Women, Health and Gender equality: Commit, accelerate, scale up!

Gender equality is fundamental to fulfill everyone’s right to the highest attainable standard of health and is a key driver of the Sustainable Development Goals. The pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in social, political and economic systems and exacerbated a myriad of gender inequalities, which have further amplified the impacts of the pandemic. COVID-19 has increased women’s exposure to violence in their homes even as access to services and their availability has decreased. At the same time, the pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of global health security and the contribution made by health and care workers, the majority of whom are women.

Join us as we carry forward the momentum from the Generation Equality Forum for a discussion on the work of global health-related initiatives to tackle gender inequality and promote the need for gender transformative strategies in COVID-19 recovery and beyond.

Agenda

OPENING REMARKS

• Hon. Mr. Franz Fayot, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Luxembourg

• Ms. Andrea Palm, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States of America

• Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization

GENDER EQUAL HEALTH AND CARE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE

• Ambassador Stephanie Seydoux, Ambassador for Global Health, France

• Hon. Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete, Minister for Health & Medical Services, Fiji

• Dr. Roopa Dhatt, Executive Director, Women in Global Health

• Dr. Daraiya Alsimbilaya Idriss, Health Worker from Chad

ACCELERATE

• Ms. Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director of Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women

• Ms. Karen Nakawala, Founder of the Teal Sisters Foundation, cervical cancer survivor

SCALE UP

• Dr. Anuradha Gupta, Deputy CEO of Gavi

• Ms. Jennifer E Jones, President-Elect 2022-2023, Rotary International

• Ms. Maria Holtsberg, Regional Humanitarian Advisor, Asia-Pacific Regional Office, UN Women

• Moderated by Dr. Nothemba Simelela, Assistant Director-General, Special Advisor to the Director-General, Strategic Priorities, World Health Organization