Sunday 2 June
Re-thinking Research “Excellence”: Building and Implementing a More Comprehensive, Inclusive Definition to Advance Transformative Science
Hosted by: The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the International Development Research Centre This panel will engage in the discussion on research excellence, specifically on how embedding equity, diversity and inclusion…
Expert Convening: Eliminating Cervical Cancer in Low-Resource Settings: Creating Recommendations for Locally Driven Solutions to Eliminate Cervical Cancer
Hosted by: Abt Associates and American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) WHO has called for the elimination of cervical cancer, which affects more than 500,000 women worldwide. In 2015, 270,000 women died from cervical cancer - 90% of whom…
Advocating for Increased Male Engagement in Family Planning and Reproductive Health: A Skills-Building Session
Hosted by: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs This hands-on session will give participants the opportunity to use a newly-released tool specifically designed to increase implementation of, and investment in, male engagement in family planning…
With the Youth, Through Nutrition, For the World
Hosted by: Save the Children UK, SUN CSO Network, ACTION, GAIN, WAGGGS Join the SUN Youth Leaders for Nutrition for a youth-friendly, interactive event to discuss adolescent nutrition around the world. There will be opportunities to hear from panelists…
Not Without a Cervix! Advocating for an Effective Cervical Cancer Response
Hosted by: TogetHER for Health, Union for International Cancer Control, American Cancer Society, Jhpiego, Project Concern International, Pathfinder International, Population Services International Each year there are 570,000 new cases of cervical cancer.…
Right Here Right Now: Sharing Stories on Youth Leadership
Hosted by: Dance4Life The Right Here Right Now partnership envisions a world where all young people are able to access quality and youth-friendly health services, and are not afraid to openly express who they are and who they love. During our side event…
Mobilizing Women's Power: Stories from the Field
Hosted by: CowaterSogema International As part of the Women Deliver 2019 Conference, CowaterSogema International will be hosting a side event, featuring female team leaders from our projects. We invite all delegates of the Women Deliver Conference to…
Innovating to Thrive: New Models for Global Development
Hosted by: International Center for Research on Women & Project Concern International (PCI) The landscape for global development is evolving rapidly. As the weight of philanthropic and bilateral support becomes more localized, international NGOs in the…
Making Connections, Demanding Rights
Hosted by: UN Women with partners The power to choose, power to decide, and power to seek services can successfully lead to women and girls realizing their rights to sexual and reproductive health services. Barriers to women's access to health and rights…
A Critical Need: Reproductive Health Care in Crisis Settings
Hosted by: Ipas and Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders Join us for an interactive reception focused on the importance of sexual and reproductive health care, including safe abortion, in humanitarian settings. Take in an exhibit that highlights…
Critical Reflections on Meaningful Youth Participation in Research: What Can We Learn From Young Co-Researchers and Approaches that Involve Them?
Hosted by: Rutgers The "insider" status of young people as co-researchers can increase access to study informants, enhance data quality and depth, and empower young people. But it also comes with a range of challenges. What can we learn from young co-researchers,…
Making The Case For Her: Breaking Taboos Around Women and Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health
Hosted by: The Case For Her Stigma and taboos around women’s sexual and reproductive health remain globally pervasive. The lack of knowledge about all aspects of their health – from menstruation, to female sexual pleasure, to menopause – holds…
GenderPro: Building Capacity & Setting a New Credentialing Standard for Gender Professionals
Hosted by: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Women's Institute at George Washington University, and UNICEF Meet & mingle with a global network of practitioners interested in scaling up effective and equitable gender programming. During this side…
Moving the Needle: What We Need to End Child Marriage
Hosted by: Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage Over the past few years, significant progress across the world has been made to end child marriage. But now we need to accelerate work to truly end this practice together. Join…
My Baby is a Blessing Not a Curse: The Stories Behind the Statistics of Preterm Birth
Hosted by: UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative - East Africa The UCSF East Africa Preterm Birth Initiative is hosting an evening of storytelling: personal narrative, data presentation, and theatrical performance. Stories are the window into the heart of our…
Ensuring Program Quality: the IASC Gender with Age Marker
Hosted by: IASC GenCap Project The IASC GAM is a new tool to assess and improve gender equality programming. It automatically codes projects based on multiple-choice questions, suggesting simple actions to improve responsiveness and consistency. The…
Creating a Gender Equal World: The Transformative Power of Women’s Rights to Land
Hosted by: Landesa Join Landesa for a cocktail reception showcasing the transformative power of realizing women’s rights to land. Guests will learn through a brief program how to break down the barriers to gender-equal land rights that constrain women’s…
Monday 3 June
Power Dynamics and Participation in Tackling Child Marriage
Hosted by: YIDA (Plan International Netherlands, Amref Flying Doctors, Rutgers, CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality and KIT Royal Tropical Institute) This breakfast meeting organized by the Yes I Do Alliance, one of the Dutch child marriage alliances will…
Working in Solidarity: Ally and/or Accomplice?
Hosted by: Vancouver Foundation - LEVEL Initiative What does it mean to engage in policy-change work on unceded Indigenous territories? Join Vancouver Foundation's LEVEL initiative in co-creating a 'brave space' that seeks to advance racial equity with…
Power of We: When Youth Take Charge
Hosted by: Johnson & Johnson This session is part of J&J's The Power of We series aiming to explore the unlimited power of collaboration in driving change and solving global challenges. The series will bring together unlikely groups of individuals -…