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A Dive into Implementing the SDGs: The Global Strategy C1-M1 44

How Parental Depression Impacts Child Development B5-2 44

Nutrition: A Gateway to Achieving the SDGs B3-4 45

Sexual and Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights B3-2 45

Eliminating Sexuality- and Gender-Related Discrimination in Healthcare

B3-5 46

Adolescent SRH and Interrupting the Power Dynamics Between Generations

C1-M3 46

Acting on the Unmet Need for Midwifery Personnel B4-1 46

Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: A Comprehensive Approach

B4-2 47

Improving Education for Children with Disabilities B3-1 47

Gaining Ground: Women’s Rights to Land and Resources B5-1 48

Social Entrepreneurs Disrupting the Status Quo B4-4 48

Using Accountability to Keep Promises B4-5 49

Advocacy: What Works for Government and Officials B4-3 49

Revolutionizing Financing for Girls and Women— The Global Financing Facility

C1-M0 49

My Life, My Rights, My Future: Young People and Contraception C1-M2 50

Healthy Women, Healthy Economies B3-3 50

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10 Things You Need to Know About The SDGs C1-M0 51

Accountability for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, The Every Woman Every Child Model

B3-3 51

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission on the Edge of an AIDS-Free Generation

C1-M3 51

The Politics of Pleasure, Sexuality, and Human Rights C1-M2 52

The Private Sector Role in Safe Abortion Provision B3-4 52

Essential Care in Humanitarian Settings C1-M1 52

Women’s Economic Participation in Health Systems B4-1 53

Creating Environments for Sustainable Quality of Care B4-2 53

Reproductive Rights and Access to Abortion in Conflict B3-2 53

Empower to Power—Paving the Way for Women to Lead B5-2 54

Using Accountability to Defend Rights B4-3 54

Private and Public Partnerships to Tackle Gestational Diabetes B3-1 54

Sexual and Reproductive Rights Within Communities B3-5 55

Is 225M Acceptable? Unraveling Unintended Pregnancy B4-4 55

For Her Future: Integration Starts with Program Design B4-5 55

Understanding Innovative Financing and Social Impact Bonds B5-1 56

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Infertility: Impact, Issues, and Solutions B3-2 56

The Impact of Criminalizing Sexuality and Reproduction: A Human Rights Violation

B3-1 56

The Politicization of Women’s Bodies to Obstruct Sexual Rights C1-M2 57

Making Contraceptive Choice a Reality C1-M1 57

Health Systems: Investing in the Future Workforce B3-4 57

Capacity Building Strategies for Sustainable Quality of Care B5-2 58

Ensuring Education in Emergencies C1-M0 58

Leadership and Livelihoods Through Sport B3-3 58

Investing in Girls and Women to Combat Climate Change B3-5 59

Leveraging Voice, New Activism B4-1 59

Gender Responsive Budgeting in the 2030 Agenda B4-2 59

Caring Men: Fatherhood, Gender Equality, and RMNCAH B4-3 60

Working with Faith Leaders on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

C1-M3 60

Adding It Up: Solutions for Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health

B4-4 60

Whose Business Is it Anyway? Tapping Local Businesses to Improve Maternal Health

B4-5 61

Girls, Women, and the European Refugee Crisis B5-1 61

A Dive into Implementing The SDGs: The Global Strategy

The Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) supports countries in implementing the new SDG agenda without delay. This session introduces participants to the key building blocks of the Global Strategy and focuses on actions that all stakeholders can take to achieve its goals.

MODERATORGogontlejang Phaladi, Youth Representative, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health

SPEAKERSDavid Nabarro, UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development PlanningAwa Marie Coll Seck, Minister of Health, SenegalFlavia Bustreo, Assistant Director-General, Family, Women’s and Children’s Health, WHOTim Evans, Senior Director, Health, Nutrition and Population, The World BankRobin Gorna, Executive Director, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child HealthPeter Singer, Co-chair, Innovation Working Group, Every Woman Every Child, CEO, Grand Challenges Canada

How Parental Depression Impacts Child Development

Little consideration is given to the mental health of young women during and after pregnancy. This session will examine the cultural factors that shape this norm and develop strategies to strengthen the psychological aspects of perinatal health care services in order to increase the personal agency of young women.

