November 28, 2007. Plenary Sessions

Plenary Session V
Ministerial Roundtable on Primary Health Care

Renewing Primary Health Care Systems based on Family and Community Health Programs

This session discussed how to renew and strengthen the Primary Health Care Commitments, how to include the effective implementation of Primary Health Care in Local Health Systems, reorienting its approach towards health promotion and prevention with family and community participation and effective accessibility of services for all.

Moderator: Mrs. Alzira Guimarães - WFO Vice President for Technical Activities
Panelist: H.E. Dr. Zbigniew Religa - Minister of Health of Poland
Panelist: H.E. Dr. Maria Hortense Ferro Costa Marcier - Family Health Program of Ministry of Health - Brazil

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Plenary Session VI
Ministerial Roundtable on Domestic Violence

This session discussed the different categories of domestic violence such as psychological, physical, social, economic and sexual violence that occurs within the family, with a clear and comprehensive definition of domestic violence and the ways to counteract domestic violence.

Moderator: H.E. Mr. Awadh Al Raddady - Minister of Social Affairs - Saudi Arabia
Panelist: H.E. Mrs. Candida Celeste da Silva, Minister of Family and Promotion of Women of Angola
Panelist: Mrs. Miroslawa Katna - Chairman - Children Rights Committee of Poland
Panelist: Dr. Zbigniew Izdebski, Phd - Dean of Faculty of Education and Social Sciences at the University of Zielona Góra

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Plenary Session VII

Gender Equality, Poverty and the MDGs

This session discussed the concept that gender equality is not a goal in its own right, but an essential ingredient for achieving all the other MDGs. Some reflection were made on concrete mechanisms to strengthen domestic policies that aim to achieve gender and social equity by analyzing existing differences between women and men and by pointing out opportunities to overcome such inequalities, including the formulation of gender-responsive global policies.

Moderator: Hon. Mme. Saida Agrebi - WFO Vice President for Communication and Public Relations
Panelist: H.E. Saloua Tarzi - Secretary of State in Charge of Childhood and the Elderly Affairs of Tunisia
Panelist: H.E. Mme. Gisèle Madaila - Minister of Family - Federal Government of Belgium
Panelist: Prof. Magdalena Sroda - Poland
Panelist: Dr. Haifa Reda M. Jamal Allail - Dean of Effat College, Jeddah – Saudi Arabia
Panelist: Her Excellency Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko - First Lady of Ukraine
Panelist: Mrs. Jolanta Kwasniewska, Communication without Barriers Foundation - President