Monday 3 June
Decoding Fintech and Capturing the Opportunities For Financial Inclusion and Gender Equality
Hosted by: Toronto Centre-Global Leadership for Financial Supervision While fintech and mobile phones have the potential to deliver powerful solutions, success is dependent on the private sector, governments and financial regulators and supervisors working…
Power. Progress. Change. Women Deliver 2019 Global Conference Opening Press Conference
Women Deliver President/CEO Katja Iversen joins heads of state, the Executive Director of UN Women and a Women Deliver Young Leader to open the Women Deliver 2019 Conference
Welcome to WDLive
Kicking off the Women Deliver 2019 Virtual Conference with Women Deliver President/CEO Katja Iversen
Candid Conversation with Young People
Host: Lyse Doucet, Journalist, BBC News - Bersabeh Kassaye, Project Coordinator, Project SHEBA, Ethiopia - Arash Bordbar, Chair, UN Refugee Agency Global Youth Advisory Council
On the Ground
Hear directly from delegates at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference Host: Lucia Knell, Upworthy/Good
The Power of Us: Opening of the Women Deliver 2019 Conference
Let us join together and kick-off the Women Deliver 2019 Conference. Enjoy an indigenous welcoming ceremony, a high-powered plenary discussion, as well as some good beats. The Power of Us opening will explore the frame of WD2019 “Power. Progress. Change.”…
Opening Reception
Enjoy music, hors d'oevres, and meeting your fellow delegates!
The Takeaway
A journalist roundtable recapping the opening day Host: Thembisa Fakude, Head of Research, Al Jazeera Center for Studies - Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, CEO, Plan International - Kgomotso Matsunyane, Journalist, KAYA FM - Martin Aguirre, Journalist
A Humanitarian Imperative: Reducing the Risk of Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies and Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Hosted by: Action Against Hunger and UNICEF What is our imperative to reduce risks of gender-based violence for communities affected by humanitarian crisis? What does ‘safety’ mean in an environment of systemic violence for women in Vancouver’s…