Thursday 6 June
WD2019 After-Party: Surpassing the Commitment
Hosted by: PSI and FP2020 Through FP2020, PSI committed to reach 10 million users under the age of 25 with modern contraception by December 2020. As of December 2018, PSI reached 14 million young users, surpassing our FP2020 pledge, two years ahead of…
From a Silent Alarm to a Holistic Response: Child, Early and Forced Marriages in Latin America and the Caribbean
Hosted by: Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage This session will be conducted in Spanish, with English interpretation available. In LAC, like globally, child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and discriminatory social…
What Would It Take For the Province British Columbia to Eliminate Cervical Cancer?
Hosted by: BC Women’s Health Research Institute In 2018, the WHO named elimination of cervical cancer as one of its health priorities. Across the world, by increasing uptake of the HPV vaccine and by increasing coverage of screening, we have the ability…
Stories of Community Engagement: How Social Media Plays a Part in Preventing CEFM
Hosted by: Commonwealth of Learning's GIRLS Inspire GIRLS Inspire is a Commonwealth of Learning (COL) project initiated with financial support from the governments of Canada and Australia. COL engaged community organisations in Bangladesh, India, Mozambique,…
Count Me In: Ensuring Equitable Access to Interventions for Cervical Cancer Prevention Interventions in LMICs
Hosted by: Jhpiego Every year, 275,000 women die of cervical cancer; over 85% of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where women lack access to cervical cancer screening and treatment. Jhpiego, in collaboration with global…
What Do Men Have To Do With It? The Merits of Male Engagement
Hosted by: Advancing Partners & Communities (APC), co-hosted by the Fertility Awareness for Community Transformation (FACT) Project, the Inter-agency Gender Working Group (IGWG) Male Engagement Task Force, and the Edna Adan Hospital University and Foundation…
The Role of the Law in Upholding, or Undermining, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Hosted by: World Health Organization (WHO)/The UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) and The European Parliamentary Forum for Population and Development (EPF) The…
Leading Locally: Powering Global Change
Hosted by: The Global Women's Leadership Initiative and The Federation of Canadian Municipalities Please join The Global Women’s Leadership Initiative and The Federation of Canadian Municipalities for this expert panel that will bring together mayors…