Preconference Nigeria

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Pre-conference Abuja, Nigeria, 4-7 June 2009.

At the beginning of June a three-day pre-conference to the big Fifth World Congress of Families will take place in Abuja, Nigeria. The congress will be organised under the title:
World Congress of Families - Dialogue of Civilizations

Theme: Plan of Action on the Family in Africa – an Update

Detailed program:

Thursday June 4, 2009
03.00 PM - 05.00 PM - Registration
05.30 PM - 06.45 PM - Welcome Address by:
  Members of the National Assembly of Nigeria:
  - Senator Eme Ufot Ekaette - Chairman Senate Committee on Women Affairs and Youth Development
  - Senator Umaru Dahiru - Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary Human Rights and Legal Matters
  - Senator Osita Izunaso - Chairman Senate Committee on Oil and Gas
06.30 PM - 06.45 PM - A brief on the Program; Countries Represented and Hospitality Issues
06.45 PM - 08.00 PM - Traditional dances from different parts of Nigeria
08.00 PM - 09.00 PM - Cocktail

Friday June 5, 2009
09.30 AM - 09.50 AM
  - National Anthem
  - Opening Prayer
  - Introduction of Special Guests
  - Welcome address - Chairman: Senator Ike Nwachukwu
09.50 AM - 10.05 AM - Keynote Address - Her Excellency Hajiya Hajia Turai Umar Yar 'adua, First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
10.05 AM - 10.20 AM - Goodwill Message - Mrs. Jonathan Goodluck - Wife of the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
10.20 AM - 10.40 AM - HIV/AIDS in Uganda - A Lesson for the African Family - Her Excellency, Mrs. Jenet Kataha Museveni, First Lady of Uganda
10.40 AM - 11.00 AM - World Congress of Families - Mr. Don Feder, Communications Director, World Congress of Families
Plenary Session - Chairman: Senator Osita Izunaso
11.00 AM - 11.20 AM - Paper 1: Review of the Plan of Action on the Family in Africa - Prof. Mark Nwagwu - Cell Biologist; Writer, Professor at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria
11.20 AM - 11.40 AM - Paper 2: Basic Healthcare Provision to Pregnant Women and Children - Prof. Dora Akinyuli - Minister of Information, Federal Republic of Nigeria
11.40 AM - 11.50 AM - Coffee Break
11.50 AM - 12.20 PM - Goodwill Message - Archbishop Onaivekan - President Christian Association of Nigeria
12.20 PM - 12.40 PM - Paper 4: The Natural Family - The Bedrock of Society - Most Reverend Peter Akinola - Primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria
12.40 PM - 01.00 PM - Paper 5: Sexual and Reproductive Rights? - Dr. Obi Ideh - Doctor's Health Initiative
01.00 PM - 01.30 PM - Paper Discussion / Q&A Sessions - Theresa Okafor
01.30 PM - 02.15 PM - Lunch
Plenary Session - Chairman: Prof. Michael Asuzu
02.15 PM - 02.35 PM - Paper 6: Demographic Winter -- The Worldwide Decline in Birth Rates and what it Means for Humanity's Future - Don Feder - World Congress of Families Communications Director, as well as the Communications Director of the documentary: "Demographic Winter: The Decline of the Human Family"
02.35 PM - 02.55 PM - Paper 7: The Role of the Media in Influencing Policies Protecting the Family - Mr. Abdullahi Idris - Editor-in-Chief of Daily Trust Newspaper
02.55 PM - 03.15 PM - Paper 8: A Christian View on Sexuality and Family - Prof. Henk Jochemsen - Director PRISMA
03.15 PM - 03.35 PM - Paper 9: Ratification and Domestication of UN Conventions and African Values - Senator Umaru Dahiru - Chairman of the Senate Committee on Human Rights, Legal Rights and the Judiciary
03.35 PM - 03.55 PM - Paper 10: The Social Entrepreneur - Mr. Miguel Moreno - Director of International and Government Programs at 'The Leadership Institute', Arlington, Virginia
03.55 PM - 04.45 PM - Paper Discussions / Q&A Sessions - Mr. Ike Nnadozie
04.30 PM - 07.00 PM - Formal Opening of Exhibition - Her Excellency Hajiya Hajia Turai Umar Yar 'adua - First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Saturday June 6, 2009
09.30 AM - 09.40 AM - Opening Prayer
Plenary Session - Chairman: Senator Ekaette
09.40 AM - 10.00 AM - Paper 11: The Relationship Between Population and Development - Prof. Pat Utomi
10.00 AM - 10.20 AM - Paper 12: A Plan to Defend the Family in Policies Created at the United Nations - Mrs. Sharon Slater - President Family Watch International
10.20 AM - 10.40 AM - Paper 13: Pornography and the Family - Christopher Carmouche - CEO GrassTops USA
10.40 AM - 11.00 AM - Paper 14: The Family Unit and Global Peace - Nana Yaw Osei-Darkwa - Family Focus International, Ghana
11.00 AM - 11.20 AM - Paper 15: Role of Scholars in Influencing Policies Affecting the Family - Prof. D.O.S. Noibi OBE, FISN - Executive Secretary, Muslim Ummah of South Western Nigeria
11.20 AM - 11.40 AM - Coffee Break
11.40 PM - 12.20 PM - Paper Discussions / Q&A Sessions - Engr. Jerry Okwuosa
Plenary Session - Chairman: Mr. Patrick Oke
12.20 PM - 12.40 PM - Paper 16: Preserving Family Values Through Religious Education in Public Schools - Prof. Danny McCain - University of Jos, Department of Religious Studies
12.20 PM - 12.40 PM - Paper 17: The Family as a Microcosm of Society - Most Rev. Dr. Valarian Okeke - Archbishop of Onitsha Archdiocese and Bishop Chairman of the Maily and Human Life Unit
12.40 PM - 01.00 PM - Paper 18: Modeling Value Education in the Family - Mrs. B. Itsueli - Director, Lagos Resource Center
01.00 PM - 01.20 PM - Paper 19: Youth and Abstinence Education - Robert Nkontchu - Education for Life
01.20 PM - 01.35 PM - Action Plan / Communique - Dr. Nkechi Asogwa
01.35 PM - 02.15 PM - Paper Discussions / Q&A Sessions - Mr. Sonnie Ekwowusi
02.15 PM - 02.35 PM - Lunch
CLOSING CEREMONY - DANCE PERFORMANCES
VOTE OF THANKS

The conclusions of this pre-conference will also be presented at the Fifth World Congress of Families, to be held in Amsterdam, RAI Centre, August 10-12, 2009.