Wednesday 5 June
Supporting Women Who Breastfeed: Paid Leave and Family-Friendly Workplace Policies
Organized by: Maternal Childhood Survival Program with UNICEF, World Health Organization The evidence is stronger than ever: breastfeeding is critically important for women and children no matter where you live. Women who breastfeed should have the right…
#FundHer: Is There Life Beyond Development Assistance? Financing Strategies for Women’s Rights Organizations
Organized by: African Women’s Development Fund, Equality Fund incubated by The MATCH International Women's Fund, Philanthropy Advancing Women’s Rights, Prospera Women’s rights organizations and feminist movements are consistently under-funded,…
Comprehensive Sexuality Education: A Powerful Tool for Improving Girls’ Health, Education, and Gender Equality
Organized by: Global Partnership for Education, NORAD, PLAN International, UNESCO When young people have access to good quality comprehensive sexuality education, and have family and community support to manage their sexual and reproductive health, they…
24 Years Later, Are Women’s Rights Still Human Rights?
Organized by: Community Centre for Integrated Development (CCID), International Center for Research on Women As we look forward to the 25th anniversary of Beijing (the historic Fourth World Conference on Women) next year, or toward efforts to achieve…
Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women Through WASH and Faith
Organized by: Episcopal Relief, Global One, Interfaith WASH Alliance, UNFPA, World Vision Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) interventions are effective in addressing a multitude of issues facing girls and women, including school dropout, gender-based…
Thursday 6 June
10 Things You Didn't Know About Private Philanthropy for Gender
Organized by: Fondation CHANEL Few figures are available on the volumes and features of philanthropic support to gender equality. To address this, the OECD Network of Foundations (netFWD) produced the Policy Note “Insights on Philanthropy for Gender…
Building Movement Potential: Technology and Community as Catalysts for Gender Justice
Organized by: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Change.org Foundation How do we make sure thousands of women are ready and supported to lead movements on the big issues of our time? Join the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Change.org…
AmplifyChange Live! @ Women Deliver 2019
Organized by: AmplifyChange AmplifyChange is running a live grant-making session to support movement building for sexual and reproductive health and rights. Fiveshort-listed applicants will share their project on stage, take questions, and receive feedback.…
The Gendered Experience of Youth Leadership in SRHR: Addressing the Disequilibrium
Organized by: The YIELD Project, guided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Summit Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Young women and young men have radically different experiences…
No Girl Left Behind: Creating Inclusive Education
Organized by: Global Partnership for Education, NORAD, PLAN International, UNESCO One in five children, adolescents, and youth are out of school. Gender, poverty, ethnicity, disability, and displacement are key reasons why. This session will look at…
Ending the Drudgery: Balancing the Burden of Unpaid Work
Organized by: Data2X, International Labour Organization, Oxfam Canada, International Development Research Centre Women everywhere balance unpaid work and caregiving responsibilities along with paid work. This session will explore how global commitments…
Climate Finance: Funding Gender-Just Climate Action
Organized by: BSR, UNFCCC, Women’s Environment and Development Organization Climate finance can seem daunting and complex, but it simply provides the funds that enable climate action. This session will highlight the need for massive-scale commitments…
Innovative Ideas: A Think-a-Thon
Organized by: Advocates for Youth, AfriYAN, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts This session will take the form of a think-a-thon to support the development of innovations and entrepreneurship by young people. ‘It’s always been done…
Respectful, People-Centered Care: Getting Beyond Aspirational
Organized by: Jhpiego, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, White Ribbon Alliance, World Health Organization Join this interactive, cross-sector session to design solutions for quality, people-centered, respectful healthcare where patients…
Capital for Women: Gender Lens Investing
Organized by: International Finance Corporation, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Women for Women International How do we get more capital into the hands of women and how do we increase the number of women in financial sector…
Sex and Power: The Dynamics Between Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
Organized by: Men Engage, UNFPA, Spotlight Initiative, Together for Girls Intimate partner violence and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV) can directly impact sexual and reproductive health (SRHR) - from the ability to access and utilize family…
Do No Harm: Local to Global Efforts to Prevent and Address Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Settings
Organized by: Save the Children Canada, Women’s Refugee Commission Conflict-affected girls and women increasingly rely on humanitarian assistance for survival, placing power at the hands of aid workers and peacekeepers. Such a power imbalance increases…
A Humanitarian System by Women, for Women: The Essential Role of Women-Focused CSOs
Organized by: Family Planning 2020, Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises, NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security, Oxfam, UNFPA, Women Deliver The most valuable players in humanitarian action—women-focused civil society…
Indigenous Women, Power, and Politics
Organized by: Inuit Circumpolar Council, Native Women's Association of Canada, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples In every region of the world, Indigenous peoples are pressured by powerful economic and political forces. They face human rights abuses,…
Local Women Journalists are Transforming Global Narratives: Are You Listening?
Organized by: Global Press Institute, Lisa Russell Films/Create 2030, RNW Media Across the world, local women, youth, and people of color are transforming media markets to advance diverse perspectives, hold power to account, and increase access to information.…
