Seminar
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Objective:
The objective of the seminar is to facilitate and strengthen the interaction between government institutions dealing with policy plannning and women organizations as well as NGOs and practitioners. This interaction is important in view of their catalytic role in fostering changes, and to ensure a gender perspective is well adopted in all areas of the development process.
Session 1
Chairperson : Prof Madya Dr. Hajah Rosnah Ismail
Sekolah Psikologi dan Kerja Sosial UMS
Paper 1: Gender and Development: An Overview
Prof Madya Dr. Jariah Masud
Faculti Ekologi Manusia, UPM
Paper 2: Human Rights and Woman's Rights in Malaysia
Cik Azalina Datuk Othman Said
Puteri UMNO
Paper 3: Children, Abused Children and Children's Rights
Encik Roslee Hj. Abas
Sekolah Sains Sosial, UMS
Session 2
Chairperson : Prof Madya Dr. Hajah Rosdiana Hj Sukardi
UiTM
Paper 4: Aged and Elderly Women in Malaysia
Prof Madya Dr. Tengku Aizan Tengku Abd. Hamid
Institut Gerontologi, UPM
Paper 5: Single Mothers: Issues and Challenges
Puan Zainaba Shukor
Persatuan Ibu Tunggal Pantai Barat Selatan, Sabah
Paper 6: Quality of Family Life in Malaysia
Prof Madya Dr. Hajah Rosnah Ismail
Sekoloh Psikologi dan Kerja Sosial UMS