Tuesday 4 June
Live from the Youth Zone
Highlights from the Youth Zone opening ceremony Host: Mariama Kabia, Senior Associate, Youth Engagement, Women Deliver
Film Screenings: Body Image
A Perfect 14: A Film About Women Reshaping The World (07:39) > A Perfect 14 explores the world of plus size models fighting to reshape the fashion industry and the beauty standards of society. The film follows the journeys of models Elly Mayday (Canada),…
News Watch
New report on the future of women and work Host: Justice Baidoo, Journalist, Joy News - Kweilin Ellingrud, Senior Partner, Minneapolis, McKinsey & Company - Sandrine Devillard, Senior Partner, Montreal, McKinsey & Company
Film Screenings: Women Behind the Camera
The Sunrise Storyteller Trailer (1:53) > The Sunrise Storyteller follows the hero's journey of teenage filmmaker & social justice advocate, Kasha Sequoia Slavner, as she sets out for six months on her 16th birthday across the world in search of stories…
The Under-Recognized Power of Women in the Health Workforce
Organized by: Johnson & Johnson Are women health workers under recognized? If so, WHY? Is it because they are women? Is it because society under value "care giving"? This session brings together health workers and health workforce leaders to uncover…
Redressing Power Imbalances: Using Research to Transform Gender Relations
Organized by: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) This event features IDRC’s rich history of participatory and boundary pushing gender transformative research by sharing core principles and best practices that are highlighted in an analytical…
Men, Masculinity, and A Modern Playbook for Gender Equality
Organized by: P&G Women’s voices are louder than ever on topics of health, wealth, harassment, safety, and the right to lead, yet progress has stalled. We must do better. We need a more modern playbook which includes the role of men as we collectively…
Child Welfare in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside: The Intergenerational and Lifelong Trauma of Child Apprehension
Organized by: Downtown Eastside Women's Network The apprehension of children by government agencies disproportionately impacts First Nations, Metis and Inuit mothers and families where deep, far-reaching harm is overwhelmingly on women. Although less…
Accelerating Knowledge: Social Entrepreneurs and Family Planning
Organized by: Bayer AG What role does social entrepreneurship play in accelerating positive change in family planning education and awareness? With a special focus on enabling youth voices, this session will feature social entrepreneurs sharing their…
Key Changemakers: Women Driving Change
Organized by: UNICEF Canada Join us for an inspiring discussion with UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo, and other women and youth who are working to drive change, through the empowerment of themselves and others. Hearing personal stories from…
Changemakers in Action: Youth Leadership to Harness Digital Innovation for UHC2030
Organized by: Fondation Botnar Fondation Botnar’s lunch session at the WD2019 conference will highlight the Women Deliver Young Leaders Program and explore best practices of youth leadership in action, particularly as it relates to young people as…
Young Women at Work: Our Commitment to a World Where Young Women Prosper
Organized by: Mastercard Foundation Join us for an interactive lunchtime event that brings together young leaders and decision-makers, and contests notions of ‘expert’ by creating a space for youth delegates to lead a series of mini-roundtables on…
Shaping an Empowering Narrative for Financing for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: The Role of the Private Sector
Organized by: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) Despite of signs of progress, investments that are critical to achieving the SDG’s remain underfunded, while significantly more and better public and private investments will…
Time's Up: Ending Harassment in the Global Health Workplace
Organized by: Women in Global Health Gender equality is everyone’s business and should be everyone’s reality. This session will focus on the paradigm shifted needed to achieve lasting and substantive change to create enabling environments for all…
Family Planning – A Best Buy in Global Development
Organized by: Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), Population Council, and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) The right to decide over your own body can improve the lives of women and girls in developing countries and be the catalyst…
Meet the Filmmakers
An exclusive opportunity to meet the filmmakers and commissioning organizations for the films featured in the Women Deliver 2019 Conference Film Festival.
Social Enterprise Pitch: Day One
A live competition featuring outstanding social entrepreneurs, held over the course of two days. Each contestant will have 10 minutes to convince a panel of experts that their product or idea has potential to transform the lives of girls and women. Three…
The Work is Never Done: Lessons in Being an Institutional Ally
Organized by: Vancouver Foundation Good isn’t good enough. In this session, Canada’s leading community foundation will share what it’s doing well to be an ally to women and girls. But in a world of rampant inequality, organizations and institutions…
Women Together. Conquer Stigma. Perinatal Substance Use.
Organized by: BC Women's Health Foundation Women Together. Conquer Stigma. Perinatal Substance Use. will call attention to perinatal substance use and the foundational principles of Indigenous cultural safety, women-centered, trauma-informed practice…
Face to Face with Peter Sands
Gender and the face of HIV Host: Shahira Amin, Independent Journalist With Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria