Tuesday 4 June
Surviving Day One: Birth in the Humanitarian-Development Nexus
Organized by: Family Planning 2020, Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises, NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security, UNFPA, Women Deliver Surviving the first day of childbirth (Day One) is a challenge for women and newborns…
Capacity Building and Market-Driven Skills for Power and Progress in Crisis Settings
Organized by: International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, World Food Programme Women are economic actors who build households and contribute to community resilience- including in humanitarian and conflict settings. This session will explore successful…
Change Begins at Home: Decent Work for Domestic Workers
Organized by: Data 2x, International Labour Organization, Oxfam Canada, International Development Research Centre Globally, 70 million domestic workers, mostly women, are busy at work inside the household, powering our homes and economies. They are also…
Making Commitments Reality: Rights of Migrant and Refugee Women
Organized by: Save the Children Canada, Women’s Refugee Commission Displacement often compounds existing discrimination against women, such that the risks and hurdles facing girls and women seeking asylum include discriminatory family laws and nationality…
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…
Film Screenings: Male Allies
Road to Change Trailer (3:05) > Join former monk, Ravinol, as he learns about the challenges girls in India face accessing education today while driving 1800km to revisit the village he lived in 20 years ago. We will meet girls whose lives have already…
Creating Better Conditions for Women to Succeed in the Workplace
Organized by: Catalyst.org, Mercer, P&G Did you know that female labor force participation increases by 0.6% for every additional week of paid maternity leave; or that every additional month a father stays on leave, a mother’s salary increases by 6.7%?…
From the Playing Field to the Board Room
Organized by: Canadian Association for Advancement of Women and Sports, EIR Soccer, Women Win Sport is as an accelerator to leadership development and economic empowerment, and research shows that women are more likely to land in C-suite positions if…
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,…
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…
Let’s Talk About It: Period!
Organized by: CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality, UNFPA, We Are Purposeful Menstruating is normal. Period. In this session, an intergenerational panel will discuss how maintaining health during menstruation maintains wellbeing, mobility, and dignity. The…
Youth-Led Activism for Social Change
Organized by: Advocates for Youth, AfriYAN, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts History is full of movements led by young people. From the US Civil Rights movement to the Arab Spring, youth-led activism has a history of pushing social change…
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…
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…
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…
Face to Face with Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
Host: Linda Givetash, Journalist
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…
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…
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…
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…