SPEAKERSThach Tran, Research Fellow, Monash UniversityJane Fisher, Clinical and Health Psychologist and Jean Hailes Professor of Women’s Mental Health, Monash University, AustraliaDoortje Braeken, Senior Advisor, Adolescents, Gender and Rights, Programmes & Technical, International Planned Parenthood Federation

10:30 – 12:00 Room C1-M1

10:30 – 12:00 Room B5-2

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Nutrition: A Gateway to Achieving the SDGs

Undernutrition affects the ability of girls and women to concentrate and learn, survive childbirth, cope with manual labor, and work productively. Hence, improved nutrition for women and girls is fundamental to achievement of the SDGs. Share and learn about how integrating nutrition in development programs can impact outcomes across sectors.

MODERATORDominic Schofield, President, GAIN Canada, Senior Technical Advisor for Policy and Programs, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

SPEAKERSLawrence Haddad, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, Co-chair, Global Nutrition Report Maria Pontes, Manager, Business Social ResponsibilityKaosar Afsana, Director, Health Nutrition & Population, BRACNatalie Africa, Senior Director, Private Sector Engagement, Every Woman Every Child, UNDanny Harvey, Country Director, Zambia, Concern Worldwide

Sexual and Reproductive Rights are Human Rights

Sexual and reproductive rights are human rights and key to achieving global progress. Yet they remain contested, misunderstood, and not fully integrated into the SDGs. This session will show how indispensable they are and how they contribute to sustainable development.

MODERATOR Sandeep Prasad, Executive Director, Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights

SPEAKERSLaura Laski, Chief, Sexual and Reproductive Health Branch, Technical Division, UNFPAAddress Malata, Principal, Kamuzu College of Nursing, University of Malawi, Vice President of International Confederation of Midwives, Director, Collaborating Centre for Inter-professional Education and Practice, WHOAnkit Gupta, Queer Feminist Activist, member, Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (YCSRR), Women Deliver Young Leader, IndiaElena Eva Reynaga, Founder and Executive Secretary of the Network of Women Sex Workers from Latin America and the Caribbean (RedTraSex)

10:30 – 12:00 Room B3-4

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Eliminating Sexuality- and Gender-Related Discrimination in Healthcare

It will take systematic change to overcome sexuality and gender-related discrimination in healthcare. Speakers and participants will look at new strategies for client self-advocacy and ways to engage healthcare providers in overcoming stigma.

MODERATOREszter Kismodi, International Human Rights Lawyer, Director of Advocacy, CREA

SPEAKERSNozer K. Sheriar, Former Secretary General, Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India Tshepo Ricki Kgositau, Executive Director, Gender DynamicsLuisa Cabal, Chief, Human Rights and the Law, UNAIDS

Adolescent SRH and Interrupting the Power Dynamics Between Generations

To foster and promote meaningful intergenerational practices, it is crucial that both adults and young people share leadership roles. This session will explore the power dynamics in intergenerational work and draw out the lessons learned from prom-ising practices.

MODERATORBryan Eric Mallari, Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, Women Deliver Young Leader

SPEAKERSWituly Mwenitete, Journalist, youth and HIV/AIDS advocate, Malawi Ariel Cerrud, Senior Manager, International Policy, Advocates for YouthMiranda van Reeuwijk, Researcher, Rutgers

Acting on the Unmet Need for Midwifery Personnel

Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, and Newborn Health (SRMNH) services are core components of every health system. However, extensive deficits still remain in the midwifery workforce. Explore the country and sub-national realities of creating employment, career paths, retention, and security in the scale-up of midwifery services.

MODERATORKoki Agarwal, Director, Maternal and Child Survival Program, USAID

SPEAKERSFrances Day-Stirk, President, International Confederation of MidwivesFeroza Mushtari, President, Afghan Midwives AssociationAgnes Soucat, Director, Health Financing and Governance, WHOLuc De Bernis, Independent consultant, Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn HealthEva Nangalo, Midwife, Nakaseke Hospital, Uganda

10:30 – 12:00 Room B3-5

10:30 – 12:00 Room C1-M3

10:30 – 12:00 Room B4-1

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Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: A Comprehensive Approach

The recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has placed violence against girls and women high on the international development agenda. Panelists will highlight the need for a comprehensive approach to ending systemic violence and present strategies to end this violation of human rights.

MODERATORSJuncal Plazaola-Castaño, Violence against Women Data Specialist, Ending Violence against Women Section, UN Women

SPEAKERSMarai Larasi, Executive Director, Imkaan and Co-Chair, Ending Violence Against Women Coalition, UKProfessor Joy Ezeilo, Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, Executive Director, Women’s Aid Collective, NigeriaClaudia Garcia-Moreno, Team Leader for Sexual Health, Gender, Reproductive Rights and Adolescence, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHOVivian Onano, African Leadership Academy, Women Deliver Young Leader, Kenya

Improving Education for Children with Disabilities

Globally, up to 150 million children are living with disabilities, and girls with disabilities face the greatest barriers to education. In this session, experts will discuss some of the main solutions that schools, governments, and communities have found to deliver quality education for girls with disabilities.

MODERATOR Sophie Morgan, Filmmaker and Activist

SPEAKERSJulia Gillard, Board Chair, Global Partnership for Education, Former Prime Minister of Australia Anju Malhotra, Principal Adviser, Gender and Development, UNICEFAidan Leavy, Inclusion Specialist, Plan InternationalAbia Akram, Chair of the Youth Council of UNICEF, Light for the World

10:30 – 12:00 Room B4-2

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Gaining Ground: Women’s Rights to Land and Resources

Women with rights to land and resources trigger powerful changes—their status in the community rises, food security increases, health improves, and poverty erodes. Yet laws and bias in 100+ countries curtail women’s land and resource rights. Panelists will outline regional and local approaches to securing such rights.

SPEAKERSJacqueline Osiako Ingutiah, Partner, Olel, Onyango, Ingutiah and Company Advocates; Member, Kenya, FIDAFaustina Pereira, Director, Global InitiativesTom Osborne, Founder and CEO, GreenChar Solutions LtdFiona Fandim, Marie Stopes International, Women Deliver Young Leader, Papua New Guinea Melany Grout, Land Tenure and Gender Specialist, Landesa

Social Entrepreneurs Disrupting the Status Quo

When it comes to innovation, social entrepreneurs are at the forefront. Three entrepreneurs will share their business models and the lessons learned when implementing these innovations. Learn how social entrepreneurism is solving problems in ways that drive economic empowerment, particularly among the women in their communities.

MODERATOR Brittany Boettcher, Senior Program Manager, Skoll Foundation

SPEAKERSarah Toumi, Founder, Acacias for All, Tunisia Zubaida Bai, Founder, ayzh, IndiaTony Kalm, President, One Acre Fund, US/KenyaJanna Oberdorf, Vice President, Strategic Communications, Echoing Green

10:30 – 12:00 Room B5-1

10:30 – 12:00 Room B4-4

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Using Accountability to Keep Promises

Accountability has become a buzzword in the Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health field, but do we really know what it means and what it takes? Join an interactive dialogue to explore some of the challenging issues around accountability for SRMNCAH.

MODERATORBetsy McCallon, Executive Director, White Ribbon Alliance

SPEAKERSCarmen Barrosso, Member, Independent Expert Review Group, WHO, former Director, International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region Nina Schwalbe, Principal, Spark Street ConsultingJuan Jose Calvo, former President, LAC Conference on Population and DevelopmentMelissa Wanda, Advocacy Program Officer, FCI Program, Management Sciences for HealthBelinda Goldsmith, Editor-in-Chief, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Advocacy: What Works for Government and Officials

Discover perspectives and lessons on advocacy from those in the inner circle. Hear from a ministry official, parliamentarian/legislator, and ambassador on why they act on women’s health and rights despite the difficulties of moving the issues forward within challenging political environments, differing cultural contexts, and complex government systems.

MODERATORHon. Juliana Lunguzi, Member of Parliament, MalawiPia Cayetano, Senator, the PhilippinesHon. Sylvia Ssinabulya, Member of Parliament, UgandaNatasha Stott Despoja, Ambassador for Women and Girls, Commonwealth of Australia

MODERATOR Suzanne Ehlers, President and CEO, Population Action International

Revolutionizing Financing for Girls and Women— The Global Financing Facility

The Global Financing Facility (GFF) is creating a paradigm shift in development financing. Learn about GFF’s approach: combining a country’s domestic resources with additional external resources, and working in tandem with the private sector to close the funding gap for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health.

Please refer to the WD2016 mobile app for speaker details.

10:30 – 12:00 Room B4-5

10:30 – 12:00 Room B4-3

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My Life, My Rights, My Future: Young People and Contraception

Access to quality contraceptive counseling helps young people make informed decisions about their health and future. This session will bring together high-level stakeholders to explore how youth-driven interventions are leading the way to healthier, more prosperous generations.

