Agenda 2024

International
Women's Forum on Addiction and Recovery
March 14, 2024, Turkish House
10:00 Opening and Greetings as the Organizer Sümeyye Ceylan (Vice President, Turkish Green Crescent Society)
10:00 - 10:05 Opening and Welcome as the Host H.E. Muhittin Ahmet Yazal (Turkish Consul General in New York)
10:05 - 10:15 Keynote Address: Empowering Women: Preventing Addiction through Family and Community-Based Approaches H.E. Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş (Minister of Family and Social Services of the Republic of Türkiye)
10:15 - 10:30 Addiction and Its Socio-Economic Impact on Women and Families in OIC Member Countries and the World H.E. Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk (Director General, OIC SESRIC)
10:30 - 11:10 Trauma-Sensitive Interventions and Evidence-Based Approaches Prof. Dr. Marc Potenza (Yale University)
10:35 - 10:50 KADEM Women Support Centers Supporting Well-being in Women Assoc. Prof. Saliha Okur Gümrükçüoğlu (President, Women and Democracy Association)
10:50 - 11:05 Break  
11:05 - 11:15 Sustainability in Public Health Policies regarding Women with SUD Sedef Erçetin Gencosmanoğlu (International Cooperation Manager, Turkish Green Crescent Society)
11:15 - 11:35 Why is a gender perspective need in the drug field? Insight from European Drugs Data Linda Montanari (Principal Scientist, EMCDDA)
11:35 - 12:15 Exploring Adolescent Substance Use Recovery and Stigma: A Life Course Perspective with a Focus on Females and Access to Services. Dr. Emily Hennessy (Director of Biostatistics at the Recovery Research Institute and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School)
12:15 - 12:30 Break  
12:30 - 1:10 Community–The Path to Stability, Peacebuilding, Truth-Telling, and Coexistence for Incarcerated Women. Juana Ochoa (Director of Services, Amity Foundation)
1:10 - 1:20 Gender-Inclusive Strategies in Cannabis Industry Marketing: Addressing the Preferences and Needs of Women and Girls Amy Ronshausen (Executive Director, Drug Free America)
1:20 - 1:40 Building Resilience and Community Support: Navigating Loss and Empowering Women through Shared Experiences Saniyya Gauhar (NY Representative, Karim Khan Afridi Welfare Foundation)
1:40 - 1:45 Closing Remarks Lawyer Assoc. Prof. Safa Koçoğlu (Deputy Minister, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Türkiye and Deputy President, Turkish Green Crescent Society)