Women´s seminar  23 October 2015,  15.00-16.30 

 

Moderator: Leena Haraké, General Manager, KSAN/WOCAD, Sweden

 

Program: 
15.00 Welcome by WOCAD, Sweden  and NGO Women together Against Addictions, Finland
15.05 A review of New Action´s on Womens Rights, Nordiskt Forum 2014, report ”Syns du så finns du!”, Leena Haraké WOCAD
15.15 Presentations of gender specific empowerment initiatives of Joining the good forces  from Nordic and Baltic countries to resist the impact of media messages and pressure on young women to become consumers of alcohol and other drugs.  

Among speakers:

Bella Net, project leader Britt Fredenman, WOCAD Sweden,  

Bella Suomi – NGO Women Together Against Addictions – Helena Palojärvi & co, Finland.

Rita Nielsen, board member of Actis, Norway

Girls in Baltikum -  Rita Kubulina, project leader, Latvijas Ģimenes plānošanas un
16.15 – 16.30  Discussion and closing remarks.

 

 

NordAN´s womens section was formed in 2006 by Sweden’s KSAN  (Women’s Organisations Committee on Alcohol and Drugs Issues) and Finland’s Naistenkartano R.y (Women Together Against Addictions) to encourage voluntary organisations to commit themselves more deeply towards issues pertaining to girls’ and women’s misuse and abuse of alcohol, addictive pharmaceuticals and drugs.

Goals of women´s section are:

• influence attitudes and values regarding girl’s and women’s abuse and potential for treatment;

• influence decision-makers in the Nordic Countries, the Baltic States and the rest of Europe such that resources are made available for research and preventive initiatives in this field;

• stimulate interest in women’s abuse issues among groups that have not previously been involved in work of this nature;

• increase exchanges and cooperation between various players in the Nordic countries and the Baltic States to stimulate increased gender-specific, gender-sensitive initiatives for girls and women in the combat against alcohol and drugs;

• create a joint strategy for NordAN’s work in alcohol and drug issues from a women’s perspective.