The Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health focuses on three core pillars to work towards our vision of a world where every woman, every newborn and every child survives and thrives. These are knowledge exchange, measuring results and stakeholder engagement. Peer-nominated Working Groups of Canadian experts in their field take these core pillars from theory to action.
The Gender Equality Working Group will provide advice and support to CanWaCH staff and will provide leadership within the broader CanWaCH partnership. This advice and leadership will be focused on:
• Encouraging collaboration across CanWaCH membership to advance shared objectives on gender equality and health
• Creating opportunities for dialogue among CanWaCH members and associates to build common ground, increasing leadership on best and innovative practices to advance gender equality and health
• Providing input into mapping gender equality capacity across CanWaCH membership, identifying strengths, challenges and opportunities for learning and collaboration
• Participating in and leading gender equality learning opportunities, including workshops and online tools focused on gender transformative approaches
• Advising on the development of principles of gender equality and health for the CanWaCH network, in consultation with CanWaCH members and associates
• Exploring emerging opportunities for joint research, learning and advocacy on gender equality and health.
• Working with other CanWaCH working groups to ensure issues related to gender equality is a cross-cutting lens applied to all CanWaCH work.
Rebecca Boyce - Co-Chair | Canadian Red Cross |
Ajita Vidyarthi - Co-Chair | Plan International Canada |
Meaghan Anderson | Digital Opportunity Trust |
Sophie Bourdon | Santé Monde |
Jeanine Cudmore | Primate's World Relief and Development Fund |
Jennifer Donville | Independent Consultant |
Elizabeth Dyke | Independant Consultant |
Annick Gillard-Bailetti | Independent Consultant |
Juanita Gnanapragasam | University of Alberta School of Public Health |
Merydth Holte-McKenzie | World Vision Canada |
Françoise Nduwimana | Global Affairs Canada |
Morag Elizabeth Humble | Alinea International |
Clara Ituero | Action Against Hunger |
Melina Kalamandeen | AMREF Health Africa |
Doug Kerr | Dignity Network Canada |
Michelle Kim | UNICEF Canada |
Dominique LaRochelle | Save the Children Canada |
Sherry Leonard | ADRA Canada |
Laura Lortie-Maurel | Cuso International |
Cassandra Morris | HealthBridge Foundation of Canada |
Julian Muturia | World Renew |
Emily Wiseman | Care Canada |
Andrea Papan | Independent Consultant |
Rachel Pell | Right to Play |
Sarah Pentlow | Nutrition International |
Rameesha Qazi | Aga Khan Foundation |
Paula Richardson | Salanga |
Alison Riddle | Independent Consultatnt |
Jennifer Savidge | CowaterSogema International Inc. |
Sindy Zemura-Bernard | Southern Africa Embrace Foundation |
Maggie Zeng | Independent Consultant |
Alex Valoroso | Independent Consultant |
Secretariat | |
Erin Jex | CanWaCH |
Pursuant to the vision, mission and strategic plan for CanWaCH, the Metrics Working Group advises the CanWaCH Secretariat, Board of Directors, Research Nodes, Global Affairs Canada, and other key stakeholders on:
1) CanWaCH strategy and activities to strengthen sector capacity for monitoring and evaluation, and
2) CanWaCH strategy and activities to create a collective account of Canadian investments and results in women and children’s health.
Pablo Acosta-Zamora | Hope International |
Behnoush Ahranjani | HealthBridge Foundation of Canada |
Zuhra Aman | Action Against Hunger Canada |
Kaia Ambrose | Global Affairs Canada |
David Amaya | Right to Play |
Luay Basil | Canadian Red Cross |
Danielle Bishop | Nutrition International |
Catherine Bertrand | Mission Inclusion |
Rudy Broers | Plan Canada International |
David Buetti | |
Marnie Davidson | Global Affairs Canada |
Bart Dickinson | Primate's World Relief and Development Fund |
Elsabé du Plessis | University of Manitoba |
Angel Foster | University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences |
Ilene Hyman | University of Toronto |
Naren Keita | Santé Monde |
Sundus Khan | University of Calgary |
Sara Marshall | WaterAid Canada |
Diwakar Mohan and Melinda Munos | John Hopkins University |
Annie Montcalm-Cardinal | Oxfam-Québec |
Jakub Nemec | Salanga |
Kristin Neudorf | Grand Challenges Canada |
Thomas Orr | Aga Khan Foundation Canada |
Marie-Douce Primeau | University of Montreal's International Health Unit |
Alison Riddle | Bruyère Research Institute |
Victoria Sauveplane | Univeristy of Toronto |
Clarissa Teixeira | CARE Canada |
Abena Thomas | World Vision Canada |
Secretariat: |
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Ericka Moerkerken | CanWaCH |
Mandate:
The Public Engagement Working Group will provide input, expertise and advice towards CanWaCH’s public engagement coordination and outreach. The terms of reference are as follows:
Pursuant to the vision, mission and strategic plan for CanWaCH, the Public Engagement Working Group will:
1. Provide input into CanWaCH Public Engagement coordination efforts, such that the Partnership strengthens the ability, and amplifies the voice, of our partners to engage the Canadian public and builds greater awareness of the importance of investing in women and children’s health globally. This includes providing advice and support towards:
2. Provide review, expertise, and advice on the CanWaCH Public Engagement Campaign. This includes review and feedback on products produced by CanWaCH and contractors as part of this campaign, such as:
