14:00 - 14:15 CET
Opening session
Elif Shafak - Award-winning novelist, public speaker, academic and human rights activist;
Ilana Sod - Moderator - TV and Radio Journalist
14:15 - 15:15 CET
Leadership dialogue: “Looking back, looking ahead: COVID-19 one year on – what does equality mean now?”
Rt. Hon. Helen Clark - PMNCH Board Chair and former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Sufi Mujhgan Nazish - Health Activist/ Provincial Master Trainer- Pakistan
H.E. Mia Amor Mottley - Prime Minister, Barbados
Wendy Morton - Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK
Prof. Awa Marie Coll-Seck - State Minister to the Presidency, Senegal
Jennifer Klein - Executive Director and Co-Chair White House Gender Policy Council, USA
15:15 - 15:35 CET
Music by and a conversation with Neneh Cherry
Neneh Cherry - Singer-songwriter, rapper and producer
Rt. Hon. Helen Clark - PMNCH Board Chair and former Prime Minister of New Zealand
15:35 - 15:40 CET
Firestarters
Camila Fernández - Travesti-Trans Advocate; SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader, Argentina
David Imbago Jácome - Technical Programs Officer, CORE Group
Ranjana Kumar - Head of Health Systems Planning, Management, and Peformance, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance
Kaveri Mayra - Doctoral Candidate, University of Southampton and Research Midwife, India
15:40 - 16:30 CET
Importance of health care workers in the COVID response - Investing in midwives - (Ask 4 of the PMNCH COVID-19 Call to Action)
Kaveri Mayra - Doctoral Candidate, University of Southampton and Research Midwife, India
Jihan Salad - SHRH Specialist, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Jordan
Sandra Oyarzo Torres - Vice President, International Confederation of Midwives; Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile; Women in Global Health Board Member
Jo Moir - Deputy Director, Human Development Department, Global Health Directorate, FCDO
Camila Fernández - Travesti-Trans Advocate; SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader, Argentina
Ann Biddlecom - Director of International Research, Guttmacher Institute
Elisabeth Sidabutar - Humanitarian Programme Analyst, UNFPA Indonesia
Lopa Banerjee - Director of the Civil Society Division, UN Women
Nazneen Damji - Senior Policy Advisor for Gender Equality, HIV and Health, UN Women
Petra Vergeer - GFF Lead for Knowledge & Learning and Result Based Financing
Stephani Yeo Goehan - Director of Advocacy, Association de Soutien à l'Autopromotion Sanitaire et Urbain (ASAPSU), Cote d’Ivoire
Ranjana Kumar - Head of Health Systems Planning, Management, and Peformance, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance
Mark Hanson - Director of Institute of Development Sciences, University of Southampton
Amir Hagos - Senior Advisor, Global Financing Facility ( GFF) and Former Minister of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Investing in social and environmental determinants of health (Asks 5 and 6)
David Imbago Jácome - Technical Programs Officer, CORE Group
Purnima Menon - Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Dr. Mary Eyram Ashinyo - Deputy Director, Institutional Care Division, Ghana Health Service
Helena Dollimore - Manager, Global Sustainability, Unilever
16:30 - 16:45 CET
Report back session
Camila Fernández - Travesti-Trans Advocate; SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader, Argentina
Kaveri Mayra - Doctoral Candidate, University of Southampton and Research Midwife, India
Ranjana Kumar - Head of Health Systems Planning, Management, and Peformance, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance
Purnima Menon - Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
16:45 - 17:45 CET
Marketplace - Session 1 - Innovations in Education
Bruno Bitali - Vitalk
Alicia Burnett - Midwife, Editor in Chief at the Student Midwife
Kay King - Executive Director at White Ribbon Alliance
Suresh Eriyat - Eeksaurus
Helen Coombe - Medical Aid Films
Catherine McCarthy - Medical Aid Films and PMNCH
Marketplace - Session 2 - Enhanced Service Delivery
Christine Keveke - Amref Health Africa Kenya - Hemafuse, a health solution for blood shortage in the wake of COVID-19
Maddie Kau - Ideas42
Dr. Arachu Castro - Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Marketplace - Session 3 - Expanded Opportunities and Leadership Development in the Workforce
Michael A. Asud - Country Coordinator and Secretary of International Affairs at the Organisation of Africa Youth (OAY) Kenya
Sharon Musakali - Programmes and project manager, Organization of African Youth (OAY) Kenya
Siamola Murundo - Programme assistant/volunteer at Organization of African Youth (OAY)
Rachel Ambalu - Innovative Partnership for Universal and Sustainable Healthcare Project Lead, Amref Health Africa
Meladul Haq Ahmadzai - CEO at Taleam Systems
14:00 - 14:30 CET
A conversation between Julieta Martinez and Michelle Bachelet: COVID-19, human rights, and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health
Michelle Bachelet - High Commissioner for Human Rights, former President of Chile
Titilope Sonuga - Poet
14:35 - 14:50 CET
Commitment launch: Countries respond to the COVID-19 Call to Action
Titilope Sonuga - Poet
14:50 - 15:50 CET
Building Partnerships Across Actors and Sectors for Better Health - Kenya
Mercy Onsando - Chief Executive Officer, Health NGOs Network (HENNET)
Mercy Mwangangi - Chief Administrative Secretary, Ministry of Health, Kenya
Elizabeth Adongo - Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Public Service
Sabina Chege - Member of Parliament, Kenya National Assembly
Medhin Tsehaiu - UNAIDS Country Director, Kenya
Pauline Anyona - Adolescents and Youth SRHR Advocate and Health Budget Advocate, Organization of Africa Youth (OAY) Kenya
Building Partnerships Across Actors and Sectors for Better Health - Liberia
Joyce Kilikpo - Executive Director at Public Health Initiative Liberia
Bentoe Tehoungue - Director of the Family Health Division, Ministry of Health, Liberia
Hon. Moima Briggs Mensah - Member of Parliament, Liberia
Rhodoxon S. Fayiah - Journalist, Liberia
Jutomue Doetein - Child and Youth Rights Advocate
Building Partnerships Across Actors and Sectors for Better Health - Nigeria
Aminu Magashi Garba - Coordinator & Founder, Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN)
Salma Anas Kolo - Head of Department and Director Family Health Department, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria
Hon. Muhammad Usman - Immediate Past Deputy of the Chair Healthcare Services Committee, Nigeria’s Federal House of Representative and Chair of the National Advocates for Health
Racheal Abujah - Health Correspondent with News Agency of Nigeria
Toyin Chukwudozie - Head of Programs, Education as Vaccine & PMNCH AYC
16:00 - 17:00 CET
Closing session
Racheal Abujah - Health Correspondent with News Agency of Nigeria
Sabina Chege - Member of Parliament, Kenya National Assembly
Jutomue Doetein - Child and Youth Rights Advocate
Anuradha Gupta - Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Monique Vledder - Practice Manager, Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF)
Vandita Morarka - Founder and CEO of One Future Collective
Helga Fogstad - Executive Director, PMNCH
Lisa Hilmi - Executive Director, CORE Group