A. Program

The Self and the Other: Sustainability and Self-Empowerment

An Associated Event of the Third Annual World Bank Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development co-sponsored by the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations and the World Bank and held et the World Bank Washington, D.C. October 5, 1995

Introduction Overview Afaf Mahfouz, First Vice President, Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations, United States

The Individual in Today's Global Society Ismail Serageldin, Vice President, Environmentally Sustainable Development, World Bank

Culture and Development Chair: Afaf Mahfouz

Videos

"Culture and Development" Excerpts from a video written and narrated by Ismail Serageldin Produced and directed by Katrina J. Ecolivet

"The South Slope of Liberty" ("Versant Sud de la Libert Excerpts from a video written by Mahmoud Hussein (pseudonym for Bahgat Elnadi and Adel Rifaat) Directed by Bernard Favre Produced by Patrick Sandrin

Commentary

The Self and the Other: The Emergence of the Individual in the South Bahgat Elnadi, Director, and Adel Rifaat, Editor-in-Chief, le Courrier de l'UNESCO, France

Panel Discussion

Approaching the Issue of Religion Mohamed Arkoun, Professor of Islamic Thought, Universite la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III, France

Psychoanalysis in Eastern Europe John Kafka, Supervising and Training Analyst, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, George Washington University School of Medicine, and Committee for
Eastern Europe of the International Psychoanalytical Association, United States

Women in Egypt: Education and Modernity Hoda El-Sadda, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Cairo University, Egypt

Brazil and Guatemala: The Culture of Violence and the Culture of Hope Shelton H. Davis, Principal Sociologist, World Bank

Discussion

Earlier speakers and panel members joined by:

Henri Parens, Professor of Child Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute, United States

Nagat El-Sanabary, Executive Director, Gender Ed Consulting Services, United States

Gloria J. Davis, Chief, Social Policy and Resettlement Division, Environment Department, World Bank

Keynote Address

The Place of the Individual and the Nongovernmental Organization in Sustainable Development
Nafis F. Sadik, Executive Director and Under Secretary General, United Nations Population Fund, United States

Development and the Self Chair: Afaf Mahfouz

Panel Discussion

The Self and the Other: A Developmental Framework Antoine Hani, Director, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, United States

Gender Inequality: Self-image and Sustainable Development Susan G. Lazar, Supervising and Training Analyst, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Georgetown University School of Medicine, and George Washington University School of Medicine, United States

Parenting and Child Development Henri Parens

Peace Education Betty Reardon, Director, Peace Education Program, Teachers College, Columbia University, United States

Social Development Perspectives
Gloria J. Davis

Discussion

The participants listed above joined by:

Virginia Straus, Executive Director, Boston Research Center for the Twenty-First Century, United States

Dennis Frado, Director, Lutheran Office for the World Community, Lutheran World Federation, United States

Maurice Williams, Senior Adviser, Overseas Development Council, United States

Elaine Valdov, President, Beyond Borders: World Organization for Peace and Development and NGO Committee on the University for Peace at the United Nations, United States

Carl Schieren, Vice President for Programs, African-American Institute, United States

Alicia Hetzner, Managing Editor, Office of the Vice President, Environmentally Sustainable Development, World Bank

Conclusion Reflections on the Forum Afaf Mahfouz