3. Provide advice on measuring and reporting on the success of public engagement activities by CanWaCH and its partners.
4. Provide input to the CanWaCH Stakeholder Engagement and Policy Working Group (SEPWG) on the reporting and results of public engagement activities by CanWaCH and its partners to government stakeholders.
5. Provide support and awareness for CanWaCH public engagement coordination and campaign initiatives across the membership by acting as public engagement ‘ambassadors’.
Deanne Berman (Co-Chair) | Seva Canada |
Terry Chemij (Co-Chair) | World Vision Canada |
Sanga Achakzai | Maternity Today |
Jessica Bryant | Save the Children Canada |
Kianna Dewart | SOS Children's Villages |
Denise MacDonald | Results Canada |
Kamilla Pinter | HealthBridge Foundation of Canada |
Rosemary Quipp | Aga Khan Foundation Canada |
Sophie St. Laurent | WUSC |
Minerva Saddler | ONE Canada |
Mehak Srivastava | Plan International Canada |
Melissa Sundardas | SickKids Centre for Global Child Health |
Tina Sweeney | Cuso International |
Max Talhouet | Médecins du Monde |
Fatou Thiam | Humanity & Inclusion Canada |
Charanya Thiyanavadivel | Canadian Feed the Children |
Nathalie Turcotte | Oxfam-Québec |
Alex Wysocki-Najar | Canadian Association of Midwives |
Secretariat: |
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Charmaine Crockett | CanWaCH |
Biko Mwalagho | CanWaCH |
The Stakeholder Engagement and Policy Working Group supports CanWaCH efforts to inform and advise various Canadian stakeholders about women and children’s health globally. This includes advice on reporting, strategic priorities and resource allocation.
Robyn Bright (Co-Chair) | Nutrition International |
Taryn Russell (Co-Chair) | Save the Children Canada |
Lauren Alcorn | One Drop Foundation |
Chris Armstrong | Plan International Canada |
Ramina Ghassemi | UNICEF Canada |
Hanna Mekonnen Belayneh | Results Canada |
Mark Leclair | Nutrition International |
Melani O'Leary | World Vision Canada |
Jennifer Slawich | Right to Play |
Patricia Strong | Canadian Red Cross |
Nicole Tobin | CARE Canada |
Julie Truelove | WaterAid Canada |
Secretariat | |
Megan Aikens |
The Youth Working Group provides input, expertise, and advice towards CanWaCH’s youth engagement coordination and outreach.
Bryanna Brown | |
Medeatrice Fonyuy | |
Mary Gebre | |
Zein Hindawi | |
Sania Julian | |
Eva Kamimura | |
Clèche Kokolo | |
Sophia Mirzayee | |
Zoey Nesbitt | |
Christina Nguyen | |
Leah Peer | |
Andrea Rodriguez Ayala | |
Maryann Rogers | |
Hani Rukh E Qamar | |
Sanam Sekandary | |
Simron Sidhu | |
Lauren Wiebe | |
Secretariat: |
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Alli Bunting | CanWaCH |
The ad hoc Public Opinion Research Working Group (PORWG) for Canada’s International Development Sector will support collaboration among Canadian organizations that regularly or occasionally commission public opinion research on Canadians’ views, perspectives, beliefs and associated trends around international development broadly, including, but not limited to, Canadian development and humanitarian investment (aid), projects, programs and activities in low- and middle-income countries.
Spencer Henson (Co-Chair) | Guelph Institute of Development Studies (GIDS) |
Louis Belanger | Bigger Than Our Borders |
Jessica Bryant | Save the Children Canada |
Martin Fischer | World Vision Canada |
Cédric Garnier | Aga Khan Foundation Canada |
Gabriel Karasz-Perriau | Cooperation Canada |
Eileen Melnick | CUSO International |
Anjum Sultana/Rudy Broers | Plan International Canada |
Oxfam Canada | |
Secretariat: |
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Charmaine Crockett | CanWaCH |