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SUMMARY:A Canadian guide to Women Deliver 2023 -  Official and unofficial side events\, sessions and activities to check out during the conference
DESCRIPTION:The Women Deliver 2023 (WD2023) conference will take place in Kigali\, Rwanda from July 17 to 20! CanWaCH will be hosting a networking reception on Wednesday\, July 19 for Canadian partners and key global partners in attendance. If you are attending Women Deliver in-person\, please register here to book your spot. \nWe will also participate in a side event\, Investing in Community Health Workers for Health Equity\, co-hosted by two CanWaCH Members\, Results Canada and UNICEF Canada\, on July 20.  \nBelow is a list of the official and unofficial side events\, sessions and activities being hosted by CanWaCH members and partners!  \nThis is a living resource that we will continue to update before and during Women Deliver 2023. Have an event to add? Please contact us at info@CanWaCH.ca or fill out this survey to tell us about your event and attendance. All times are in local time.  \nSunday\, July 16:\n\nTogether we move \n\n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. \nJoin us in Kigali for an inspiring networking reception hosted by the African Women’s Development Fund\, Equality Fund\, and the Government of Canada as we celebrate the power of partnership for gender equality. \nTuesday\, July 18:\n\nTransformative power of education on gender equality: Local African approaches \n\n12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.  \nVirtual session held by Programme CLE\, a canadian voluntary cooperation program implemented by Fondation Paul Gérin Lajoie\, Éducation internationale et la Fédération des cégeps.  \n\nEvidence in action: data-driven advocacy for sexual and reproductive health \n\n1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.\, Room MH 4.2  \nHosted by Guttmacher Institute\, African Institute for Policy Development\, Action Canada for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights\, and Public Health Ambassadors Uganda  \n\nL’inclusion financière comme levier d’autonomisation et de justice économiques (Financial inclusion as a lever for economic empowerment and justice) \n\n2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.  \nVirtual session held by Développement international Desjardins (DID) \n\nLaunch of the Global Contraception Policy Atlas \n\n3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.\, Room MH 1.1  \nHosted by European Parliamentary Forum\, Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights\, Arab Institute for Women at LAU\, Africa Region Office (ARO)\, IPPF\, Fòs Feminista\, Organon \n\nAmidst world crisis\, a feminist approach to gender and hunger \n\n5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Lemigo Hotel  \nHosted by Action Against Hunger \n\nBreak bread with youth leaders: tackling contested SRHR issues\n\n7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Ruhondo Room\, Lemigo Hotel \nPlanned in coordination with Oxfam Quebec\, Oxfam Novib and Oxfam Canada.  \nWednesday\, July 19:\n\nInclusive and empowered feminists movements through practical intersectional approach/ Mouvements féministes inclusifs et autonomisés grâce à l’intersectionnalité mise en pratique \n\n1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. in room #AD10.2 \nHosted by Humanity & Inclusion \n\nBridging the gap: Delivering SRH and economic empowerment for girls\n\n1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. in room #AD12.1 \nCo-facilitated by Kore Global  \n\nAdvancing SHRH through safe spaces in the oPt and Ghana\n\n 2:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. \nVirtual Session held by Oxfam-Québec Power to Choose and partners from Ghana and the OPT  \n\nPromoting social justice through youth and women’s engagement and leadership in health \n\n5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Kigali Convention Center.  \nHosted by Partners in Health\, Inshuti mu Buzima (IMB)\, and University of Global Health Equity (UGHE)  \n\nNetworking reception alongside Women Deliver 2023 hosted by CanWaCH\n\n5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Heaven Restaurant – No 13KN 29 St\, Kigali \nWe look forward to providing a space for Canadian delegates and our global partners to connect with one another\, share learnings and galvanize momentum for the work that lies ahead to ensure that women and girls\, everywhere\, are able to realize their right to thrive in full health.  \nRegister here \nThursday\, July 20:\n\nEquality against hunger fresk\n\n07 a.m. to 08:30 a.m. at Lemigo Hotel\, room NashoKG 624 St\, Kigali\, Rwanda \ \nWe have the pleasure of inviting you to the Action Against Hunger side event to live a creative experience to discover\, understand\, and take individual and collective action to fight gender inequalities in hunger\, with a feminist and intersectional approach. If you want to learn more about the link between Hunger and Women\, to meet our team\, and to spend a very interesting and collaborative morning together (with french breakfast) please join us! \nInformation and registration details: https://forms.office.com/e/WcU8Pf5f8J \n\nPeople Power! Investing in community health workers for health equity\n\nBreakfast 7 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.. Panel 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.\, Room #AD11\, Kigali Convention Centre \nHosted by Results Canada and UNICEF Canada \n\nWho’s got the power? Feminist approaches to decolonizing – How and what we know\n\n11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kigali Convention Centre \nSide event hosted by Save the Children  \n\nCatalyzing collective action through gender transformative nutrition\n\n 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. \nVirtual session hosted by World Vision Canada\, University of Toronto\, Nutrition International\, CARE Canada\, CARE USA\, Save the Children Canada\, Bruyère Institute\, Action Against Hunger Canada\, HealthBridge  \nHere are some of the organizations hosting exhibits and booths during the conference – be sure to check them out! \n\nMédecins du Monde: S53 \nDéveloppement international Desjardins (DID): K36\nOrbis Canada: K3. Orbis has also contributed to the IAPB’s booth\, K9. 
