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Friday, March 9
8.00-8.50 a.m. Plenary Session:
"Role of education and creativity in implementation of Gender Initiative Goals"
-1. “New Technologies of Education in Mountain Regions” Dr.Asylbek Aidaraliev,* Dr. Efim Malitikov,** Karpenko M.P.***, *Co-Organizer of the Conference, Director, Kyrgyz National Center for Development of Mountain Regions; **President, International Association “Knowledge”, Moscow, ***Rector, ContemporaryHumanitarian Academy, Moscow
-2. "Access to Higher Education for Female and Male Students from the Mountainous Regions: Case study of the Impact of the Kyrgyz National Scholarship Examination." Michael Curtis, Director of Program Development and Regional Director for Central Asia, American Councils for International Education (ACCELS)
-3. “CREATIVITY: Unleashing the Talents of Mountain Women” Ms. Candra Day, Member, Organizing Committee of the Conference, President, Vista 360, Jackson, Wyoming
9.00-10.00 a.m. Plenary Session:
"Mountain Forum & Mountain Partnership: Facilitating Community, Collaboration, and Change"
-1. “Mountain Forum: Information-sharing, Networking and Advocacy in Support of Sustainable and Equitable Mountain Development” Amy Krauze, Mountain Forum Officer, The Banff Centre, Mountain Culture, Canada
-2. “Promoting Sustainable Mountain Development in Africa: The Role of Mountain Forum and African Mountain Forum” Moses H. Duku, Elected Representative, African Mountain Forum on Mountain Forum Board, and Focal Point, Mountain Partnership, Ghana
-3. “Women's Role in Andean Biodiversity Conservation” Dr. Sonia Salas, Mountain Forum Latin America at the MF Board
10.05-12.30 p.m. Panel Sessions
Panel#4: Education of Women & Children
1. “Mountains and Connectivity: Challenges and Prospects for Education and Development” Garth Willis, PhD Student, Department of Education Policy, University of Minnesota
2. “Environmental Literacy and Awareness among the Women of Mountain Region of Uttaranchal, India: A Situational Analysis” Dr. Basant Kumar Tewari, Academic Counselor on Environmental Studies, Indira Ghandi National Open University, Almora, India
3. “ How College Students Can Change the World through Microcredit” Dr. Warner P. Woodworth, Social Entrepreneur/Professor, Marriott School / BYU, Utah
4. “Women of Kyrgyzstan in Transition Period and Media” Dr. Kuban Taabaldiev,* Cholpon Akmatalieva**, * Fulbright Scholar, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, **Visiting Scholar, Women’s Research Institute, Brigham Young University
5. “The Woman of the XXI Century and Information Technologies” Dr. Iskhakova Sarvar, Department of Economics, Samarkand State University, Uzbekistan
6. “Women’s Ways of Knowing, Learning, and Understanding: Educative Issues in the Classroom” Dr. Ellen Powley, Women’s Research Institute, Brigham Young University
7. “Dilemma of Education Reform” Baktykan Myrzakmatova, Ministry of Education of Kyrgyzstan
8. “Role of ICT in Enforcing Women’s Potential in the Mountainous Regions: Case Study of Kyrgyzstan” Dr. Kent Millington,* Zamira Djusupova,** Dr. Ulan Brimkulov,*** Alexey Semyonov,**** Dr. Baktybek Abdrisaev.***** , *Entrepreneur-in-Residence, School of Business, UVSC, ** ICT Component Coordinator, UNDP Democratic Governance Program, Kyrgyzstan , ***Fulbright Scholar, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, ****CEO&CFO, Advanced Language Systems International, *****Distinguished Visiting Professor, UVSC
9. “Descendants from the Inca Empire Regaining Their Heritage through Education” Sara Ulloa, Spanish Professor, Languages Department, UVSC
10. “My Experience as a Journalist in Afghanistan” Mrs. Safia Abdul Raziq, Bureau of RFE/RL in Afghanistan
10.05-12.30 p.m. Panel Sessions
Panel#5: Human Trafficking and Exploitation
1. “New Vulnerabilities for Mountain Women: A Different Light of the Greater Himalaya” Dechenla Sherpa, Gender Specialist, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, NEPAL
2. “Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan” Dinara Ismailova, IREX student from Kyrgyzstan at Carroll College, Montana
3. “Migration in Mountains: Problems of Women” Jatinder Kishtwaria, Sonia Thakur and Aruna Rana. College of Home Science, CSK HPKV Palampur, India
