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, regulations, and policies aimed at diminishing their control over lands, territories, resources, and their way of life, such marginalization have adverse impacts on their cultures and communities. Indigenous women recognize that their political participation is essential and that they have unique role as Indigenous human rights defenders. Presenters will address their roles and pathways for increased engagement in politics, training, advocacy, alliances, sisterhood, and supporting Human Rights Defenders from violence.

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 planning tools, to an increased risk of unintended pregnancy, and sexual transmitted infections. Because healthcare providers are often the first or only person to support the SRHR of GBV survivors, integration of screening and prevention services is crucial. On the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development and its Programme of Action, this session examines successful interventions, guidance, and tools to address the linkages between SRHR and GBV.

Local Women Journalists are Transforming Global Narratives: Are You Listening?

Organized by: Global Press Institute, Lisa Russell Films/Create 2030, RNW Media

Across the world, local women, youth, and people of color are transforming media markets to advance diverse perspectives, hold power to account, and increase access to information. This session consider the power of diversity in global media. Come celebrate talented women changing the way we talk about girls and women in some of the world’s most challenging media landscapes.

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 and families are at the center of health decisions. Participants will explore examples of how to challenge power dynamics, and engage citizens, media, and policymakers to protect and advance women’s, newborns’, and families’ health and rights.

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 like this’ isn’t a sentence you will hear in this session! Working in multidisciplinary teams to tackle real-life projects, this session is a participatory exercise in lateral thinking for students, entrepreneurs, development practitioners, policy makers and more. Come contribute your knowledge and expertise to develop approaches for youth innovation, and define how you want to see the world in 2030!

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 for using index data to frame issues and highlight trouble spots in a country’s gender equality profile through benchmarking and positive deviant analysis. The session will also walk users through identifying relevant data and the different options for visually communicating advocacy messages.

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 will discuss the incredible potential for progress when moments, movements, and investments are linked and coordinated. We will explore the way forward, connecting WD2019, the French G7, ICPD+25, Beijing+25, and other key political moments. And we will discuss how we can seize funding, commitments, and enthusiasm to propel exponential progress.

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Opening Video: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization

Moderator: Catherine Fiankan-Bokonga, Senior Reporter

Panel:
- Maryam Monsef, Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality, Government of Canada
- Raven Lacerte, Co-Founder and Ambassador, Moose Hide Campaign
- Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director and Head, Centre for the New Economy and Society at the World Economic Forum
- Arthur Erken, Director, Communications and Strategic Partnerships, UNFPA
- Emilienne de Leon, Executive Director, Prospera
- Lopa Banerjee, Director, Civil Society Division, UN Women

Ending the Drudgery: Balancing the Burden of Unpaid Work

Organized by: Data2X, International Labour Organization, Oxfam Canada, International Development Research Centre

Women everywhere balance unpaid work and caregiving responsibilities along with paid work. This session will explore how global commitments to achieving women’s economic empowerment take this balance into account- or not. Panelists will discuss how to better recognize, reduce, and redistribute women’s burden of domestic work and caregiving. Participants will learn about interventions that are not only proven to boost women’s economic prospects, but have the potential for scale.

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, supported by data and evidence and combined with the requirements of today's fast-paced competitive never-ending news stream -  that will help you develop your pitch, elaborate your story and communicate on behalf of your organization in a way that makes you heard.

WORKSHOP: Power Within: Managing Stress and Anxiety

Organized by: Niyati Shah

Stress and anxiety share an imbalance of the nervous system where stimuli (overt/subtle) drive our body and mind into 'fight-flight' mode. Learn what triggers this imbalance, and practice with tools and tips to deactivate and transform it. We will work with a series of breathing techniques and grounding practices you can incorporate into your everyday life. We all have the power within us to strengthen our resilience and capacity to create new mindful pathways.

Film Screenings: Girls' Education

Beyond Boko Haram (9:43)
> Psychologist Fatima Akilu works with victims and members of Boko Haram and set up Nigeria's first de-radicalisation programme. Director(s): Kagho Idhebor and Nicky Milne

Married, Still a Child (1:25)
> IMAGE Plus is a project funded by The Embassy of The Kingdom of Netherlands working in Bangladesh. It aims to improve the lives of early married girls across Bangladesh. Currently it has over 9000 early married girls under the project in 3 northern areas of the country which are most prone to cases of child marriage. The project provides information and sensitization to these girls, their families and surrounding communities through local level interventions. Alongside these the project also conducts national level advocacy campaigns through various national media outlets to sensitize the masses on the situation of these girls and bring about policy changes to help these girls achieve their full potential. This TVC was produced and aired nationally though TV and online media to sensitize the mass audience, especially the government and policy makers. It portrays the struggles most early married girls have to go through due to their premature marriages. They lose their childhood and are married but still children.

Girls of Hope (3:11)
> In the Eastern and Southeastern regions of Turkey, the illiteracy rate among women is near 45 percent. For years, the government, NGOs and individual effort have worked to improve the situation. However, economic hardship and strict traditions still prevent many girls from access to education. Filmed in Van, Eastern Turkey, the documentary portrays a few girls who struggle for their education and, despite all the difficulties, try to hold on to their hope for a better future.

