Conference

Conference Women of the Mountains took place on March 8 – 9, 2007 on the campus of Utah Valley State College in Orem, Utah, 35 minutes south of Salt Lake City (UVSC - www.uvsc.edu - is a school of about 25,000 students).
About Women of the Mountains Conference

With the participation of the United Nations and the World Bank, Utah Valley State College (UVSC) and the Kyrgyz National Centre for Development of Mountain Regions have established a conference to address issues critical to women and children of the mountainous nations. These nations are often impoverished and underdeveloped; their women and children suffer disproportionately from the existing conditions.

Conference is free and open to the public.

Instructions for Participants (PDF)
  Message from His Holliness Dalai Lama (PDF)
CONFERENCE PROGRAM (PDF) Greetings from the National Democratic Institute (PDF)
CVs And Data About Conference Participants (PDF) Greetings from Utah Governor Jon Huntsman (PDF)
  Greetings from the International Republican Institute (PDF)

Greetings from Arizona Governor Jane Hull (1997-2003) (PDF)
Exclusive Interview with Elena Bonner, Chairperson, Andrey Sakharov Foundation, Honorary Co-Chair of the Conference (QuickTime, in Russian)

 

Greetings from Senator Orrin Hatch (PDF)

Greetings from Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal (PDF)

Greetings from Senate Majority Leader of Montana Carol Williams (PDF)

Final Document of the Conference-
THE OREM DECLARATION OF MOUNTAIN WOMEN

Group Photo of the Conference Participants During the Kyrgyz Yurt Presentation
  Greetings from Congressman Chris Cannon (PDF)

Greetings from the Honorary Co-Chair of the Conference Elena Bonner (PDF)

Press-release of the office of the President of Navajo Nation, H.E. Joe Shirley (PDF)
 
CONTRIBUTORS
 

The conference utilized institutional support from:

-Asia & Transition Economies Unit, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN

-Mountain Partnership Secretariat, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

-African Mountain Forum, Mountain Forum Board

-North American Mountain Forum / The Banff Centre, Mountain Forum Board

-Latin America Mountain Forum, Mountain Forum Board

-International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

-Poverty Reduction Team, Europe and Central Asia, The World Bank

-Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State

-Embassy of Albania to the United States

-Embassy of Kyrgyzstan to the United States

-Embassy of Mongolia to the United States

-Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations

-Embassy of Turkmenistan to the United States

-The Office of the Governor of Utah

-The Office of the Governor of Montana

-The Office of the Governor of Montana

-The U.S. Attorneys Office in Utah

-Office of the Honorary Consul of the Kyrgyz Republic to Montana

-Office of the Honorary Consul General of the Kyrgyz Republic to Utah

-Office of the Honorary Consul General of the Russian Federation to Utah

-International University of Kyrgyzstan

-National Center for Mountain Regions Development of the Kyrgyz Republic

-National Democratic Institute

-International Republican Institute

-Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at John Hopkins University

-International Affairs and Diplomacy Office, Utah Valley University (UVU)

-The Utah-Russia Institute

-Office of the President, UVU

-Office of the Associate VP of Academic Affairs, Undergraduate Research and International Programs, UVU

-Office of the Special Assistant to the President, UVU

-Institutional Advancement office, UVU

-International Center, UVU

-School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, UVU

-College Marketing and Communications, UVU

-History and Political Science Department, UVU

-Behavioral Science Department, UVU

-Department of Earth Science, UVU

-Business Management Department, UVU

-Department of Multimedia and Communication Technology, UVU

-Foreign Languages Department, UVU

-Women’s Resource Center, UVU

-Sponsored Programs Office, UVU

-Information Technology Services, UVU

-Ragan Theater, UVU

-Sorensen Students Center, UVU

-Web Development Services, UVU

-Advanced Language Systems International

-American Councils for International Education (ACCELS)

-Certiport, Inc

-HLD Associates, Inc.

-Millennium Institute

-The Andrei Sakharov Foundation

-The Foraker Group

-Vista 360

-Women's Research Institute, Brigham Young University (BYU)

-Department of Political Science, BYU

-Harold B. Lee Library, BYU

-School of Social Work, BYU

-Sociology Department, BYU

-Master of Public Administration Program, Department of Political Science and Public Affairs Research, University of Idaho

-Department of Political Science and Women's Studies Program, University of Idaho

-Department of Geography, The University of Montana

-School of Nursing, Center of Excellence in Women's Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

-Department of American Studies, University of New Mexico

-Division of Health Systems and Community-Based Care, College of Nursing, The University of Utah

 
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