Sunday 2 June
Uniting Forces to Ensure Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is a Practice of the Past
Hosted by: Amref Health Africa, Coalition on Violence Against Women, End FGM Canada Network, Equality Now, Orchid Project, Sahiyo, The End FGM European Network, The Girl Generation, The Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices, The US End FGM/C…
Global Midwifery Symposium
Hosted by: Hosted by: International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), The World Health Organization, Jhpiego, and the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) Keeping with a long tradition of maternal health advocacy…
The Nutsamaht: We are One. Our Voices. Our Stories. Indigenous Women’s Pre-Conference
Hosted by: First Nations Health Authority; Ministry of Health; Provincial Health Services Authority; BC Women's Hospital Foundation; BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre; Vancouver Coastal Health The Nutsamaht: We are One. Our Voices. Our Stories. Indigenous…
THREAD: Refugee Women as Agents of Change
Hosted by: Aalborg University; Copenhagen University; Innovation Foundation, Denmark The THREAD research project is created by female scholars at Copenhagen and Aalborg University, Denmark. It aims to use refugee women's knowledge in the integration…
The Trump Effect: U.S. Foreign Policy on SRHR in the Age of Trump
Hosted by: Advocates for Youth, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), International Women's Health Coalition, Open Society Foundations Advocates for Youth, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), International Women's Health Coalition,…
Communities in Action to End Violence Against All Women and Girls
Hosted by: UN Women with partners This session will share practices and tools to support women and other community agents of change to prevent and respond to sexual harassment and other forms of violence against women in public and private spaces. A…
Mental Health: Break the Stigma
Hosted by: Global Girl Power Women and girls worldwide from all walks of life continue to face the worst kinds of atrocities, which can cause long-term physical and mental health problems. With mental health at the forefront, we hope to conduct an interactive…
Addressing Human Rights, Gender Equality, and Community Engagement During Country Evaluation for Validation of Elimination of Mother-To-Child Transmission (EMTCT) of HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis
Hosted by: World Health Organization
Putting the Power in Women's Hands: Paving the Path to Self-Managed Abortion for Greater Access and Choice
Hosted by: APACC (Abortion and Postabortion Care Consortium) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Women face numerous barriers in accessing facility-based abortion care, and the increasing availability of medical abortion has strengthened…
Smart Tactics in Advocating for SRHR in Times of Opposition
Hosted by: Rutgers Advocates, implementors and researchers for progressive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) have always experienced opposition in their work. In recent years this opposition seems to become more influential. How to strive…
Generation Now: Our Health, Our Rights Pre-Conference
Hosted by: Women Deliver and International Aids Society An intergenerational convening to drive integrated action on HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights - with a focus on young people. 1-hour reception will follow the meeting on LEVEL 1,…
The Future of Medicine: Empowering Women Physician Leaders
Hosted by: Canadian Medical Association and Joule, Medical Women’s International Association, Federation of Medical Women of Canada, Women in Global Health Join us for an interactive panel discussion. A group of accomplished medical women who are leaders…
Advocating for Increased Male Engagement in Family Planning and Reproductive Health: A Skills-Building Session
Hosted by: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs This hands-on session will give participants the opportunity to use a newly-released tool specifically designed to increase implementation of, and investment in, male engagement in family planning…
The Future of Work in the 21st Century
Hosted by: UN Women with partners A panel session on the future of work that will bring together key leaders in the business community and public sector to discuss the changing world of work and its implications for women's economic empowerment. The…
The Ongoing Fight to Free a Billion Women from the Burden of Malaria
Hosted by: Medicines for Malaria Venture This event will show-case the impact achieved in supporting women in malaria-affected countries over the years, and present the current challenges and opportunities ahead for innovation in research and development…
Gender Equality & Empowerment Benchmark (GEEB) Roundtable
Hosted by: World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) A hands-on working session where you can take an active role in evolving the Gender Equality & Empowerment Benchmark where we will discuss both its overall structure as well as deep-dive into key pillars of…
Young People on the Front Lines of Crisis
Hosted by: United Nations Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Join us for an inter-generational and interactive panel discussion and an exciting simulation exercise to put the forthcoming Compact Guidelines…
Re-thinking Research “Excellence”: Building and Implementing a More Comprehensive, Inclusive Definition to Advance Transformative Science
Hosted by: The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the International Development Research Centre This panel will engage in the discussion on research excellence, specifically on how embedding equity, diversity and inclusion…
The Power of Communication for Gender Equality: The Global Alliance for Social and Behaviour Change Presents Strategies for Change
Hosted by: The Global Alliance for Social and Behaviour Change Transforming gender inequalities requires challenging entrenched attitudes and beliefs and empowering people to champion equitable norms. Learn how members of the Global Alliance for Social…
Expert Convening: Eliminating Cervical Cancer in Low-Resource Settings: Creating Recommendations for Locally Driven Solutions to Eliminate Cervical Cancer
Hosted by: Abt Associates and American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) WHO has called for the elimination of cervical cancer, which affects more than 500,000 women worldwide. In 2015, 270,000 women died from cervical cancer - 90% of whom…