Speeches from Commonwealth Foundation staff and representatives at the Commonwealth People's Forum 2011.
25 October
Opening Ceremony
Hon. Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister of Australia
Madam Simone de Comarmond, Commonwealth Foundation Chair
26 October
Opening Plenary
Ingrid Srinath, Secretary General, CIVICUS
Phiroshaw Camay, Chair, Commonwealth Civil Society Advisory Committee
Workshops
GENDER AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS
Hon Kate Ellis MP, Minister for the Status of Women, Australia
Ms Oley Dibba-Wadda, Executive Director, Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), Kenya - Keynote address
Dr Sylvia Anie, Director, Social Transformation Programmes Division, Commonwealth Secretariat
Esther Eghobamien, Head, Gender Section, Social Transformation Programmes Division, Commonwealth Secretariat
Doris Bingley, Hon General Secretary, National Council of Women, Malta
Mary Okumu, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Migration Plenary
Jill Iliffe, Executive Secretary, Commonwealth Nurses Federation
Farooq Sobhan, Patron of the Ramphal Centre and Commissioner, Ramphal Commission on Migration and Development