MODERATORImane Khachani, Resident in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, Maternity Hospital Les Orangers, National Reference Center in Reproductive Health, Morocco

SPEAKERSKhadija Sinanan, World Contraception Day Ambassador, 2013 Women Deliver Young Leader, Trinidad and TobagoKlaus Brill, Vice President, Global Healthcare Programs, Bayer Pharma AGBabatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPAMegan Elliot, Vice President, Strategy and Development, Marie Stopes InternationalVirginia Abalos, MD/OB-GYN, Care Group MemberGvantsa Khizanishvili, World Contraception Day Ambassador, 2013 Women Deliver Young Leader, Georgia Vijayanathan Thusandra, World Contraception Day Ambassador, 2013 Women Deliver Young Leader, Sri Lanka

Healthy Women, Healthy Economies

What is the relationship between women’s health and sustained economic participation? This session will identify policy and program ap proaches—including multi-stakeholder partnerships—to advancing women’s health for increased economic participation.

MODERATORYemurai Nyoni, Founder and Advisor, Dot Youth Organisation and 2013 Women Deliver Young Leader, Zimbabwe

SPEAKERSSusan Herbert, Executive Vice President, Global Business Development and Strategy for Merck SeronoCatherine Russell, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, U.S. Department of StateJimmy Kolker, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN WomenLeslie Mancuso, President and CEO, JphiegoHelen Scott, Director, Canadian Network for Maternal, Newborn Child Health Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia

10:30 – 12:00 Room C1-M2

Sponsored by Bayer AG

10:30 – 11:30 Room B3-3

Sponsored by Merck KGaA

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10 Things You Need to Know About The SDGs

We’ve said goodbye to the MDGs and embraced a brand-new set of goals and targets, the SDGs. Get ready to put on your gender lens and discover ways of leveraging the SDGs framework to advance the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women.

MODERATORSusan Papp, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Women Deliver

SPEAKERSRachel Snow, Chief, Population and Development Branch, UNFPA Geoff Adlide, Director, Advocacy and Communications, Global Partnership for EducationEleanor Blomstrom, Program Director/Head of Office, WEDO and the Women’s Major GroupHon. Nana Oye Lithur, Minister for Gender, Children & Social Protection, GhanaCatherine Wanjiru Nyambura, Dandelion Kenya, Women Deliver Young Leader

Accountability for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, The Every Woman Every Child Model

The Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016-2030) supports countries in implementing the new SDG agenda without delay. This session introduces participants to the key building blocks of the Global Strategy and focuses on actions that all stakeholders can take to achieve its goals.

MODERATORDakshitha Wickremarathne, Lancet Commissioner on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing, member, Independent Accountability Panel, Every Woman Every Child, UN, Women Deliver Young Leader, Sri Lanka

SPEAKERSNana Kuo, Senior Manager, Every Woman Every Child, Executive Office of the UN Secretary-GeneralSania Nishtar, Chair, Independent Accountability Panel, Every Woman Every Child, UN

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission on the Edge of an AIDS-Free Generation

While progress has been made toward the goal of reducing new pediatric infections by 90%, HIV continues to be a leading cause of under-5 and maternal mortality. This session will address the challenges and solutions for achieving an AIDS-free generation.

MODERATORWafaa El-Sadr, Director of ICAP and Director of CIDER, Columbia University

SPEAKERSMichel Sidibé, Executive Director, UNAIDSDeborah van Zinkernagel, Director, Office of the Global Fund and Global Plan Affairs, UNAIDSAnnie Lennox, UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador, Singer, Songwriter and ActivistAllen Kyendikuwa, Uganda Youth Coalition on Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights Hon. Amina J. Mohammed, Minister of the Environment, Nigeria Kenly Sikwese, Coordinator, AFROCAB and Board Member, UNITAIDFelicitas Zawaira, Director of Family and Reproductive Health, Africa Regional Office, WHO

13:30 – 14:30 Room C1-M0

13:30 – 14:30 Room B3-3

13:30 – 14:30 Room C1-M3


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The Politics of Pleasure, Sexuality, and Human Rights

Pleasure and sexuality need to be integral elements of the human rights discourse. While young people have become central players in global development, focus remains on harm prevention. Explore how sex-positive learning can empower young people to make healthy decisions about their bodies and lives.

MODERATORGeetanjali Misra, Executive Director, CREA, India

SPEAKERSShereen El Feki, Author, Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World, EgyptDaughtie Ogutu, Executive Director, African Sex Workers AllianceArushi Singh, The Pleasure Project, IndiaPriya Nanda, Group Director of Social and Economic Development, International Center for Research on WomenNina Pavlovska, Dance4Life and Member, Dutch SRHR Alliance, The Netherlands

The Private Sector Role in Safe Abortion Provision

Tanzania, Cambodia, Kenya, and Uganda are four countries that have successfully leveraged the private sector to increase access to quality abortion services and products. Learn why these programs have worked and how other countries can do the same.

