10:00-10:30

Registration of Participants (Dolmabahçe Hall, Level R)

10:30-12:00

Opening Ceremony (Dolmabahçe Hall, Level R)

Welcome Addresses by:

Prof. Dr. Mahmut Erol Kılıç, General Secretary of PUIC

Prof. Dr.  Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, General Secretary of OIC

Ms. Fatma Şahin, Minister of Family and Social Policy of Turkey

Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey

12:00-12:15

Family Picture (Dolmabahçe Hall, Level R)

12:15-12:30

Press-Conference (Level R)

12:15-12:30

Exhibition "Turkish Women in Pictures" (Level R)

12:30-14:00

High Level Meeting - Establishing Effective National Gender Mechanism: Experiences Of OIC Member States

(Bosphorus Hall, Level P)

Opened and presided by Fatma Şahin, Minister of Family and Social Policy of Turkey

Interactive Discussion moderated by Prof. Dr. M. Erol Kılıç, Secretary General of the PUIC

14:00-15:00

Lunch (Anadolu Hall, Level P)

15:00-17:00

Plenary Session 1- Strengthening Democracy Through Women’s Political Participation

(Dolmabahçe Hall, Level R)

Moderator: Prof.Dr. Emrullah İşler, Member of Turkish Parliament, Head of Turkish Group of Parliamentary Union of Organization for Islamic Cooperation

Addresses by Head of Delegations

Addresses by Member of the Parliaments

17:00-17:15

Coffee-break

17:15-19:00

Plenary Session 2- Women Rights In The Changing Middle-East And North Africa

(Dolmabahçe Hall, Level R)

Moderator: Prof.Dr.Deniz Ülke Arıboğan, Bilgi University

Speakers:

Ms. Ramzia Aleryani, General Secretary of the General Arab Women Union and Chairperson of the Yemeni Women, Yemen

Ms. Sibel Eraslan, Journalist, Author, Turkey

Ms. Fathia A. Kadura, Founder Chairperson of the Board for Ness Berr Libya, Libya

Dr. Saida Akrami, Advocate,Tunusia

Dr. Sarah Sayeed, President of Women in Islam

Discussion

19:00-21:30

Dinner hosted by Ms. Fatma Şahin, Minister of Family and Social Policy of Turkey (Anadolu Hall, Level P)

9:00-10:45

Plenary Session 3- Islam And Democracy

(Dolmabahçe Hall, Level R)

Moderator: Prof.Dr. Yakın Ertürk, Middle East Technical University

Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Paçacı, General Director of Foreign Relations- The Presidency of Religious Affairs, Turkey

Ms. Daisy Khan, Executive Director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), USA

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Metin Boşnak, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina

Ms.Nazife Şişman, Author, Turkey

Ms. Mawada Siddig Youssif Abu-Agla Ahmed, Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States PUIC, Iran

Discussion

10:45-11:00

Coffee-break

11:00-12:30

Plenary Session 4 - Enabling Civil Society and Regional Cooperation: Establishing the "Gender Equality Institute"

(Dolmabahçe Hall, Level R)

Moderator: Dr. Aşkın Asan, Deputy Minister of Family and Social Policy of Turkey

Speakers:

Ms. Pınar Ilkkaracan, Bosphorus University, Turkey.

Ms. Sarah Joseph, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Emel Magazine, UK

Ms. Zeina Nazer, Innova Consulting Ltd., UK

Prof. Dr. Fadwa Allabadi, Al-Quds University, Palestine

Ms. Aslı Şahin, President of Ka.Der. Ankara, Turkey

Mr. Hemayet Uddi, Director General of Cultural and Social Affairs Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Saudi Arabia

Discussion

12:30-13:00

Final Declaration

13:00-13:30

Press Conference (Dolmabahçe Hall, Level R)

13:30-14:30

Social Program

Lunch  (Topkapı Restaurant)

Topkapı Palace

Sultanahmet Mosque

19:00-21:30

Dinner (Anadolu Hall, Level P)