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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Shifting Social Norms for Women’s Economic Empowerment
Hosted by: The SEEP Network - Women's Economic Empowerment Working Group Gender discriminatory social norms are a widely recognized barrier to women’s economic empowerment, affecting both their agency and their access to economic resources and opportunities.…
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…
Potential and Power of Girls and Women at All Ages
Hosted by: World Health Organization and Partners Join us and take a ‘power walk’ to experience the power of health in blocking or unlocking the potential of girls and women at various points throughout their lives. Open to all delegates. RSVP at…