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Conference on honour-related conflicts
24th-25th November 2014
Draft programme
Monday, 24th November
11.30 – 12.00
Arrival and registration
12.00 – 13.00
Lunch
13.15 – 13.30
Welcome by Manu Sareen, the Danish Minister
of Children, Gender Equality, Integration and
Social Affairs
13.30 – 14.30
‘Honour-related conflicts’ – our understanding of
the term and the significance of this
understanding for the way we engage in
preventive work against honour-related
conflicts
by Mutya Koudal, Consultant at the National
Board of Social Services in Denmark
Danish initiatives and efforts on the prevention of
honour-related conflicts - an introduction to Danish
initiatives on dialogue-creation, campaigns, and
holistic approaches in vulnerable housing areas
of Danish cities
by Camilla Mariette Kronborg, Consultant at
the National Board of Social Services in
Denmark
14.30 – 14.45
Coffee break
14.45 – 15.30
Presentation on preventive strategies on state
level in Norway
by Eva Bjørn, regional coordinator, and Moussa
Masumbuko, minority advisor, at the
Directorate of Integration and Diversity in
Norway
15.30 – 16.15
Presentation on civil society efforts concerned
with attitude changing in young Muslim
communities in Canada
by Yasmin Hussain, Project Coordinator at
Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and
Integration in Canada
16.15 – 16.30
Rounding off the first day of the conference
19.00
Dinner at Hotel Scandic Copenhagen
Tuesday, 25th November
8.00 – 9.00
Breakfast
9.00 – 9.45
Presentation on preventive strategies and
attitude changing efforts in the Netherlands
by Danielle Kretz, Programme Coordinator in
Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment in
the Netherlands
9.45 – 10.45
Interactive session with a focus on reflection and
sharing ideas and experiences among
conference participants
10.45 – 11.15
Coffee break
11.15 – 12.00
Presentation on the involvement of civil society
actors in the work against honour-related
conflicts with a focus on the state level
by Juno Blom, development coordinator at the
County Council of Östergötland in Sweden
12.00 – 12.45
Lunch
12.45 – 15.30
Presentations and interactive session on the role
of civil society actors in the preventive work
against honour-related conflicts with a focus on
both the civil society level as well as the state
level
15.30 – 16.00
Concluding remarks and closure of the
conference