The Global Organisation for People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) is organizing two events at the Nehru Centre, London this October. The GOPIO International Annual Conference will be on October 26, 2010 while the 1st GOPIO International Women’s Conference: GIW 2010 will take place on October 27, 2010.
GOPIO is an international network for people of Indian origin (PIO). GOPIO was founded at the First Global Convention of People of Indian Origin in New York in 1989. The initial thrust of the organisation was fighting human rights violation of people of Indian origin. Although this has been improved in the last one decade, human rights violations continue to be a major issue for PIOs living outside India. GOPIO has now set its priorities in pooling resources, both financial and professional, for the benefit of PIOs, the countries they come from and India.
GOPIO International Annual Conference
The Conference theme this year will be: Lord Rana, President, Gopio International is the convener for this event. The topics for discussion this year will include investment on developing communities for global growth, lessons from Indian Heritage in sustainable development, relevance of Gandhian Economics in today’s world, and empowering youth with skills training.
Dignitaries such as Vayalar Ravi, Indian Cabinet Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Lord Navnit Dholakia, Lord Bhikhu Parekh, and Dr Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI will present the keynote addresses.
First GOPIO International Women’s Conference
GIW2010 will be one-day conference with speakers from UK and other countries. The speakers would be both Women of Indian Origin (WIOs) as well as people who are authorities on personal, social, religious or economic issues regarding women and gender issues. The goal is to raise awareness on issues affecting women across the world in general and in particular women of India origin. It further seeks to revisit how, families, communities, institutions and governments can influence these issues and how education and awareness building can play its part in finding solutions. The keynote speakers will be parliamentarians, social workers and educationists.
Lady Shruti Rana, Chairperson, GOPIO International Women’s Council is in charge of this event. The Conference will be centered on the theme “Women of India Origin: Issues and Solutions”. Vayalar Ravi, Indian Cabinet Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs will inaugurate the conference. Keynote and plenary speakers will include Lord Meghnad Desai, Baroness Shreela Flather, Lord Lester (TBC), Baroness Sandip Verma and Khatun Sapnara (TBC).
Topics conference will touch upon topics of concern for women of India and Asian origin, including legal and marital issues; the role of women in sustainable development; gender issues in education and ways; and solutions for success.
NGI Knowledge Exchange September 2010 issue will feature an exclusive sneak peak on both events.
