WORKSHOP: Inclusive Advocacy Strategies: How Working in Coalition as our Full Selves Produces Better Outcomes

Organized by: Outright Action International

Advocacy is never easy. To be effective, civil society needs a detailed understanding of the problem, evidence to substantiate our concerns, and a targeted solutions-oriented approach to produce change. Most importantly, we need community members who can advocate for ourselves across all our identities. This session will focus on best practices, mistakes not to replicate, and case studies from the United Nations and country-level projects for inclusive advocacy.

The Global Gender Digital Health Divide: A Debate

Organized By: FHI 360, Path, Philips, PSI

In this session, panelists will debate critical gender issues and solutions in the field of digital health. Debate topics will include: 1) gender and digital health services and application design, 2) opportunities for female leaders in the technology industry, 3) gender sensitive national data protection policies, and 4) gender considerations for closing the “last-mile” connectivity gap.

Change Social Norms: Abandon Female Genital Mutilation

Organized by: Tostan, UNFPA, UNICEF

Female Genital Mutilation, also called female genital cutting, is a reproductive health and human rights concern, with devastating impact on the lives of girls and women. Legal and policy reforms, national efforts and community engagement are helping to end this harmful practice. This session will share strategies from the social norm approach to accelerating FGM abandonment in four African countries: Kenya, Sudan, Nigeria, and Senegal.

Powerful Partnerships: What’s the Recipe?

Organized by: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Deliver for Good, Global Partnership for Education

If you are looking to leave Vancouver with a recipe for success to establish powerful cross-issue, cross-sector partnerships, this session is the place to be. This session offers insights from a range of partnerships with a focus on gender equality for girls and women, from the global to the local level, and features unique and unlikely partners.

Working Together to End School Related Gender-Based Violence

Organized by: PLAN International, Malala Fund, UNGEI, UNESCO

More than 246 million children around the world are subjected to gender-based violence in or around schools every year. This school related gender-based violence (SRGBV) includes bullying, verbal and sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and corporal punishment. SRGBV is deeply rooted in gender inequality, unequal power dynamics, and patriarchy and knows no geographical, cultural, social, or economic boundaries. Learn from young people, teachers, advocates and policy makers about the latest approaches, tools and resources that are having positive results in preventing and responding to school-related gender-based violence.

The Power of Money: Driving equitable economic growth by investing in women

The World Bank estimates that nations leave $160 trillion on the table when women don’t fully participate in national economies. The Power of Money will examine examples of investments in women’s financial inclusion, seed funding, patient capital, gender smart investing, and women-led and owned businesses. Through partnerships and mechanisms, and by creating an enabling environment, we can drive inclusive and equitable economic growth that benefits everyone. We will also explore ways to increase funding and other resources for women-focused organizations. Investing in girls and women is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do.

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Opening: Dr. Precious Moloi Motsepe, Co-Founder and CEO, Motsepe Foundation and Co-Chair, Maverick Collective, an initiative of PSI

Moderator: Raj Kumar, President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex

Panel:
- Maria Cavalcanti, President & CEO, Pro Mujer
- Humphrey Nabimanya, Founder and Team Leader, Reach A Hand Uganda
- Theo Sowa, CEO, African Women’s Development Fund
- Suzanne Biegel, Founder, Catalyst at Large
- Gayathri Vasudevan, Co-Founder and CEO, LabourNet

Presentation: The Power of Parity - New Evidence on the Benefit of Investing in Gender Equality
- Lareina Yee, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, McKinsey & Co
- Vivian Hunt, Managing Partner, UK and Ireland, McKinsey & Co.

News Watch

Breaking news and announcements

Host: Shahira Amin, Independent Journalist
- Carolyn Tastad, Group President - North America and Executive Sponsor - Gender Equality at Procter & Gamble
- Anna Van Acker, President and Managing Director of Merck Canada
- Florence Syevuo, National Coordinator of SDGs Kenya Forum

Film Screenings: Sex Trafficking

Saving Zoe (14:00)
> Echo and Zoë are sisters who couldn't be more different. One year after Zoë's murder, Echo unexpectedly discovers Zoë's diary and Echo begins a quest for the truth. Echo finds herself sucked into the surprising darkness of her sister’s world and uncovers how one small decision can lead to tragic consequences. SAVING ZOË is a powerful and thought provoking film that explores the dark realities of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation, including how the internet provides a ready marketplace for girls’ bodies. The film shows the pervasiveness of sexual exploitation and violence in a way that is current and relatable. Director(s): Jeffrey Hunt

