.
As a member of the Lords, she has asked questions recently on AIDS and HIV, Millennium Development Goals, and development both related to health and poverty. In May 2011, she took part in the 'Live below the line' campaign, living on £1 per day for a week. She was elected to the Board of Trustees of UK Committee for Unicef (Unicef UK) in February 2013.