Day 1, Wednesday, 11- November 2009

 

8:30-9:00

Registration by the Amsterdam room

 

 

9:00-9:30

Welcome, introductions, and review of agenda

 

 

9:30-10:45

Advocate perspectives:  what is needed to advance sex worker rights?

 

 

 

Discussants:

 

Ruth Morgan-Thomas, Chair Member of the International Committee of International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe and Board Member of the Global Network of Sex Work Projects

 

Fatima Abdullah, Pink Triangle Foundation, Malaysia and board member of the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers

 

Matt Greenall, Consultant and author of background briefing note

 

 

 

Moderator:  Shalini Nataraj, Vice President of Programs, Global Fund for Women

 

 

10:45-11:15

Break

 

 

11:15-12:30

Donor perspectives:  what is needed to advance sex worker rights?

 

 

 

Discussants:

 

Annie Hillar, Director of Programs, Mama Cash

 

Anne Gathumbi, Program Director, OSI East Africa

 

Adriana Ermoli, Senior Program Officer, American Jewish World Service

 

 

 

Moderator:  Irene Keizier, Programme Manager:  Gender, Women and Development, AIDS Fonds

 

 

12:30-13:30

Lunch

 

 

13:30-13:45

Recap of themes from the morning

 

 

13:45-15:00

Group discussions: Opportunities and priorities for funding

 

 

15:00-15:30

Break

 

 

15:30-16:15

Deepening and sharpening the discussion

 

 

16:15-16:45

Summary observations

 

 

16:45-17:00

Closing

 

 

18:00-19:30

Prostitution Information Center (PIC) Red Light District Tour

 

Those interested should meet at the hotel lobby at 18:00; the site is a 10 minute walk from the hotel.

 

 

20:00-22:30

Dinner at the Boat Lovers

 

Those attending the tour will go directly to the dinner; the others should meet at the hotel lobby at 19:15.

 

 

Day 2, Thursday, 12- November 2009

 

 

9:00-9:30

Recap from yesterday and overview of day’s objectives and expectations

 

 

9:30-10:30

Defining parameters for collaboration

 

Building from the first day’s discussion:

 

What common priority areas and actions are people interested in supporting together?

 

Given financial constraints and commitments, what resources might be available for collaboration?

 

 

10:30-11:00

Break

 

 

11:00-12:30

Defining specifics of collaboration

 

 

 

In plenary or in working groups, participants to discuss specifics, such as:

 

- specific priorities

 

- target (and minimum) threshold of investment

 

- timing (i.e. time-bound or open-ended) and goals

 

- possible mechanism

 

- possible next-step process

 

 

12:30-13:30

Lunch

 

 

13:30-15:30

Plenary discussion of collaboration mechanism

 

To be structured according to the needs of the group

 

 

15:30-16:15

Next steps