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

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.

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.

Film Screenings: Access to Safe Abortion

RV (10:27)
> Stripped of her rights, a woman’s life changes when she ventures with her husband to remedy an impossible situation. R.V is a narrative short about the current threat to women's reproductive rights. R.V follows a woman's experience undergoing an abortion where access to safe, legal care is not an option. Director(s): Will Hawkes & Melissa Center

I'll Tell You Trailer (2:14)
> In the documentary film I'll Tell You, nine Brazilian women tell a similar story: at some point in their lives, they decided to interrupt an unwanted pregnancy. In the film, they share their experiences in clandestine abortion clinics or with abortion medication at home. They are ordinary women, women who work and have families. Some were already mothers when they had an abortion, some chose motherhood later on in life. Others just do not wish to have children. Although abortion is a crime in the country, 1 in 5 Brazilian women have performed at least one abortion by the age of 40. Director(s): Debora Diniz

Caroline's Story (2:30)
> All around the world, women are forced to seek out unsafe abortions, with terrifying, sometimes fatal, results. This short film focuses on the story of Caroline, who lives in Kenya, where the government has failed to issue clear legal guidelines around abortion, and has banned abortion trainings for health care providers, putting thousands of women at risk. The animation that accompanies her retelling of her story captures the grief, loss, and fear that Caroline endured with its graceful use of shape, line, and movement. Director(s): Gabriel Lee for the Center for Reproductive Rights

Abandoned Trailer (2:14)
> Abandoned tells, for the first time, the heartbreaking stories of women who have died or suffered terribly after being denied a legal abortion because doctors claimed it conflicted with their personal or religious beliefs, citing a "conscientious objection". This ground-breaking film exposes the injustice of allowing doctors to refuse care to women with an unwanted pregnancy. No other area of medicine allows treatment refusals based on personal beliefs because that is recognized as unprofessional and discriminatory. The film also explores the origin of the misnamed practice of "conscientious objection" in health care and interviews experts on the issue. Director(s): Patricia Marchart

That's One Small Step Trailer (1:17)
> The year is 1969, a man just landed on the moon but abortion in Canada is still illegal. Veronica is a conservative cop who fakes a pregnancy to gain evidence on a doctor performing underground abortions. She is just about to make the arrest of a lifetime when a pregnant girl barges in desperate for help. Director(s): Adelina Suvagau

We Were Hardly More Than Children (8:45)
> "We Were Hardly More Than Children" tells an epic tale of an illegal abortion as lived by two friends on a frightful journey through a world that has little concern for their survival. Director(s): Cecelia Condit

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.

Launch of the Lancet Series on Gender Equality, Norms and Health

Hosted by: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The newly launched Lancet Series explores how restrictive gender norms affect every aspect of peoples’ wellbeing. The Series offers new theoretical perspectives and evidence on what causes gender inequality and what works to address it, culminating in a call to action. Hear key authors present their findings and reactions from experts. Join us for a disruptive session and help us create a movement to knock down barriers to gender equality.

Open to all delegates.

The Bone Gym: Movement for Change

Hosted by: UCB

Power is in one's head, heart, hands‚ and bones. But for women with fragile bones, power may feel like an impossible dream. Our Bone Gym is for everybody: young and seasoned alike. Whoever you are, drop in anytime to UCB's uniquely interactive session. Build your strength to become a force for change for the women around you. Because every woman deserves strength in her bones.

Speakers include:
- Barbara Hannah Grufferman - Author and Journalist
- Elizabeth A. Thompson – CEO National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF)

Open to all delegates.

PRE-EMPT Reception: Celebrate Achievements and Plans for the Future

Hosted by: PRE-EMPT

The PRE-EMPT (PREgnancy, Evidence, Monitoring, Partnerships and Treatment) team looks forward to hosting friends and colleagues to celebrate the many achievements over the last 8 years and to discuss exciting plans for the future. We will be providing light snacks and drinks for attendees.

Follow our latest WD updates: @UBCPREEMPT

Open to all delegates. RSVP at PRE-EMPT@cw.bc.ca

Feminist Frontline: Strategies for Resistance and Change

Hosted by: The MATCH International Women's Fund, Oak Foundation and Prospera

Our dynamic activist speakers discuss how they are disrupting and dismantling the patriarchy through innovative strategies. They will reflect on the role of feminist philanthropy in supporting risk-taking and unconventional methods of resistance and change.

Registration required. RSVP at https://bit.ly/2W5xtOx

Committing to the F Word: Implementing Feminist Programs Across the Development Agenda

Hosted by: The Stop TB Partnership

Join us to discuss over drinks and food: Is a feminist agenda too difficult to implement across ALL development programs? Stop TB Partnership challenges a diverse group of inspiring leaders to talk about how Tuberculosis interventions, drug policies, LGBT rights, HIV prevention and youth mobilization will benefit from a focus on feminism and empowerment and how organizations and individuals have been doing this work in the face of criticism and opposition. Through an interactive dialogue and sharing of personal stories and experiences we will discuss how to win over critics and overcome reluctance, and how to ensure that commitment to the F word is not just lip service, but action.

