State of the World Population 2006 A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration

Launch of State of the World Population Report 2006

On 6 September 2006 the PGPD hosted the Australian launch of the UNFPA State of World Population 2006- A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration. The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP, PGPD Chair, hosted the launch. Ian Howie, UNFPA Representative to Vietnam launched the report and Dr Siew-Ean Khoo, ANU was the keynote speaker.

• Dr Sharman Stone MP - PGPD Chair
   
• Mr Ian Howie, UNFPA Representative in Vietnam
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• Dr Siew-Ean Khoo, ANU - keynote address
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Seminar to mark the launch of the UNFPA State of the World Population Report 2006  -    'Women & Migration'

A seminar was also held in Parliament House to mark the launch of the UNFPA State of the World Population report 2006 entitled A Passage to Hope: Women & International Migration.

The public seminar was held in Parliament House, and was attended by over 60 academics, politicians, experts, students and the public. Presenters included the Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs, Senator Amanda Vanstone and Khin Mar Mar Kyi, a refugee from Burma now working at the Cross Cultural Resource Centre at ANU among others. Please find the speeches below:

• Senator Marise Payne - Hon. Secretary of the PGPD
  Opening remarks
  (Audio only)
  
  
• Mr Ian Howie - UNFPA representative in Vietnam
  Welcome address
  (Audio only)
  
  
• Assoc. Prof Penny Kane - University of Melbourne
  Women & Internal Migration in China
  (Text) or (Audio)
  
  
• Ary Laufer - Marie Stopes International Australia
  Women & Internal Migration in Vietnam
  (Text) or (Audio) 
                   
• Khin Mar Mar Kyi - Cross Cultural Resource Centre, ANU
  Migration, Gender & Trafficking in and Exploitation of Women
  (Text) or (Audio - Part 1) (Audio - Part 2) (Audio - Part 3)           
  
  
• Prof Lenore Manderson - School of Psychology, Monash University
  Cultural Issues in Health Services for Immigrant Women in Australia
  (Text) or (Audio)
           
• Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone - Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs
  (Audio - Part 1) (Audio - Part 2) (Audio - Part 3)