Panelists: Ms Pregs Govender from South Africa works locally andglobally with Parliaments, Governments and Civil Society to build analternative politics and leadership through writing, policy andeducation. A recipient of the first Ruth First Fellowship 2004 forcourageous writing and activism; Dr. Elkin Velasquez, Coordinator,Safer Cities Programme and Advisor to the Secretary, Government ofBogota, and Consultant for the European Union in Civil Safety, the UNDPand UN-Habitat for Local Citizen Safety and Decentralization; and Dr.Margaret Shaw, sociologist and criminologist and Director of Analysisand Exchange, International Centre for the Prevention of Crime,Montreal, Canada

Moderator: Ms Pamela Philipose, veteran journalist and Director, Women's Feature Service