1.30 -2.35 p.m. Plenary Session:
"Implementation of the Goals of Gender Initiative: Diversity of Views"

-1. His Excellency, Dr. Alexander Sallabanda, Ambassador of Albania to the USA;
-2. Her Excellency, Mrs. Zamira Sydykova, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the USA, Member of the Organizing Committee of the Conference;
-3. His Excellency, Mr. Madhu Raman Acharya, Ambassador /Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations;
-4. His Excellency, Dr. Meret Orazov, Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the USA;
-5. Mr. Gonchig Ganbold, Consul General and Counselor of the Mongolian Embassy in Washington DC

6. “Women in the Mountain Societies of Central Asia” Dr. Frederick F. Starr, Chairman, Central Asia and Caucasus Institute, John’s Hopkins University, Washington, DC

2.40-3.00 p.m.Presentation:

“Modern Legislative and Executive Branch Responses to Human Trafficking” Brett Tolman, United States Attorney for Utah

3.00-4.50 p.m. Panel Sessions

Panel#1: Transmitting Family Values, Heritage & Culture

1. “Socio-Economic, Political and Gender Situation of Tribal Areas: Women of Sulaiman Range –PAKISTAN” Rana Riaz Saeed, Chief Coordinator, Development Advocates and Lobbyists, Karachi, Pakistan
2. “Men, Work and Parenting in Kenya” Lenah Boyani Kebaso, Intern at Winrock International Nairobi Office with African Women in Leadership, Agriculture and Environment (AWLAE-NET) Programme
3. “Impact of Pukhtunwali on the Lives of Women in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan” Samina Rehman, Visiting lecturer in Logic & Philosophy of Science, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
4. “Mormon Samplers: Teaching Traditional Values” Dr. Jessie Louise Embry, Associate Director, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, Brigham Young University
5. “Gender Analysis of Women’s Position in Enlarged Many-Generation Families of Tyan-Shyan Mountain: Districts of the Fergana Valley in Republic of Uzbekistan” Gulnora Ganieva, PhD, Senior research fellow, Institute of History of Republic Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences
6. “What are the Effects on Tribal College Student Attitudes and Performance of a New Mastery Based Instructional System: A Case Study of the Northern Cheyenne Women” Dr. Carol Ward, Associate Professor, Sachiko Jensen and Raechel Lizon, Master’s program, Sociology Department, Brigham Young University.
7. “Transmitting Culture by Preserving Women’s History” Lamb Connie, Women’s Studies Librarian and Adjunct Curator of Women’s Manuscript Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
8. “A Comparison of Women’s Rights Brought About by War and by More Peaceful Means in the Mountainous Countries of the Middle East and Central Asia” Dr. Robert F. Norton, Adjunct Faculty of Psychology, Utah Valley State College
9. “Individualist Trends in Collectivist Societies” Dr. Lia Tsuladze, Assistant Professor of Sociology at I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Currently Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) Fellow at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
10. “Jiddu Krishnamurti and a Social Theory of Violence” Dr. Jon Moore, Assistant Professor of Geography, UVSC

1. “Hidden Discomfort: The Right to a Denied Pleasure, Traditional Expectations and Current Needs” Michela Zucca, Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Italy
2. “Beyond Statistics to Stories” Donna L. Greenwood, RN,MSN, Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Carroll College, Helena, Montana
3. “Pregnancy, Child Birth and the Newborn: Neglected Issues in Mountain Communities” Ranju Pandey, Director, MSP Era (Pvt.) Ltd, Nepal
4. “Trailers, Pickups, and the Northern Pacific Railroad: Constructing Homes in Yellowstone National Park” Armstrong Melanie, Department of American Studies, University of New Mexico
5. “We are family… The Global Orphan Crisis” Jini L. Roby, Associated Professor, School of Social Work, Brigham Young University
6. “Women in Bolivia and Healthy Housing” Consuelo Fernandez Manchego, President-Founder, Asociacion Vamos Bolivia
7. Haplogroup-associated differences in neonatal death and incidence of low birth weight at elevation: A preliminary assessment. Joel E. Myres, BA, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Michael Malan, BS, Department of Microbiology, Brigham Young University, Joseph B. Shumway, MD, MPH, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Mark J. Rowe, PhD, Food Science and Nutrition Department, Brigham Young University, Erol Amon, MD, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University and Scott R. Woodward, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Brigham Young University
8. “Socioeconomic Environment of Women’s Life in Altay Region and Utah: Prospects for Cooperation Under the Umbrella of Sustainable Mountain Development” Irina Kratzer, Independent expert, Orem, Utah
Additional paper:
9. Anaemia in young girls: the silent killer of the Central Himalayas, Racha Singh and Vijay Shanker Choudhary, Documentary film-makers, India

1. “Empowering Rural Women for Sustainable Livelihoods Through Natural Resource Management in Garhwal Himalaya, Uttaranchal, India” Bhagwati Uniyal, V.P. Uniyal and Vinod K. Bhatt; Wildlife Institute of India
2. “Improving the Livelihoods of Women in Mountain Areas in Ghana” Rose Ackah, Executive Director, Women and Youth Forum for Sustainable Development (WYFSD)
3. “Women and Community-Building in an Energy Boomtown” Dr. David R. Wilson, Assistant Professor of History and American Indian Studies, Utah Valley State College
4. “Empowering Grass Roots’ Women in the Management of Agro-Enterprises: Reflections from Indian Central Himalaya (ICHR) Region” Dr. Anjali Bahuguna, Dr. M.C. Sati, Professor Economics, H.N.Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttaranchal, India
5. “Earthquakes and Social Vulnerability: Toward a Perspective on Women and Their Families in Mountain Communities of Central Asia” Jennifer Hamilton, Department of Geography, University of Montana; Sarah Halvorson, Department of Geography, University of Montana
6. “Wage Disparity and Other Women’s Issues in Wyoming” Teresa de Groh, Wyoming Council for Women’s Issues
7. “Impacts of Tourism on the Lives of Mountain Women from the Himalayas” Yankila Sherpa, President of the Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Association of Nepal
8. “Women and Modernization in the Lake Titicaca Basin” David Clark Knowlton, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology, Utah Valley State College

- Summary of the panel Co-Chairs about results of paper presentations

6.30-8.00 p.m. Dinner, keynote address

-The Governor of Utah Olene Walker (2003-2005)
- Presentation of the exhibition “Women of the Mountains” by Hermine Dreyfuss