Dialogue participants:
- Kim Simplis Barrow, First Lady of Belize
- Lucica Ditiu, Stop TB Partnership Executive Director
- Shannon Hader, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director
- Susan Boyd, Distinguished Professor, Human and Social Development, University of Victoria
- Erika Castellanos, Global Action for Trans Equality
- Grace Ngulube, Her Voice Ambassador

Open to all delegates. RSVP at marinas@stoptb.org

Mapping Abortion Rights Worldwide

Hosted by: Center for Reproductive Rights

Please join the Center for Reproductive Rights for cocktails, conversation, and the unveiling of the 2019 World Abortion Laws Map.

By invitation only.

Beyond 2020: The Future of the Global Family Planning Partnership

Hosted by: FP2020

Join us for a reception and discussion on FP2020 progress since the 2012 London Summit and reflections on the future of family planning beyond 2020. Participants will review and discuss preliminary findings of the ongoing global consultation to define a vision for rights-based family planning to 2030, including ideas for how to best sustain and accelerate family planning progress as a key driver for achieving universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and unlocking the potential of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Open to all delegates.

Candid Conversations

Private Sector Impact for Women and Girls: Models that Make Good Business AND Social Sense

Hosted by: FHI 360

Join this exclusive fireside chat with representatives from IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Mastercard Foundation, Merck for Mothers and Procter & Gamble to explore how corporate and foundation investments and models of giving are driving catalytic social impact for women and girls. Gain new insights and build strong contacts to help foster truly sustainable impact in health, STEM education, economic development, financial inclusion and beyond. Light refreshments will be served.

Open to all delegates.

What Women Want: Demands from 1 Million Women and Girls. Will You Listen?

Hosted by: White Ribbon Alliance

The What Women Want campaign was created to hear directly from women and girls on their priority for reproductive and maternal healthcare. One year and an unprecedented 1,187,738 demands across 114 countries later, we are unveiling the findings. Citizen advocates will reveal how they mobilized partners and responses, then bring their messages and questions to high-level leaders who will LISTEN and RESPOND. You’ll leave inspired and equipped to bring the power of What Women Want to your efforts for women and girls.

Performance by award winning spoken-word artist, Titilope Sonuga. Drinks and snacks will be served.

Open to all delegates.

The Real Groundbreakers: Women Food Producers Transforming Rural Landscapes

Hosted by: Canadian Foodgrains Bank and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Rural women in developing countries are vital economic players in their communities. Many are food producers, crucial to their families' health and nutrition, and are agents of change. But gender inequality holds them back.

This event will explore the challenges women food producers face and will hear solutions from women who are championing gender equality, confronting injustice, and are helping to end hunger and malnutrition in their communities. These women are the real groundbreakers.

Open to all delegates.

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.

Harnessing the Power of Mobile: Improving Girls’ Nutrition by Increasing Knowledge and Access

Hosted by: Nutrition International & Girl Effect

Join Jessica Posner Odede and Joel Spicer, CEOs of Girl Effect and Nutrition International, and 21 year old tech-enabled girl ambassador Shamsiyya Abubakar Ahmad, for an afternoon reception on the importance of encouraging better nutrition habits among adolescent girls. Interact with the technology as Girl Effect and Nutrition International showcase how this innovative partnership harnesses the power of mobile to improve knowledge, attitudes, and nutrition practices among adolescent girls.

Open to all delegates.

The Youth-Led Roadmap to Achieving Gender Equality in Canada

Hosted by: Plan International Canada & The Canadian Teachers' Federation; Major Sponsor - TD Bank

Youth for Gender Equality will launch the first-ever youth-led roadmap to achieve SDG 5 (Gender Equality) in Canada based on the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Be part of history in the making as youth leaders present their SDG recommendations to global influencers and activists and discover how we can achieve gender equality in Canada and beyond. Hear about the Dialogues and workshops hosted in Canada that led to the creation of these ground-breaking recommendations.

By invitation only.

Gender, Youth, and SRHR: Who Has The Power?

Hosted by: EngenderHealth

How can organizations address the power dynamics of gender and age in the context of SRHR? Can SRHR programs achieve true gender equality and meaningful youth engagement? What role should donors play in shifting power dynamics? Join leaders from the SRHR, girls' and women's empowerment, and funding communities for a candid conversation about the distribution and concentration of power and how we must work toward equality.

Speakers include:
- Jillian Gedeon, (Moderator) Co-Founder, Executive Director, International Youth Alliance for FP
- Arthur Erken, Director, Communications and Strategic Partnerships, UNFPA
- Chisomo Kaufulu, Project Director, Malawi, EngenderHealth
- Hilary Mathews, Senior Director (Acting), Gender Justice Team, CARE
- Eva Johansson Lead policy advisor for gender equality Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Open to all delegates.