I See the Roses (4:09)
> Human Trafficking can involve prostitution and physical abduction, but there are also many other elements that can be part of modern day slavery. This PSA features a young trafficked female who expresses through dance her desire for freedom. Join us in being a voice for the voiceless. Director(s): Sarah Goras Peterson

Crowbar (7:45)
> In CROWBAR, a lonely young girl stumbles around her neighborhood, hoping to find a friend. Friendship is not what she is offered. Still hungry, as a teenager, she allows abuse in exchange for cheap friendships and counterfeit love, until an unexpected heroine steps forward and offers that ‘crowbar moment’ and changes her life forever. Director(s): Lee Ryan Coston

Film Screenings: Women and AIDS

HIV Disclosure (2:31)
> This educational, animated video, developed by sexual health experts, focuses on disclosure as it relates to HIV status among very young adolescents. The video is targeted towards 10-14 year olds living in East and Southern Africa and is part of a larger global project aimed at ensuring all young people have access to inclusive, factual, and engaging sexuality education. Director(s): AMAZE.org for UNFPA ESARO, and TVSMITHS

Cuba: Born Free of HIV (6:40)
> Cuba became the first country in the world to receive validation from WHO that it has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis

Bread of Life (5:19)
> Bread of Life is about a women’s psychosocial support group running a community bakery in Lowarengak, a town in Northern Kenya near the Kenya-Ethiopian border. The 52-member group has overcome stigma and members are able to have a source of income for their families thanks to their work in the bakery. The members bake and sell the bread and are also educated about the importance of ARV retention. Selling the bread helps to tackle both self-stigma and stigma from other community members.

Mothers2Mothers (8:27)
> The members bake and sell the bread and are also educated about the importance of ARV retention. Selling the bread helps to tackle both self-stigma and stigma from other community members.

The Sky is the Limit (2:58)
> Community Adolescent Treatment Supporters (CATS) provide peer-to-peer information, counselling and support to adolescents and young people living with HIV to help them start and stay on treatment and achieve viral suppression. We follow Ntsiki, a CATS from Swaziland as she begins her journey and her hopes and aspirations for the future.

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 can invest in the health and empowerment of women working in their global supply chains to advance the SDGs while also delivering business returns.

By invitation only.

Face to Face with Sophie Grégoire Trudeau

Host: Linda Givetash, Journalist

Film Screenings: Female Health Workers

Our World United to End Polio: Beyond the End of the Road (2:40)
> Many thought polio could never be ended in India - a country where almost 70,000 children are born in a single day, each one having to be vaccinated against polio and other diseases. When the country was near zero-polio in 2009, health workers had to find new ways to access one of the most difficult areas of the country: the Kosi River Basi in the north-east of the country. Martha Dodray was one of the health workers who benefitted from a new plan to end polio in the area, heralding a new way of working with communities. Martha's work not only ended polio in India, she also forged new trust with communities. Director(s): Christine McNab for UN Foundation

Pipi's Story (3:00)
> Pipi is a boy who dreams of becoming an architect. Thanks to a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership with the Chinese government, Johnson & Johnson and other professional associations that trained and empowered his midwife, Pipi may one day realize his dream. The “Freedom of Breath, Fountain of Life” training program was launched to help prevent birth asphyxia in Chinese hospitals by ensuring that every delivery had at least one person trained in neonatal resuscitation present. When the program marked its 10-year anniversary, the initiative had saved an estimated 150,000 newborns across the country and one aspiring architect. Director(s): Elisa Gambino and Neal Broffman for Johnson & Johnson

Reaching the Last Mile (3:54)
> Manju is an ASHA – a frontline health worker in Bihar, India. She goes door-to-door, walking miles each day, to provide counseling and basic health services to people in rural communities who would otherwise have no access to care. Director(s): Jesse Crowell

EdTech Talk: The Future of Health Worker Training

Hosted by: International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), Laerdal Global Health & Maternity Foundation

Can technology help midwives save mothers and newborns in childbirth? Digital tools and innovations are rapidly changing the landscape of health worker education. We invite you to join global frontrunners in the digital health arena for an inspiring and educational EdTech Talk on the future of health worker training.

Talks by:
- Keynote by high-level speaker (to be announced)
- Franka Cadée, President of International Confederation of Midwives, ICM
- Tore Laerdal, Executive Chairman of Laerdal Global Health
- Anna Frellsen, CEO of Maternity Foundation
- Maria Langworthy, Director of Worldwide Research at Microsoft
- Genevieve Musokwa, Midwives Association of Zambia, MAZ

Open to all delegates. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/edtechtalk-the-future-of-health-worker-training-side-event-at-wd2019-tickets-61094794174

The Power of Tech: How do we best harness technology for gender equality?

