For the mornings, participants will choose a theme group where, for five sessions, they will meet to deepen the discussion on a particular theme:

Nonviolence and Social Empowerment

Reconstruction and Democratisation

Identity and Conflict

Peace Action and the Modernisation of the Military

Women crossing the line

Grass-roots movement and Peace Processes

Grassroots Economy in Times of Globalisation

Civil disobedience and Environmental Action

Each afternoon (except Wednesday), there will be a variety of workshops meeting just once to discuss a particular topic.

One day of the Triennial Conference-

Tuesday, 22 September-will be

when all theme groups will look at the gender aspects of their issues:

What are the different impacts on men and women?

How does male domination express itself in these?

On the Friday after the conference, there willbe a business meeting open to all WRI members, followed by a WRI Council meeting on Saturday