ARF LEADER SPEAKS ABOUT WOMEN AND DEMOCRACY AT UN PANEL

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Mar 8th, 2010

UNITED NATIONS-A leading member of Armenia’s sole socialist party,
the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, spoke as a keynote speaker
on March 3 during a panel discussion, focusing on the global agenda
on women, organized by the Social International Women in conjunction
with the 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).

Maria Titizian, who serves as the Vice President of the Socialist
International, spoke about women in the CIS and their role in the
transition from Soviet communism to democracy. Her remarks came days
before the world celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8.

This year’s session of the CSW, began on March 1 and will conclude
on March 12. It marks the 15th anniversary of the UN-sponsored Fourth
Conference on Women in Beijing.

The SIW panel, hosted by the Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN, was
titled "Beijing +15 What Next?" It focused on the Beijing Declaration
of 1995 and featured many other distinguished speakers, from the
President of the SWI to the Greek Ambassador to the UN. Also among
the speakers was Valentine Berberian of the Armenian Relief Society.

Titizian’s speech to the panel, titled "Transition to Democracy:
Women in the CIS 15 Years After Beijing", can be read by CLICKING HERE.