A growing body of evidence shows that technology has the potential to help close the global gender gap faster – but only if it is designed by and for women, and gets in the hands of women. Whether or not tech lives up to its promise to be a driver of equality tomorrow will depend on the actions we take today. The Power of Tech will highlight leaders in different industries who have harnessed technology to reduce the gender gap, and propose policy changes that could scale impact.

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Opening: Nick Oketch, Founder, LucyBot, Director and Founder, Paradigm Youth Network Organization

Moderator: Melinda Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Panel:
- Shivani Soroya, CEO and Founder, Tala
- Judith Spitz, Founder, Women in Technology and Entrepreneurship in New York (WiTNY)
- Nick Oketch, Founder, LucyBot, Director and Founder, Paradigm Youth Network Organization

Power Talks: Progress

Moderated by: Alana Glass, Attorney and Sports Entrepreneur

4:35 | Deborah Birx, MD, Ambassador-at-Large and United States Global AIDS Coordinator
> Adolescent girls and young women in Eastern and Southern Africa are up to 14 times more likely to be HIV infected than boys their same age. Ambassador Deborah Birx will speak about the DREAMS partnership, an innovative public/private effort to reduce new HIV infections through evidence-based approaches that go beyond the health sector, addressing structural drivers including poverty, gender inequality, sexual violence, and a lack of education.

4:45 | Lindsey Dietschi, Lead, Global Health Partnerships, Pfizer
> Women are the Chief Medical Officers of their families, and to play that role, they need to be able to take care of their own health first. Lindsey Dietschi, Head of Global Health Partnerships at Pfizer, will discuss how sustainable access to life saving technologies, particularly family planning and immunizations, help women keep themselves and their families healthy.

4:55 | HRH Princess Sarah Zeid, Global Advocate
> When emergencies strike, women, girls, children, and newborns in humanitarian settings are still chronically overlooked in international responses. HRH Princess Sarah Zeid, a global advocate for maternal and newborn health, makes a passionate plea to change the current humanitarian system and put girls and women at the center of all programs, policies, and investments.

5:05 | Lucky Gill, Founder and President of Global Girl Power
> As the third unwanted daughter, Lucky Gill’s mother refused to see her for three days at birth. From a forced child marriage at 15 to motherhood at 16, Lucky always asked; “why me?”, “and the only answer she ever got “it's your Kismet” (destiny)”. This a story of a girl’s journey from rural India to catalyst of a global movement.

5:15 | Faysal El Kak, M.D., Vice President, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)
> As an OB-GYN and health expert with a lifelong commitment to women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, Dr. Faysal El Kak addresses the unique health challenges faced by Syrian refugees in his home country of Lebanon. The current refugee crisis within the region has created more need and urgency for women than ever before.

Countering Violence Against Women: International Perspectives on Feminist Advocacy and Family Law Reform

Hosted by: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace (WLP)

Join the International Development Research Centre and Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace to learn about 3 years of research on the link between family laws and violence against women. The research culminated in case studies in Brazil, India, Iran, Lebanon, Nigeria, Palestine, Senegal, and Turkey. Panelists will discuss innovative strategies used by women across the world to achieve legal reform and to help counter current cultural and social justifications for gender-based violence.

Open to all delegates. Kindly RSVP on this web page: wlp.digital/WD2019. You will receive an email confirmation about the event and a reminder the week of the conference. For any questions, contact wlp@learningpartnership.org.

Candid Conversations

Power, Progress, Change – From Cairo to Nairobi: Taking Stock and Looking Forward

Hosted by: The Government of Kenya and UNFPA

Speakers Include:
- Prof. Margaret Kobia, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs
- Dr. Natalia Kanem, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director, UNFPA

Open to all delegates. RSVP at alix@unfpa.org.

A Toast to the Future of Health for All: Bringing Communities into Primary Health Care

Hosted by: The Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation will host an informal reception to highlight progress toward delivering health for all. The event will bring together diverse voices emphasizing the range of actions needed to advance Universal Health Coverage, including empowering community health workers, and harnessing more and better data to continue pushing toward health for all. Reflections and brief remarks will be accompanied by refreshments and an opportunity to network with fellow advocates.

By invitation only.

Harnessing the Power of Data: Presenting the EM2030 Global SDG Gender Index

Hosted by: Equal Measures 2030 Partnership

Please join the Equal Measures 2030 partners for drinks and canapés from 4:00 pm and our side event from 5:00-7:00 pm, where we will launch the global SDG Gender Index. The Index is the most comprehensive tool available for measuring gender equality (aligned to the SDGs) in over 100 countries. Hear from our partners and special guests about how the EM2030 Index can help fuel action and accountability on gender equality in your country.

Open to all delegates.