Sophie Arseneault, International Planned Parenthood Federation

Evidence and Accountability Working Group (EAWG), Vice Chair (<30)

Biography

Sophie Arseneault serves as Board Director of Fòs Feminista, supporting community-led approaches to regressive policies impeding on the sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice of women, girls, and gender-diverse persons across all regions. She further provides strategic guidance in safeguarding and strengthening Canadian policy, fiscal, and programmatic commitments to improve women, children, and adolescent health outcomes as Policy and Government Relations Officer of the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health. She is currently pursuing her MSc(C) in Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy and Programming at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

While completing a Bachelor of Arts in International Development, Health, Geography and Gender at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, Sophie has facilitated meaningful youth engagement in global health diplomacy, particularly within the United Nations' Economic and Social Council during the 59th Commission on Social Development, the 65th Commission on the Status of Women, and the 54th Commission on Population and Development as the Inaugural Policy Director of the International Relations Students' Association of McGill University.

Moreover, Sophie has assisted Amref Health Africa on the Canada–Africa Initiative to Address Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality, aiming to strengthen health-care systems, reduce the burden of disease, and improve nutrition across 20 districts in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania. She has also assisted Global Affairs Canada's International Humanitarian Assistance Bureau in the development, analysis and use of international humanitarian appeal data.