MODERATORKarl Hofmann, President and CEO, Population Services International

SPEAKERSCatherine Paul, Project Manager, Women’s Health Project, Population Services International/TanzaniaVeasna Khun, Medical Detailing Program Manager, Population Services KhmerShannon Bledsoe, MAX Project Director, WomanCare Global

Essential Care in Humanitarian Settings

The worst rates of preventable mortality and morbidity occur in humanitarian settings. A humanitarian crisis puts every woman, child, newborn, and adolescent at grave risk. Speakers will discuss how changing national planning processes for crisis preparedness can change this.

MODERATORHer Royal Highness Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, Convenor, Humanitarian Working Group, Every Woman Every Child, UN

SPEAKERSAnita Sharma, Executive Director, United Nations FoundationRajat Khosla, Human Rights Advisor, Department of Reproductive Health Research, WHOUgochi Daniels, Chief, Humanitarian Branch, UNFPALaurie Noto Parker, Director, Special Projects, IpasAditi Sharma, International Organization for Migration, Women Deliver Young Leader, NepalJane Waterman, Senior Vice President, International Rescue Committee (IRC)

13:30 – 14:30 Room C1-M2

13:30 – 14:30 Room B3-4

13:30 – 14:30 Room C1-M1

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Women’s Economic Participation in Health Systems

Are governments and stakeholders making women’s economic participation in the health sector a large enough priority? The United Nations Secretary-General has announced new international commissions on women’s economic empowerment, health employment, and economic growth, but what happens next?

MODERATORJoy Marini, Executive Director, Maternal and Child Health, Women and Girls, Johnson & Johnson

SPEAKERSAna Langer, Director, Women & Health Initiative, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthPape Gaye, President and CEO, IntraHealth InternationalDorothy Balaba, Director of Programs, PACE UgandaSabera Turkmani, Former President, Afghan Midwives Association

Creating Environments for Sustainable Quality of Care

Speakers will address how creating enabling environments for sustainable quality of care involves policy, regulation, better quality working environments for healthcare, and engagement of the private sector.

MODERATOR Michele Teitelbaum, Global Technical Lead for Health Service Delivery, Management Sciences for Health

SPEAKERSCatherine Cooper, Chair, Infection Prevention Control Taskforce, Liberia Ministry of HealthMelanie Wendland, Director of Service Design and Innovation, M4IDHema Devanker, Senior Consultant and Medical Director, Divakers Speciality Hospital

Reproductive Rights and Access to Abortion in Conflict

Unwanted pregnancies as a result of rape have life-threatening consequences for girls and women. This panel will explore the practical and legal implications of failing to provide abortion services and post-abortion care to victims of conflict- related sexual violence, while proposing practical steps to change this situation.

MODERATORWomen Deliver Young Leader

SPEAKERSJulienne Lusenge, President, Female Solidarity for Integrated Peace and DevelopmentPramila Patten, Committee member, CEDAW Catrin Schulte-Hillen, Midwife and Coordinator of Reproductive Rights and Sexual Violence Care, Médecins Sans Frontières

13:30 – 14:30 Room B4-1

13:30 – 14:30 Room B4-2

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Empower to Power—Paving the Way for Women to Lead

How can women, adolescents, and girls become empowered to lead? This session will explore innovative models of getting women into positions of political power, specifically in positions of influence over women’s reproductive health.

MODERATORHendrica Okondo, Global Programme Manager, SRHR & HIV, World YWCA

SPEAKERSHon. Fawzia Koofi, Vice President of the National Assembly, Afghanistan Hon. Valentina Leskaj, MP, Albania, Chair, Albanian Parliamentary Group on Population and Development Hon. Highvie Hamududu, MP, Zambia, African Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and DevelopmentSophia Pierre-Antoine, Programme Associate, World YWCA

Using Accountability to Defend Rights

How can we use human rights mechanisms to pursue accountability? Presenters will share global, regional, and country-level models. Workshop attendees will leave with ideas on how to leverage human rights mechanisms for accountability in their own country/region.

