(Trans)Gender Equality?

Wednesday 1 September 2010 09:00-13:00

09:00-09:30

Registration, coffee & tea

09:30-09:45

Opening remarks

by Marije Cornelissen MEP

09:45-10:45

Panel I: Transgender civil society speaks out

• Julia Ehrt, Vice-Chair, Transgender Europe
• Max Nisol, Psychologist, Genres Pluriels (Belgium)
• Miguel Missé, Sociologist, Stop Trans Pathologization (Spain)

Chaired by Antonyia Parvanova MEP

Panel II: The legal and social situation in Member States

• Prof. Christa Tobler, Professor of European Law, Leiden University
• Silvan Agius, Policy Director, ILGA-Europe

Chaired by Britta Thomsen MEP

Panel III: European institutions and transgender rights

• Belinda Pyke, Director for Equality between Men and Women,
  Action against Discrimination, and Civil Society, European Commission
• Ben Baks, Member, DH-LGBT working group, Council of Europe

Chaired by Marije Cornelissen MEP

Concluding remarks

• Eva-Britt Svensson, Chair, FEMM Committee
• Raül Romeva i Rueda, Vice-President, LGBT Intergroup

Networking lunch