Monday 3 June
The Path Forward: Investing in Quality and Equality for Women and Girl’s Health
Hosted by: USP and Devex This session will look at the inequality girls and women face in accessing quality medicines and diagnostics, the impact this has on health outcomes and areas of investments that will pave the way for closing the gap towards…
What If Women Drove the Product Journey for Essential Health Supplies?
Hosted by: John Snow, Inc., UN Foundation, White Ribbon Alliance, Kasha, and the Government of Ethiopia This lively session focuses on unique successes where women are front and center in shaping the product journey from manufacturer to consumer, overcoming…
Accountability for SDGs and Gender Equality: Advocates and Agents Working Together
Hosted by: Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation Do you know how ADVOCATES like CSOs can work with accountability AGENTS—performance auditors and parliamentarians—to hold government accountable for gender equality and the SDGs? Find out as…
Rights, Power and Women’s Bodies
Hosted by: UK Department for International Development and UK SRHR Network The Department for International Development, in collaboration with the UK SRHR Network, presents a dynamic event looking at critical women’s rights issues that are too often…
Better Together: Solidarity Groups to Improve Women and Girls' Well-being
Hosted by: RESULTS Educational Fund; Grameen Foundation Those of us gathering at Women Deliver come from different countries, different contexts, and different sectors. Together we offer a multitude of exciting interventions and share a common goal:…
Delivering a Gender Equality Framework for Community Health Workers
Hosted by: International Federation of the Red Cross and World Vision International This interactive workshop invites policy experts and practitioners, working with CHWs in fragile and humanitarian contexts, to apply a gender equality framework to the…
Delivering on Gender Equality: A Male Engagement Strategy for Health Programming
Hosted by: Promundo US and Plan International Canada The support and participation of men and boys for gender equality is essential for progress on sexual and reproductive health rights of women and girls. Plan International Canada and Promundo US have…
Empowering Young People Through CSE
Hosted by: IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation), Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Danish Family Planning Association We explore successful strategies for delivery of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) and will look how to do…
Making the Right Decision for Baby and Me – Solving the Unacceptable Paradox for Women with Chronic Disease
Hosted by: UCB Many women with mild illnesses stop treatment for their disease while pregnant or breastfeeding due to a lack of information. But for women living with chronic diseases that may require management, this choice is not simple. Limited access…
Shifting Power with WGCD for Gender Equitable Development
Hosted by: Women and Girls at the Center of Development Learning Agenda This talk show-style panel series will kick off Women Deliver 2019 for the WGCD community, linking grantees' evidence and insights to power, progress and change. Panelists will present…
Women at the Center: The Power of Partnering with Communities to Strengthen Health Systems
Hosted by: The Pfizer Foundation* with guests from CARE, International Rescue Committee, Save the Children and World Vision (*The Pfizer Foundation is a charitable organization established by Pfizer Inc. It is a separate legal entity from Pfizer Inc.…
It Takes a Whole Community: Ending Female Genital Cutting Within a Generation
Hosted by: Orchid Project Join Orchid Project for an activist-led, interactive workshop on community-based approaches to ending female genital cutting (FGC) within a generation. Featuring grassroots and civil society activists from East and West Africa,…
Youth-Powered Investments in West and Central Africa
Hosted by: PSI For young people across Francophone West and Central Africa (FWCA) to have the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) choices they want and deserve, we must reimagine how we reach and serve our youngest consumers, on their own terms. This…
WASH, Gender, and Power: Realizing Women's and Girls' Health and Rights through Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
Hosted by: WaterAid Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is fundamental to women's and girls' power and autonomy, especially to sexual and reproductive health and rights. At Women Deliver, WaterAid will host a dynamic, multi-stakeholder panel to present…
Youth-Led Advocacy on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Stories from Three Countries
Hosted by: Guttmacher Institute, Public Health Ambassadors Uganda, Talent Youth Association and Organization of African Youth - Kenya Join us for a networking lunch and youth-led discussion on the benefits of tailoring public health efforts to the diverse…
The Great Pub Quiz on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) with Our Pub Landlord Henry Bonsu
Hosted by: Uniting to Combat NTDs Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) affect over 1bn people – that’s 1 in 5 of the world’s population and yet few people know what they are. We are going to change all of that! This fun filled pub quiz will educate…
Deconstructing the Gendered Causes of Malnutrition
Hosted by: World Vision Canada Women and girls face unique challenges to attaining good health and nutrition. What are we doing to challenge these, and what can we do better? Join World Vision and partners at this Women Deliver side event as we deconstruct…
Partner Event on Third State of the World's Midwifery Report
Hosted by: UNFPA, organized by UNFPA, ICM and WHO This partner/stakeholder meeting (by invitation only) is being organized by UNFPA, ICM and WHO and hosted by UNFPA to discuss the rationale, content, data needs and collection process for the next State…
Hard Talk! Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights & HIV Prevention for Most Left Behind Adolescent Girls
Hosted by: UNAIDS UNAIDS, on behalf of the Global HIV Prevention Coalition, welcomes you to join this lunch symposium to engage in a dynamic exchange with high-level decision-makers and young women experts from communities especially affected by HIV…
Breastfeeding and Feminism: Are Breastfeeding and Gender Equality Compatible?
Hosted by: Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference Gender inequalities may intensify when women become pregnant, bear children, lactate and breastfeed. Although the tendency may be to view breastfeeding as a barrier to gender equity, it may…