Winnie Byanyima, Excecutive Director of Oxfam, greets Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende together with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Abdessattar Ben Moussa at the Norad Conference 2015.
Photo: Fredrik Naumann
The Norad Conference 2015
The theme of the 2015 Norad Conference was Women's rights and gender equality. You can see the conference here.
Participating at the opening session is Norway's Foreign Minister Mr. Børge Brende, Mrs. Winnie Byanyima, Excecutive Director of Oxfam and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Abdessattar Ben Moussa from Tunisia.
Other speakers are Dean Peacock and Bhafama Khumalo from Sonke Gender Justice, Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, founder of ICAN and human rights activist Hassan Shire Sheikh.
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Jon Lomøy, Norad's Director General welcomes everybody to the Norad Conference 2015
- We will celebrate achievements, and we will also look ahead at challenges of what remains to be done, says Director General of Norad, Jon Lomøy at the Norad Conference 2015.
Mr. Børge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Norad Conference 2015
- We must not place women as passive recipients of aid, says Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende at The Norad Conference 2015.
Interview with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Abdessattar Ben Moussa
- The tunisian society was close to a civil war. But the women of the revolution was they key to resolve this issue, says Nobel Peace Prize laureate Abdessattar Ben Moussa at the Norad Conference 2015.
Nobel laureate and president of Tunisian Human Rights League, Abdessattar Ben Moussa, talks with med Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende and Excecutive Director of Oxfam, Winnie Byanyima.
Winnie Byanyima, Excecutive Director of Oxfam - The Norad Conference 2015
- Beijing sat the agenda for gender equality and women's rights, and continues to do so today, says Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam at the Norad Conference 2015.
Antonie DeJong, Head of Resource Mobilization, UN Women - The Norad Conference 2015
- In order to create a movement, you have to talk to people that doesn't necessarily agree with you, for example men, says Antonie DeJong, Head of Resource Mobilization in UN Women.
Dean Peacock, Sonke Gender Justice - The Norad Conference 2015
Many men are often afraid of being stigmatized for doing chores at home in South Africa, according to Director of Sonke Gender Justice, Dean Peacock.
Bafana Khumalo, Sonke Gender Justice - The Norad Conference 2015
- Gender equality is indeed men’s business, says Bafana Khumalo, Senior Programmes Specialist at Sonke Gender Justice.
Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Executive Director, ICAN - The Norad Conference 2015
- We are often told that women are excluded from these peace processes because it is the culture of the country. But actually, it’s about power. The culture argument is nonsense, says Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini from ICAN.
Hassan Shire Sheikh, Executive Director, EHAHRDN - The Norad Conference 2015
Hassan Shire Sheikh is a Somali-Canadian human rights activist and head of the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRDN). He grew up in Mogadishu, Somalia, fled the country and sought asylum in Canada.
Journalist Zarghuna Kargar - The Norad Conference 2015
Author Zarhuna Kargar was born in Kabul during the communist era, and writes about the challenges of becoming a female refugee.
She has written the anthology “Dear Zari” about Afghan women's lives.
Kargar is a journalist for the TV channel BBC World.
Published 09.12.2015
Last updated 09.12.2015