Thursday 6 June
The Gendered Experience of Youth Leadership in SRHR: Addressing the Disequilibrium
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 Young women and young men have radically different experiences…
AmplifyChange Live! @ Women Deliver 2019
Organized by: AmplifyChange AmplifyChange is running a live grant-making session to support movement building for sexual and reproductive health and rights. Fiveshort-listed applicants will share their project on stage, take questions, and receive feedback.…
Power Talks: Insights
Moderated by: Jill Sheffield, Founder and Former President, Women Deliver 12:15 | Vasfije Krasniqi-Goodman, Activist > Last year, Vasfije Krasniqi-Goodman became the first woman to speak publicly about being raped during the Kosovo war – which led…
Building Movement Potential: Technology and Community as Catalysts for Gender Justice
Organized by: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Change.org Foundation How do we make sure thousands of women are ready and supported to lead movements on the big issues of our time? Join the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Change.org…
PANEL: Responsible Storytelling
How are filmmakers changing harmful narratives of women and girls? Hear directly from filmmakers who have integrated local communities in their storytelling practices, hired gender-equitable film crews, and promoted diversity and inclusion in their creative…
Lunch Performance
During the last lunch hour of the conference, Youth Zone attendees can enjoy a live performance from a special guest.
Candid Conversation: Building a feminist approach to humanitarian aid
Host, Marcy Hersh, Senior Manager, Humanitarian Advocacy, Women Deliver Cecilia Chami, Program Director, Lebanon Family Planning Association for Development and Family Empowerment Juliet Whitley, Policy Adviser, UK Department for International Development
Candid Conversation with Young People
Host: Kumba Kpakima Sky News Guests: Women Deliver Young Leaders
Film Screenings: Women and Innovation
Unladylike 2020 (8:00) > UNLADYLIKE2020 is an innovative multimedia series featuring extraordinary, unsung women from the turn of the 20th century, launching in 2020 in honor of the 100th anniversary of American women's suffrage. With a television broadcast…
WORKSHOP (FRENCH): “But Why Would I Care?” Getting Through to Those Who (Think They) Have Heard It All Before
Session will be conducted in French. Organized by: Kristin Hetle In this interactive session, you'll test and take away some good communication tactics - drawing from classic storytelling and rethorical principles that have stood the test of time,…
Do No Harm: Local to Global Efforts to Prevent and Address Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Settings
Organized by: Save the Children Canada, Women’s Refugee Commission Conflict-affected girls and women increasingly rely on humanitarian assistance for survival, placing power at the hands of aid workers and peacekeepers. Such a power imbalance increases…
Film Screenings: Feminism
Not Yet Satisfied (14:00) > Not Yet Satisfied is a short documetary film following journalist Eliza Anyangwe as she travels to Accra and Johannesburg to meet feminists who are opening up space for conversations about sex and sexuality. Despite religious…
Indigenous Women, Power, and Politics
Organized by: Inuit Circumpolar Council, Native Women's Association of Canada, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples In every region of the world, Indigenous peoples are pressured by powerful economic and political forces. They face human rights abuses,…
A Humanitarian System by Women, for Women: The Essential Role of Women-Focused CSOs
Organized by: Family Planning 2020, Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises, NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security, Oxfam, UNFPA, Women Deliver The most valuable players in humanitarian action—women-focused civil society…
Innovative Ideas: A Think-a-Thon
Organized by: Advocates for Youth, AfriYAN, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts This session will take the form of a think-a-thon to support the development of innovations and entrepreneurship by young people. ‘It’s always been done…
WORKSHOP: New Tools for Turning Data into Gender Equality Advocacy Across the SDGs
Organized by: Equal Measures 2030 This is an opportunity for non-technical audiences to engage with the EM2030 SDG Gender Index, which provides scores and rankings on gender equality across the SDGs for 129 countries. The session presents strategies…
Sex and Power: The Dynamics Between Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
Organized by: Men Engage, UNFPA, Spotlight Initiative, Together for Girls Intimate partner violence and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV) can directly impact sexual and reproductive health (SRHR) - from the ability to access and utilize family…
Power Talks: SRHR
Moderated by: Beth Schlachter, Executive Director, FP2020 1:35 | Anastasia Holoboff, Senior Legal Advisor, Women Enabled International > Worldwide, girls and women with disabilities are regularly excluded from essential services to address gender-based…
The Power of Momentum: What’s next on the trajectory towards gender equality?
It doesn’t stop here. There is much work to be done. There is opposition to the issues, but also many upcoming opportunities that can help move the needle further for gender equality and girls’ and women’s health and rights. The Power of Momentum…
Respectful, People-Centered Care: Getting Beyond Aspirational
Organized by: Jhpiego, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, White Ribbon Alliance, World Health Organization Join this interactive, cross-sector session to design solutions for quality, people-centered, respectful healthcare where patients…