MODERATORMaria Antonieta Alcalde, Director of Advocacy, International Planned Parenthood Federation/ Western Hemisphere Region

SPEAKERSSandeep Prasad, Executive Director, Action Canada for Sexual Health and RightsRebecca Brown, Director, Global Advocacy, Center for Reproductive Rights

Private and Public Partnerships to Tackle Gestational Diabetes

Nearly 830 women die every day in relation to pregnancy and childbirth—75% of these cases consist of preventable complications that can be linked to diabetes. Testing for diabetes during pregnancy is crucial to improving mother and child health. PSI, JHPIEGO, and FIGO will kick off a lively debate.

MODERATORBelinda Goldsmith, Editor-in-Chief, Thomson Reuters Foundation

SPEAKERSGuadalupe Canales Reñazco, Executive Director, PSI/PASMO NicaraguaMoshe Hod, Chair, Working Group on Hyperglycaemia in Pregnancy, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Bulbul Sood, Country Director, Jhpiego India

13:30 – 14:30 Room B5-2

13:30 – 14:30 Room B4-3

13:30 – 14:30 Room B3-1

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Sexual and Reproductive Rights Within Communities

Understand sexual and reproductive rights on a personal level. This session will explore how individuals decide on partners, the use of contraceptives, marriage, how many children to have and when, abortion, and the right to enjoy one’s sexual life— within various communities in the Global South.

MODERATORKorrie de Koning, Senior Advisor, KIT Health

SPEAKERSSiti Musdah Mulia, Indonesian Academy of SciencesYasmin Fwamba, Former Public Health Advisor, HealthNet TPO-South Sudan ProgramNyatuwe Phiri, Activist, Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation, Malawi Murari Choudhury, Executive Director, Network for Enterprise Enhancement and Development Support (NEEDS)

Is 225 Million Acceptable? Unraveling Unintended Pregnancy

The current status of unintended pregnancy and failed contraception requires transformation. This session will cover unmet need for family planning, policy, education, and gaps in product availability and access. The session will unravel practical actions for real change. Advocates wanted—please join us!

MODERATORSaundra Pelletier, CEO, Evofem, Inc. and CEO, WomanCare Global

SPEAKERSJohn Townsend, Vice President and Director, Reproductive Health, Population CouncilYemurai Nyoni, Founder and Advisor, Dot Youth Organisation and 2013 Women Deliver Young Leader, Zimbabwe Kaitlin Ball, Global Marketing Manager, EvofemRossella E. Nappi, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Research Center for Reproductive Medicine and Director of the Gynecological Endocrinology & Menopause Unit, IRCCS San Matteo Foundation, University of Pavia

For Her Future: Integration Starts with Program Design

Explore how we can use principles from human-centered design and integrated models of development to improve the health of women and girls around the world. We will brainstorm new ideas, provide examples of new and successful cross-sectoral partnerships, and expand the dialogue to include cross-sector stakeholders.

MODERATORAmbassador-at-Large Deborah Birx, Coordinator of the United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy

SPEAKERSLauren Moore, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, Johnson & Johnson Pam Scott, Founding Partner, The Curious CompanyMaximina Jokonya, Community Advisor, Africaaid, Women Deliver Young Leader, ZimbabweJo-Ann Purcell, Director of the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, and Nutrition Division, Government Affairs, CanadaEva Nangalo, Midwife, Uganda, and Helping Babies Breathe Trainer

13:30 – 14:30 Room B3-5

13:30 – 14:30 Room B4-4

Sponsored by Evofem

13:30 – 14:30 Room B4-5

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Understanding Innovative Financing and Social Impact Bonds

How can other development actors take lessons learned from proven innovative finance mechanisms (such as the International Finance Facility for Immunization) to find new funding sources? Speakers will present the viewpoint of impact investors and their incentives for investing in specific social issues.

Please refer to the WD2016 mobile app for speaker details.

Infertility: Impact, Issues, and Solutions

Although millions of women have an unmet need for modern contraceptives, infertility affects 15 to 25% of heterosexual couples worldwide. Speakers will address the reproductive rights issue of childlessness, which can be medically, psychosocially, and economically devastating for both women and men.

SPEAKERSClaudia Garcia-Moreno, Medical Officer, WHOLilian Mbuya Sikoria, EntrepreneurVibhor Singh, Architect

The Impact of Criminalizing Sexuality and Reproduction: A Human Rights Violation

Criminalization of sexuality and reproduction can negatively impact human rights and development. Often adopted in the name of “protection,” criminalizing complex social and health issues can diminish social wellbeing and development. This session will discuss alternative social and regulatory approaches that help states achieve the SDGs and realize human rights.