Tabu (14:12)
> Tabu, a school girl in rural Tanzania, is desperate to go to school to improve her chances in life but the risks she takes to get here, threaten the very thing she cherishes the most: her education. This narrative fiction was created from the testimony of young women and made by first-time filmmakers in the community of Lindi, Southern Tanzania in collaboration with the filmmaker and the NGO. Director(s): Justin Spray for VSO

Bringing Schools to Where There Are None! (1:00)
> 60 seconds to help an Italian NGO to build schools in the South of Bangladesh, where poor children can't afford the state schools. Director(s): Gianmarco D'Agostino

News Watch: Women Deliver Social Enterprise Pitch Winners

Host Justice Baidoo
Guests:
Miren Bengoa, Executive Director, Fondation CHANEL
Aruschi Khanna, Founder, Loom Katha
Matt Dickson, Founder, Eggpreneur
Rebecca Hui, Founder, Roots Studio

Film Screenings: Women in Media

Always - Generation of Firsts (2:42)
> There is a generational shift happening in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and a new wave of Saudi women is emerging. At this turning point, Always wanted to celebrate this Generation of Firsts, in a society that provides no real precedent to what they’re embarking on. Not only we celebrated Firsts by featuring achievers, but we also made a first, by entrusting the direction and shooting of the film exclusively to an all female Saudi crew. This not only exceeded every KPI set for the initiative, it also prompted more than 1,500 women to create their own content and join the Generation of Firsts. Director(s): Ralph Arida

Reel Women Seen (7:48)
> REEL WOMEN SEEN tells the story of the realities faced by women in the film and TV industry yet simultaneously depicts the necessary, possible and achievable ways to transform them. The story is set in common TV backdrops – from a police procedural to a sitcom (complete with laugh track), to a medical drama, to a webisode series. One continuous narrative unfolds through a series of brief parodies, ending with resolve for change. The project features an ensemble cast of women as widely diverse as imaginable. Shot in Vancouver and Toronto, and supported by unions, guild, industry professionals and suppliers. Director(s): Amanda Tapping

Images: Beauty, Media, and the Misrepresentation of Girls of Color (7:22)
> In collaboration with the Women's Foundation of Minnesota (WFMN) and the Young Women's Initiative of Minnesota (YWI MN), this short documentary, narrated by high-school aged girls of color, focuses on standards of beauty and the role mainstream media plays in influencing the negative perception of women and girls of color by others and the self-image of girls of color. It also covers the importance of diverse representation of women and girls of color in the media. Director(s): Elizabeth Zalanga

Mightier Than The Sword Trailer (3:00)
> In Afghanistan, a vibrant, free and independent media — nurtured under NATO occupation— has created a battleground for female journalists fighting to overcome the culture of silence and invisibility imposed upon women during years of Taliban and mujahedeen rule. Director(s): Roberta Staley

Candid Conversation: What Can Different Movements Learn from Each Other?

Host Kgomotso Matsunyane, journalist, KAYA FM
Vanina Escales, Co-Founders, Ni Una Menos
Ailbhe Smyth, Co-Director, Together for Yes, Ireland
Tina Tchen, Co-Founder, TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund

Candid Conversation: What Can Different Movements Learn from Each Other?

Host: Kgomotso Matsuyane, journalist, KAYA FM

Guests:
- Vanina Escales, one of the founders of Ni Una Menos
- Ailhbe Smyth, Co-Director, Together for Yes, Ireland
- Tina Tchen, Co-Founder, Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund

On the Ground: As the conference wraps up, we ask attendees ‘How Will You Use Your Power?’ going forward

As the conference wraps up, we ask attendees ‘How Will You Use Your Power?’ going forward

The Power of All: Closing celebration of the Women Deliver 2019 Conference

Join the closing plenary of the Women Deliver 2019 Conference, where we’ll come together in reflection and celebration. We will recap the highlights of WD2019, see how people participated through satellite events across the globe, and discuss how each and every one of us must go home and use our power – and use it for good. There will be laughter, commitments, and of course – great music to send us off.

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Opening Music: “DJ Chmba” Ellen Chilemba, DJ, Producer, and Activist

Master of Ceremonies (MC): Femi Oke, Senior Host, Al Jazeera English

Celebration Opening: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Deliver for Good Influencer, Women Deliver

Video: Michelle Obama, Former First Lady, United States of America

Closing Remarks: Katja Iversen, President/CEO, Women Deliver

Special Performance: Girl Be Heard

How will you use your power?
-Carolyn Tastad, Group President, North America, P&G
- Lina Abirafeh, Executive Director, the Arab Institute for Women at Lebanese American University
- Sandy Abdelmessih, Young Leader
- Rukshana Kapali, Youth Engagement Working Group Member and Young Leader
- Diana Abou Abbas, Executive Director, Marsa Sexual Health Center in Lebanon
- Winrose Nyaguthii Mwangi, Groots Kenya
- Amadou Kanoute, Executive Director, CICODEV Africa
- Grand Chief Edward John, First Nations Summit Task Group
- Marisa Viana, Executive Coordinator, RESURJ
- Chris Jochnick, CEO, Landesa
- Helga Fogstad, Executive-Director, PMNCH
- Peter Sands, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Loren Rodwin, Managing Director, Social Enterprise Team, OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

Remarks and Music: Angélique Kidjo, Grammy Award Winning Singer and Activist

Closing Action Items: Katja Iversen, President/CEO, Women Deliver

Closing Music: Angélique Kidjo, Grammy Award Winning Singer and Activist

Candid Conversation with Young People

The Takeaway

Journalist roundtable looks back at the conference and a look ahead at our shared work

- Thembisa Fakude, Head of Research, Al Jazeera Center for Studies
- Kgomotso Matsuyane, Journalist, KAYA FM

What’s Next?

As WD2019 comes to a close, we discuss the way forward

- Katja Iversen, President/CEO, Women Deliver