13 July 2022 7:30-9:00AM EST | Virtual
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Women’s political leadership is critical for achieving the SDGs, including improving gender equity and SRHR in UHC outcomes.
Join us for a virtual discussion tackling these issues on the sidelines of the UN High-level Political Forum.
There is no other way to put it: Trends in new policies on healthcare for women and adolescent girls are regressive. This already underfunded area is being further deprioritized in the budgets of donors and governments. At a time when compounding, ongoing crises are deeply affecting the progress made toward women’s empowerment and the health of communities, another, quieter war is waging against fundamental rights around the world. Women and girls are being cut off from education, work and access to essential primary health care services.
These reversals are happening just as the world saw the number of girls in school increasing, and the number of child marriages and deaths decreasing across the board. Response to the global pandemic brought into focus how fragile these gains were, and how women are positioned at the frontlines of the home and their communities. And yet, women are too often left out of the decision making and absent from leadership roles.
Event speakers will reflect on how women leaders make a difference on social progress via gender equity in the context of health and education, answering the questions of:
The event is hosted by Estonia and co-organized by PMNCH, International Health Partnership for UHC2030 (UHC2030), Women in Global Health and Global Health 50/50.
The event will be hosted in English with French, Spanish and International Sign Language (ISL) simultaneous interpretation.
El evento se llevará a cabo en inglés con traducción simultánea al español y lengua de señas (ISL).
L'événement sera présenté en anglais avec traduction simultanée en Français et langue des signes internationale
Event moderated by Tikhala Itaye, Director of Movement Building, Women in Global Health
Opening video
Leadership dialogue
Chaired by Rt.Hon. Helen Clark, PMNCH Board Chair and Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Closing
PMNCH Board Chair
Kersti Kaljulaid
Former President of Estonia, the UN Secretary-General’s Global Advocate for Every Woman Every Child
Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
Co-Chair, UHC2030 Steering Committee, Honorary President of Inter Parliamentary Union
Assistant Secretary for Office of Global Affairs (OGA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Mohamed Ali Raddouai
Founder, NAFAS, National Gender Youth Activist in the Generation Equality campaign
Board Member, UN Agencies & Global Financing Mechanisms
Executive Vice President, Forbes
Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Spoken-Word Poet, Kenya
Event moderated by: Tikhala Itaye
Human Rights Lawyer and Public Health Specialist, Malawi
PMNCH
Women in Global Health
Global Health 50/50
Others