MODERATORCarolyn Eisert, Policy Analyst, Amnesty International

SPEAKERSDalia Abd El-Hameed, Head of the Gender Program at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)Clara Rita Padilla, Executive Director, EnGendeRights, Inc.Ximena Ibanez Andion, Executive Director, Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir (ILSB), Mexico

13:30 – 14:30 Room B5-1

15:00 – 16:00 Room B3-2

15:00 – 16:00 Room B3-1

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The Politicization of Women’s Bodies to Obstruct Sexual Rights

Women’s sexual and reproductive freedoms are obstructed through criminalization, forced intervention, pathologization, medicalization, and other social practices. To protect the bodily integrity and self-determination of women, we must deconstruct these attempts—whether cultural or legal. Learn why overcoming political barriers means safeguarding women’s health and wellbeing.

MODERATOREszter Kismodi, International Human Rights Lawyer, Director of Advocacy, CREA

SPEAKERSTshepo Ricki Kgositau, Executive Director, Gender DynamicsDaughtie Ogutu, Director, African Sex Workers Alliance Stephanie Ortoleva, Founder and President, Women Enabled International

Making Contraceptive Choice a Reality

How important is it for women to have access to a range of contraceptive methods? This session will begin with an interactive exploration of method choice. Speakers will then present examples of barriers at the policy, provider, and consumer levels.

MODERATORBeth Schlachter, Executive Director, FP2020

SPEAKERSJasmine George, Youth Leader, Hidden Pockets, Women Deliver Young Leader, IndiaJyoti Vajpayee, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, IndiaFatimata Sy, Director, Coordination Unit, Ouagadougou Partnership

Health Systems: Investing in the Future Workforce

Global demand for health workers is on the rise. Learn how the UN Secretary- General’s Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth is an opportunity to generate employment in areas where decent jobs are most needed, with particular benefit to women and youth.

MODERATOR Jim Campbell, Director, Health Workforce, WHO

SPEAKERSFrancesca Colombo, Head, Health Division, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentSylvia Trent-Adams, Deputy Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesRichard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet

15:00 – 16:00 Room C1-M2

15:00 – 16:00 Room C1-M1

15:00 – 16:00 Room B3-4


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Capacity Building Strategies for Sustainable Quality of Care

Sustainable quality of care begins with capacity building strategies. Take part in a live action simulation, designed to showcase quality of care during a clinical emergency.

MODERATORCherrie Evans, Director, Helping Mothers and Babies Survive, Jhpiego

SPEAKERSRosemary Kamunya, International Training Expert, Jhpiego, KenyaAhmed Aboushady, IFMSA, Women Deliver Young Leader, EgyptGwyneth Lewis, Commentator, clinical audit expertAnne-Marie Bergh, Senior Researcher, South African Medical Research Council Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Research Unit, University of Pretoria

Ensuring Education in Emergencies

Emergencies are a significant barrier to education for over half of the world’s out-of-school children, and disproportionately affect girls. This panel will discuss challenges and solutions to meet the needs of girls whose education is impacted by conflict, natural disaster, and/or health emergencies.

MODERATORHer Royal Highness Princess Mabel van Oranje, Chair, Girls Not Brides

SPEAKERSJulia Gillard, Board Chair, Global Partnership for Education, Former Prime Minister of Australia Geeta Rao Gupta, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEFAnne-Birgitte Albrectsen, CEO, Plan InternationalH.E. Maker Famba Mwangu, Minister of Education, Democratic Republic of the CongoJessica Hjarrand, Inter-Agency Network on Education in Emergencies

Leadership and Livelihoods Through Sport

Sport can be a game changer when it comes to leadership skills. Sport offers a platform for girls and young women to build skills that are critical to the workplace —communication, negotiation, future visioning, and resilience. Learn how to leverage the power of sport.

MODERATORMaria Bobenrieth, Executive Director, Women Win

SPEAKERSRachel Muthoga, Executive Director, Moving the Goalposts Shanti Rai, Trekking Guide, Three Sisters TrekkingPayal Dalal, Head of Community Programmes, Standard Chartered BankDominique Niyonizigiye, Cheffe de Projets, International Olympic Committee

15:00 – 16:00 Room B5-2

15:00 – 16:00 Room C1-M0

15:00 – 16:00 Room B3-3

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Investing in Girls and Women to Combat Climate Change

How can the development community increase investment in climate solutions that support gender equality? Speakers will debate the current state of climate finance, strategies to ensure funds reach girls and women directly, and what transformations can be expected.

