Tuesday 4 June
FP2020 Reference Group and Alumni Breakfast
Hosted by: FP2020 FP2020 Reference Group and Alumni Breakfast By invitation only. Location available upon RSVP.
Healthy Women, Healthy Economies: New Insights into Womenomics
Hosted by: EMD Serono, Inc., the biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the US and Canada as the founding private sector partner of Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Women’s contributions to health are valued at 5% of global…
Catalytic Funding for Social Businesses: A More Effective Approach to Breaking Gender Barriers?
Hosted by: SPRING Accelerator, Australian Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade This session, which follows a networking breakfast, brings together donors, investors and award-winning South Asian and East African social enterprises to explore how…
Business Unusual: Maternal, Newborn and Adolescent Health with Equity, Quality and Continuum of Care
Hosted by: UNICEF Sustainable Development Goals and EWEC strategy has provided the impetus for transformational programming for national efforts to improve health and well-being of mothers, newborns and adolescents. The side event session will discuss…
A Woman Even Here: Women Issues in Humanitarian Settings in the Arab States Region
Hosted by: UNFPA Arab States RO and IPPF Arab World RO Arab States feature prominently in global statistics for fragility and humanitarian crises. While remarkable progress has been achieved during the past decade protecting the health and rights of…
Court of Sex: Breaking Taboos around Sexual and Reproductive Health
Hosted by: Population Foundation of India The session will showcase successful examples of Social & Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) programs to strengthen individual and collective agency to make the leap from power to social change. The time has…
The Power of We: #TimeToAct on Mental Health
Hosted by: Johnson & Johnson This session is part of Johnson & Johnson's "The Power of We" series aiming to explore the unlimited power of collaboration in driving change and solving global challenges. The series will bring together unlikely groups of…
Gender Equality Starts Early: Interventions to Transform Gender Norms Among Very Young Adolescents
Hosted by: Institute for Reproductive Health Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Early adolescence (ages 10-14) is a period of rapid change and considerable opportunity. While very young adolescents (VYA) are increasingly…
Foodies That Give a Fork! Getting Unusual Suspects to the Table for Better Nutrition
Hosted by: SDG2 Advocacy Hub, Scaling Up Nutrition, World Food Programme, World Vision Canada, UN SG’s Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent, Nutrition International, RESULTS Canada, Power of Nutrition Bringing…
Women and Girls Metrics: Influencing Shifts in Global Health Financing
Hosted by: ACTION Global Health Advocacy Partnership Gender influences all health outcomes as barriers exist at differing levels, from the individual to the household to the community, thus impacting global level efforts to achieve Health for All. Public…
AmplifyChange Impact: Grantee Voices
Hosted by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark and AmplifyChange AmplifyChange is marking 5 years since we launched as a fund to support mainly grassroots civil society organisations advocate for improved sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).…
From Global Movement to Local Action: Gender and SRHR Within Universal Health Coverage
Hosted by: IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation) & SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) As countries plan the path towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), this session explores how to optimise local efforts and novel…
IHSLAC: Changing Women's and Children's Lives in the Americas
Hosted by: PAHO - IHSLAC Join us for breakfast and learn how women and children in 11 countries are benefiting from the unique "Integrated Health Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean" partnership between Canada and the Pan American Health Organization…
#ThePowerOf Storytelling: How Can Technology Ignite Stories of Advocacy?
Hosted by: HP Inc. “You’re never going to kill storytelling because it’s built into the human plan. We come with it.” - Margaret Atwood As one of the oldest forms of education, storytelling holds tremendous power in passing down and affirming…
Breakfast Brainstorming with WHO: Envisioning the Future of Safe Abortion Care
Hosted by: WHO This side event will involve an open forum to exchange ideas of the future of safe abortion care from innovative approaches to legal reform and policy changes, the connection between formal care and self-management, innovative new models…
From Cradle to Grave: How Civil Registration and Gender Data Impact the Rights of Women and Girls
Hosted by: Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Data2X; Open Data Watch Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems are critical for protecting the fundamental rights and freedoms of…
Gender Equality is Everyone’s Business: The Power of the Private Sector to Deliver for Good
Hosted by: The Deliver for Good Campaign, Merck, and P&G Gender equality is everyone’s business – and it can’t be business as usual! Achieving a gender-equal world calls for more effective collaboration within and across sectors. Join two long-time…
Gender 7: Where Women Make the News
Hosted by: The One Campaign Ever wondered what the world would be like if the G7 was all women? The ONE Campaign is proud to introduce the Gender 7 - seven extraordinary influential women leading the fight for gender equality all over the world. Please…
Her Story: 6,743 Count My Voice!
Hosted by: Accountability Lab This documentary about the story of a Dalit women ward member in Terai region of Nepal. She was elected as per the constitution of Nepal 2015 that mandates that one of the four ward member elected during the last federal…
Beyond Compliance: Private Sector Action for Women's Health and Empowerment
Hosted by: United Nations Foundation The United Nations Foundation, together with partners, is hosting a private working meeting followed by a high-level dinner, bringing together companies, governments, multilaterals, and NGOs to discuss how corporations…