Monday 3 June
What Works: Using Evidence from the World's Largest Family Planning Programs to Reach Global Goals
Hosted by: Four global projects funded by USAID — Evidence to Action (E2A) Project; Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP); Advancing Partners & Communities Project (APC); and Post Abortion Care Family Planning Project (PAC-FP) A historic investment…
Innovation and GBV: Accelerating the Intersection
Hosted by: International Development Innovation Alliance's (IDIA) Gender and Innovation Working Group | UNICEF Innovation is critical for delivering scalable solutions to the world’s problems. Gender Based Violence (GBV) is one of the most complex…
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…
The Power of Evidence for Driving Progress and Change
Hosted by: International Development Research Centre To tackle gender inequality, we need to expose, recognize and value women’s lived realities. Strengthening women's individual leadership and igniting collective action across stakeholders and sectors…
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…
UNdaunted – Transforming Adolescent Girls Access to Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Hosted by: UNICEF Canada It is universally recognized that girls’ access to education is key to their future contribution to society and their own sense of fulfilment. Participate in a conversation about the power of Canadian philanthropy through UNICEF…
Young People's Right to Health: Mind the Gap? Close the Gap!
Hosted by: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Medicus Mundi Switzerland, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Glasgow Come and join us for an honest and engaging discussion on how to reach the most vulnerable and marginalized…
Decoding Fintech and Capturing the Opportunities For Financial Inclusion and Gender Equality
Hosted by: Toronto Centre-Global Leadership for Financial Supervision While fintech and mobile phones have the potential to deliver powerful solutions, success is dependent on the private sector, governments and financial regulators and supervisors working…
A Humanitarian Imperative: Reducing the Risk of Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies and Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Hosted by: Action Against Hunger and UNICEF What is our imperative to reduce risks of gender-based violence for communities affected by humanitarian crisis? What does ‘safety’ mean in an environment of systemic violence for women in Vancouver’s…
Tuesday 4 June
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…
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…
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…
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…
FP2020 Reference Group and Alumni Breakfast
Hosted by: FP2020 FP2020 Reference Group and Alumni Breakfast By invitation only. Location available upon RSVP.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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).…
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…