MODERATOREmilienne De Leon Aulina, Executive Director, International Network of Women’s Funds

SPEAKERSLiane Schalatek, Associate Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation North AmericaCarla Lopez, Executive Director, Fondo Centroamericano de MujeresRoberta Salvador dos Santos, Legal and Compliance Director, NaturaBetty Barkha, Asia Pacific Forum for Women, Law and Development, Women Deliver Young Leader, FijiYasmina Zaidman, Director of Communications and Strategic Partnerships, Acumen

Leveraging Voice, New Activism

What is new activism, and what is its role in making sure the SDGs succeed? This session will focus on activists identifying problems on a local level and using their closeness to the problems at hand to leverage the support of international NGOs.

MODERATORInaam Abuelsoud, Ejitah, Women Deliver Young Leader, Egypt

SPEAKERSMalak Chabkoun, Researcher, Al Jazeera Centre for Studies—DohaMaie Banaga Babker Abdelhafez, Youth Activist, Egypt

Gender Responsive Budgeting in the 2030 Agenda

As women and men are impacted differently by public policies, a gender analysis of budgets and plans helps governments prioritize and target resources more effectively. Panelists will share best practices on gender-responsive budgeting as a means of improving the impact of domestic resources and international public finance.

MODERATORPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women

SPEAKERSNadia Benali, Head, Social Departments Division, Directorate of Budget, Ministry of Finance, MoroccoEmilia Reyes, Coordinator, Gender Policies and Budgets, Equidad de Género, Mexico

15:00 – 16:00 Room B3-5

15:00 – 16:00 Room B4-1

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Caring Men: Fatherhood, Gender Equality, and RMNCAH

The promotion of equitable, non-violent fatherhood can have huge impacts on gender equality and health outcomes for women, children, and even men them-selves. Hear from advocacy, programmatic, and health systems representatives on how to encourage this grassroots tactic.

MODERATOR Patrick Godana, Government and Media Liaison, Sonke Gender Justice

SPEAKERSGiovanna Lauro, Deputy Director of International Programs, PromundoSaadya Hamdani, Gender Equality Adviser, Plan International CanadaShamsi Kazimbaya, Gender Advisor, JhpiegoDuncan Fisher, OBE, Families Included

Working with Faith Leaders on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

By acknowledging sexual pleasure and mutual respect as important rights, religious leaders and faith based communities are pushing a progressive SRHR agenda. Learn how their proactive approach is preventing gender-based violence.

MODERATORBani Dugal, Principal Representative of the Bahá’í International Community to the United Nations

SPEAKERSChristo Greyling, Director of Faith Partnerships for Development, World VisionSharifa Abdulaziz, Gender Advisor, Islamic Relief WorldwideShereen el Feki, author, Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World, EgyptPatrick Godana, Government and Media Liaison Manager, Sonke Gender Justice

Adding It Up: Solutions for Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health

A new Guttmacher report, “Adding It Up for Adolescents” presents comprehensive global and regional analyses of the need for sexual and reproductive health services among adolescents in the developing world, the costs of providing those services, and the potential benefits of investments in these essential services on adolescents’ lives.

MODERATORCynthia Summers, Executive Vice President and Vice President for Communications and Publications, Guttmacher Institute

SPEAKERSAkinrinola Bankole, Director of International Research, Guttmacher InstituteLaura Laski, Chief, Sexual and Reproductive Health Unit, UNFPAUnami Moatswi, Co-founder, Young 1ove and Women Deliver Young Leader, Botswana

15:00 – 16:00 Room B4-3

15:00 – 16:00 Room C1-M3

15:00 – 16:00 Room B4-4

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Whose Business Is it Anyway? Tapping Local Businesses to Improve Maternal Health

By taking a page from the private sector playbook, healthcare providers are opti-mizing health outcomes for women and communities. Expert panelists will discuss successful examples of how entrepreneurs and healthcare providers are embracing business principles and market forces to deliver affordable, quality care while sustaining and growing a thriving business.

MODERATORPriya Agrawal, Executive Director, MSD for Mothers

SPEAKERSPrashant Yadav, Director of Healthcare Research, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Technology and Operations Gina Lagomarsino, Principal, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Results for Development and Center for Health Market InnovationsDaniel Jae-Won Lee, Executive Director, Levi Strauss Foundation

Girls, Women, and the European Refugee Crisis

Please refer to the WD2016 mobile app for details.

15:00 – 16:00 Room B4-5

Sponsored by MSD for Mothers

15:00 – 16:00 Room B5-1


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