Wednesday 5 June
Advancing Women in the Workplace, Today and in the Future: The Power of Parity
Organized by: McKinsey Global Institute and UN Foundation Five years ago, a McKinsey report found that countries could add $12 trillion to GDP by 2025 by advancing women’s equality on both social and economic indicators. This significant opportunity…
The Why, How, and What Now of Youth Leadership in SRHR: Findings from the YIELD Project
Organized by: The YIELD Project, guided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Summit Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The global surge in young people’s participation and leadership…
Can You Hear Me Now? What Does It Take to Improve the Health of Women and Girls?
Organized by: FHI 360 This event will feature the launch of the new PrEP4Youth videos, featuring actors from MTV Shuga: Down South telling adolescent girls and young women about the power of PrEP as a new HIV prevention option. Panelists will engage…
Re-Thinking Women’s Health: Gender-Based Innovative Science for Integrated Health Systems
Organized by: PRE-EMPT, University of British Columbia Join us to re-appraise the global community’s approach to women’s health through a gendered lens. We will discuss critical women’s health issues, such as cervical cancer, pre-eclampsia, quality…
ICPD: As Relevant Today as Ever — Join the Movement!
Organized by: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Recognizing that the ICPD would not exist without advocacy from the ground, particularly by women’s groups, this event joins activists of '94…
Family Planning: A Smart Investment for Women’s Empowerment and Sustainable Development
Organized by: Population Foundation of India Family planning is a critical element of reproductive health, economic development and women’s empowerment, it’s the best value for money (Post-2015 Consensus), and a primary driver for achieving SGDs.…
What Works in Ending Child Marriage? Experiences From the Field and a Call to Action
Organized by: World Vision International and Girls Not Brides Four panelists will speak and answer questions on multi-sectoral approaches to tackling child marriage: two young women from Bangladesh and Mozambique participating in various empowerment…
Getting the Most Bang for Your Buck: Neglected Tropical Diseases, The Missing Thread
Organized by: Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Are you looking for creative ways to increase your reach and deliver more? Let’s face it, money is tough to come by nowadays. When we have limited resources, how do we maximize the…
Investing in Girls and Women: How Technology Can Ensure a New Generation of Leaders Be Heard
Organized by: The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) Increasing agency and leadership amongst young women starts with listening to them. Amy Haddad, Assistant Secretary & Principal Gender Specialist for the Australian Department of Foreign…
Data for Health: Strengthening Systems and Communities
Organized by: Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation will host a panel discussion of community health advocates, global health leaders, and health systems experts to discuss the potential of data science to link communities to primary health…
How She Leads: Past, Present, and Future
Organized by: Nutrition International Nutrition International will bring together a lifelong activist and upcoming women leaders, to will explore the barriers to change, what it takes to overcome them and how we build on the past to shape the future.…
The Adolescent Girl Journey: Her Body. Her Power.
Organized by: Plan International An interactive session, organized by Plan International along with FrontLine Aids and SheDecides, that will amplify and promote young people’s voices, and share these organizations’ experiences in addressing the barriers…
Women Leaders in Power: Rising to 50x50
Organized by: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland This expert roundtable seeks to bring together representatives from different countries and international agencies to identify actions and opportunities for cooperation to accelerate female leadership…
Indigenous Midwifery - Decolonizing Health Care in Indigenous Communities and Midwifery Education for Indigenous Midwives
Organized by: Save the Children Canada Indigenous midwives are challenging and decolonizing the health care and education systems to provide culturally-safe health care and education opportunities that promote respect and self-determination. This session…
Women’s Economic Empowerment in Humanitarian Settings
Organized by: International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, World Food Programme Initiatives to increase women’s economic empowerment are predominantly designed for stable contexts, and skepticism persists that women’s economic empowerment is either…
Designing for a Better World: Can Design Thinking Improve the Lives of Girls and Women?
Organized By: FHI 360, Path, Philips, PSI Too often, development interventions and health systems fail to adequately meet the needs of those they intend to serve. In this session, learn how gender conscious design thinking is improving the lives of girls…
Warzone Rape: Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict
Organized by: Save the Children Canada, Women’s Refugee Commission Sexual violence is used as a weapon of war worldwide, with life-long impacts on survivors and societies. This session examines promising approaches and partnerships – from local level…
Let’s Get What We Want: Contraceptive Innovation, Access, Quality, and Choice
Organized by: Family Planning 2020, FHI 360, UNFPA An estimated 214 million women in developing countries have an unmet need for modern contraception. Women want access, quality, and choice within global family planning programs. In this session, participants…
Energy and Water: Essential Ingredients for Women's Equality and Achieving the SDGs
Organized by: WaterAid, Sustainable Energy for All Energy and water are essential to lives and livelihoods. From the negative health impacts of cooking over traditional fuels to valuable time spent collecting water, lack of access to clean energy and…
Keeping Girls in School and Learning... Longer
Organized by: Global Partnership for Education, NORAD, PLAN International, UNESCO Many girls drop out after primary school or do not attend school at all for many reasons: poverty, conflict, social norms, child marriage, teenage pregnancy, gender-based…