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SUMMARY:Advancing SRHR through safe spaces in the OPT and Ghana - Women Deliver 2023 Virtual Conference Event
DESCRIPTION:Please note: To attend this session\, you must register for the Women Deliver Virtual Conference. \nInterested in learning more about creating safe spaces for sexual and reproductive health and rights? Three organisations\, as well as youth who have been using these spaces\, will share their experience. \nDescription:  \nSafe spaces can increase access to information on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for youth and other people who are marginalized\, contributing to health equity. Safe space users in the Gaza strip and Ghana will provide reflections on how they’ve used these spaces and their ideas for improvement. Speakers from Norsaac (Ghana)\, the Abdel Shafi Community Health Association (Gaza) and the Culture and Free Thought Association (Gaza) will share their insights on how to create physical and virtual safe spaces for SRHR that reach young people\, people living with disabilities and survivors of gender-based violence\, among others. \nSpeakers:\nMariam Shaqura\, Women’s Affairs Director\, Abdel Shafi Community Health Association\, Gaza\nMariam has over twenty years of experience working in women health\, reproductive and sexual health\, and gender-based violence management including prevention\, protection and response. She has been the Director of the Women Health Center in Gaza Strip for 14 years. She was one of 16 people worldwide to win a creative women prize for her work on GBV. Beyond her work with ACHA she has participated in designing a Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan with Alianza and creating an internal protection mechanism for COSPE. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in public health. \nFiryal Thabet\, Women’s Health Center Director\, Culture and Free Thought Association\, Gaza\nFiryal is a gender and health specialist with more than twenty of years of experience working on reproductive and sexual health\, women issues and GBV-related issues. She is the Director of Women Health Center in the Gaza Strip. She has extensive experience in providing consultancy and conducting research on GBV\, protection and gender analyses with international\, national and private organizations. She holds a bachelor’s degree in physiotherapy from Bethlehem University\, a master’s degree in public health from AL Quads University and a post graduate diploma from Gaza Community Mental Health and Berlin University in Professional technical supervision. \nHafsatu Sey Sumani\, Head of Programs\, Policy and Campaigns\, Norsaac\, Ghana\nHafsatu co-founded Norsaac and has been involved in social work for the past 20 years from being a peer educator and facilitator and to work in organization development\, leadership\, mentorship and coaching as well as networking and collaboration. She holds a Master of Science in Local Economic Development as well as Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Development Studies. She is also trained as a teacher and taught for five years in Ghana. She has also mentored organizations in Sierra Leone to successfully advocate for the inclusion of Reproductive Health Education in school curriculum. \nNakidu Kassim\, Student\, Ghana\nNakidu\, 20\, is from Kpandai in the Northern Region\, Ghana. She obtained a scholarship and is completing her final year at the Registered Midwifery and Training college\, Kpembe. and is Student Representative Council President (first female to hold this position)\, as well as President of the Model Girls Alumni. She is the Kpandai Cluster Secretary for CAMA and as an active CAMFED Association member\, benefited from the business startup kit. She loves advocating for the less privileged\, creating awareness around SRHR\, mentoring young girls\, and empowering them to take up leadership roles and participate meaningfully in decision making. \nThe discussion wiill be moderated by Heidi Monk\, Senior Program Officer\, Oxfam-Québec. The speakers are working together in Oxfam-Québec’s Power to Choose program with the financial support of Global Affairs Canada. \nLearn more about the Power to Choose program here. \n 
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/advancing-srhr-through-safe-spaces-in-the-opt-and-ghana-women-deliver-2023-virtual-conference-event/
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