4. “Post-Soviet Gender Transformations in Mountainous Karabagh” Dr. Nona Shahnazarian, Kuban Socio-Economic Institute, Krasnodar, Russia
5. “A Historical Context for the Trafficking of Women and Young Girls for Prostitution in Modern Europe: 1950-2006” Dr. Kristine W. Frederickson,* Amanda Solomon,** *Women’s Research Institute, Brigham Young University, **Student, Brigham Young University
6. “Challenges for Women’s Life in the Mountain Regions of the Kyrgyz Republic” Pierre Padiukov, Olga Padiukova, International Mountain Institute under the National Center for Development Mountain regions of the Kyrgyz Republic
7. “Urban Poverty Among Mountain Raramuri Women: Fiesta y Familia” Lynn England*, Tim Heaton, ** MyrnaGarcia Bencomo,*** Gerardo Reyes Lopez,**** Brigham Young University,* Brigham Young University,** Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahau, Mexico***Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahau, Mexico****
8. “Empowering Utah Women: UVSC’s Turning Point Provides Life-Transforming Tools for At-Risk Women” Carol Verbecky*, Peggy Pasin**, * Director, Turning Point, Utah Valley State College and, * Program Coordinator, Turning Point Women’s Resource Center, Utah Valley State College
10.05-12.30 p.m. Panel Sessions
Panel #6: Leadership for Women
1. “Mountain Sisters, Gaining Local Legitimacy through International Partnerships” Gilles Rudaz, Department of Geography, University of California-Berkeley
2. “ Capacity Building of Women in Kyrgyzstan: an Example of International Cooperation” Jarkyn Samanchina, Bashat (Community and Business Forum), Kyrgyzstan
3. “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back of Gender Equality Achievement Process (sample of Kyrgyzstan)” Dr. Sairagul Matikeeva, International University of Kyrgyzstan, Department of International Relations, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
4. “Politics and Women in Central Asia and Kyrgyzstan: Perspective of Cooperation” Umetalieva Toktaim, President, Association of NGOs&NCOs of Kyrgyzstan
5. “Developing Leadership During Adolescence: The Experiences of Women University Presidents” Susan R. Madsen, Associate Professor of Management, IRB Chair and Administrator, Utah Valley State College, Leadership and Change Consultant
6. “The role of Kyrgyz Government in the Promotion of Women’s Rights” Aitkulova Elmira,* Umetalieva Toktaim,** *Senior expert, Department of Social and Cultural Development, office of the Prime-minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, ** President, Association of NGOs&NCOs of Kyrgyzstan
7. “Women’s Leadership for Sustainable Mountain Development: Experiences From Women’s Networks” Corinne Wacker, Bernard Debarbieux, Institute of Geography, University of Geneva, Switzerland
8. “Women, Leaders Up the Development Trail” Dr. John Shilling, Member, Organizing Committee of the Conference, Founding Partner, EcoLogica LLC
9. “Women in Leadership: Prospects and Challenges” Nilofar Sakhi, Fulbright Scholar, Founder, Women Activities and Social Services Association (WASSA), Afghanistan
10. “The Women Leaders of Alaska Native Corporations: A Brief Introduction to the Female CEOs of Multi-Million and Billion Dollar Organizations” Ms. Horton Terry Margaret, Consultant, The Foraker Group/Anchorage Community Land Trust, Anchorage
10.05-12.30 p.m. Panel Sessions
Panel #7: Students Presentations on Women’s Issues
2. “The Evolution of Women’s Rights/Civil Liberties in Afghanistan” Ethan Davis, Student of Cross-Cultural Psychology (PSY475R-002), Utah Valley State College
3. “The Rights of Women from the Mountains of Iraq” Tyler Nay, Student of Cross-Cultural Psychology (PSY475R-002), Utah Valley State College
4. “The Role of Women in Two Diverse Arab Cultures: a Widening or Closing Gap?” Jeni Anderson, Student of Cross-Cultural Psychology (PSY475R-002), Utah Valley State College
5. “The Rights and Treatment of Palestinian Women in Palestinian, Israeli, and Non-Palestinian Arab Cultures will be Compared and Contrasted” Julie Wilkerson, Student of Cross-Cultural Psychology (PSY475R-002), Utah Valley State College
12.30-2.00 p.m. Lunch and keynote address:
2.00-2.50 p.m. Plenary Session:
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