Cancer Care in Rwanda: Saving Lives and Redefining What’s Possible
2022-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
On World Cancer Day, February 4th at 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST, join the Partners In Health Board of Trustees for a wide-ranging discussion on PIH’s work to bring high-quality cancer care to patients in Rwanda.
Dr. Joel Mubiligi, executive director of Inshuti Mu Buzima (as PIH is known in Rwanda); Dr. Cyprien Shyirambere, Butaro district program director at Inshuti Mu Buzima; and Dr. Lawrence Shulman, PIH trustee and director of University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Global Cancer Medicine will share stories, updates, and our vision for the future of this vital work, including the Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence, and how, side-by-side with local communities, we’re redefining what’s possible for cancer care in Rwanda.

International Development Week 2022: #GoForTheGoals
2022-02-06 - 2022-02-12
International Development Week (IDW) 2022 will take place from February 6 to 12! This year’s #GoForTheGoals theme calls Canadians to support the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) throughout the year. The week will focus on five subthemes: Gender equality (Monday), Health (Tuesday), Economic Resilience (Wednesday), Education (Thursday) and Climate Action (Friday).
Join the conversation by using the #GoForTheGoals and #IDW2022 hashtags across social media. Showcase your organization’s accomplishments and impact by sharing your work through our CanWaCH Impact Series.
Hosting an IDW event or looking to amplify your work on CanWaCH channels? E-mail CanWaCH’s Communications Assistant, Biko Mwalagho.

Gender Transformative Programming in Health: Experiences in Engaging Men and Faith Leaders
2022-02-07 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join CanWaCH’s Gender Equality Working Group on Monday, February 7 from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST to dive into the experiences of three organizations sharing lessons learned on gender transformative programming in the health sector.
Speakers will highlight several approaches with a specific focus on engaging men/boys and faith/traditional leaders as critical actors in transforming harmful gender norms and promoting positive masculinities.
Plan International Canada, World Renew and World Vision Canada will each share case studies of these approaches in action – what was learned and what led to success. The format will be conversational and there will be time for Q&A. Please note that due to the interactive nature of this workshop it will take place in English only.

Défis et solutions dans les pays du Sud en matière de santé et éducation en contexte de pandémie
2022-02-08 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Deux ans après le début de la pandémie : quels sont les impacts au niveau de la santé et de l’éducation en Amérique latine et en Afrique francophone?
Objectifs du webinaire

Mieux comprendre la conjoncture actuelle, notamment les impacts de la COVID-19 en matière de santé et d’éducation sur les populations marginalisées en Amérique latine et en Afrique francophone.
Offrir un espace de réflexion et de dialogue aux actrices et acteurs du domaine de la solidarité internationale, notamment des représentant-e-s d’organismes de la société civile situés à l’extérieur du Canada.

Webinaire gratuit et ouvert au public. Cet événement se déroule dans le cadre de la Semaine du développement international (SDI). #SDI2022 et #VisezLesObjectifs
Pour s’inscrire: cliquez ici
Panélistes
Annie Bodmer-Roy
UNICEF Canada
Directrice aux politiques et programmes internationaux
Hilda Prieto (Bolivie)
Fundación Wiñay Intercultural
Coordonnatrice en chef
Elie Tusikilizane (République démocratique du Congo)
Caritas Développement Goma
Coordonnateur de projets

Peace Talk: Virtual Panel - Climate Migrants and Global Climate Exodus
2022-02-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
The Canadian International Development Agency (now Global Affairs Canada) has recognized and planned events for “International Development Week” (IDW) annually in February since 1990. To mark IDW 2022, the university’s Peace and Reconciliation Centre (PARC), and several academic programs (Global Development Studies, Criminology, and Environmental Studies) will host a virtual panel event focusing on climate migrants, and global and Canadian implications and responses. The event will be moderated by Dr. Geetanjali Gill, Assistant Professor and Co-Chair, Global Development Studies Program, and PARC Commitment Leader for the Community of Practice on Refugee Crises and Experiences.
Click here to register.

Virtual panel: Promising Solutions and Lessons in Addressing Irregular Migration of Children in Central America and Mexico
2022-02-09 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
On February 9, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Children Believe is holding a virtual panel to explore the ongoing issue of irregular migration in Central America and Mexico. This event is being held as part of Canada’s International Development Week activities. The focus of the panel will be irregular migration and the methods and success of the Preventing Irregular Migration in Mexico and Central America project. Learn about the issue and what can be done to continue this work with experts in the international development sector. Visit this link to register.

Free Webinar: What is CoLMEAL?
2022-02-09 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Salanga has been partnering with Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and ADRA Canada to innovate on Community-Led Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (CoLMEAL). We have been piloting this approach in countries in Africa and Asia, including fragile and vulnerable contexts, by building the capacity of community change agents to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate their own theories of change to achieve sustainable changes in well-being.
Click here to join Salanga and ADRA Canada for a free webinar during International Development Week on What is CoLMEAL?
The Context
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #16 calls for building participatory, effective, accountable institutions “at all levels”. In order to ensure the SDGs are sustainable, the people who are most affected by their community’s development should be drivers of their change. Thus any information gathered should first be owned and used by those who are impacted the most. New ways of working are needed to support the decolonization of development, including monitoring and evaluation. Frameworks and tools that support true participation, grassroots innovation, and empowerment of vulnerable communities will help to catalyze this process.
Facilitated by:
Elaine Stavnitzky is a Program & CoLMEAL Advisor at Salanga. She is passionate about CoLMEAL and has been instrumental in the development of the CoLMEAL approach. She is an experienced leader, having implemented a wide range of complex strategic, programmatic and quality assurance processes to support leadership, staff, communities and children in international development and humanitarian aid programs since 2002. The nexus of her passion, skills, and value is in empowering communities to understand and monitor the change they seek to actualize. She is ever ready to apply her energy and enthusiasm to support organizations in strengthening systems that ensure people have right-sized information to trigger change making decisions. She loves experiencing with others the “a-ha” moment that tips the balance for transformation at the individual, community and/or systems level.
Introductions by:
Analynn Bruce is the Development Program Director at ADRA Canada and has spearheaded the piloting and integration of CoLMEAL in ADRA’s GAC-funded projects in Africa and Asia.
Jakub Nemec is the founder of Salanga and passionate about supporting organizations to shift the power dynamic in MEAL and empower communities with the tools to measure success on their own terms.

Cooperation Canada Awards 2021
2022-02-09 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Each year Cooperation Canada recognizes outstanding individuals and projects in the sector with three awards, the Karen Takacs Award for women’s leadership, the organizational and individual Innovation and Impact Awards in honour of Lewis Perinbam (in partnership with WUSC and the trustees of the Lewis Perinbam Award)
Join us and celebrate with the Awardees on February 9, 2022 at 4:00pm.

Teaching the SDGs through Art – Goal #6: Clean Water & Sanitation
2022-02-09 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Aga Khan Foundation Canada, in partnership with Aga Khan Museum, offers this free professional development workshop for educators who are interested in teaching about global citizenship and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the lens of art.
In addition to imparting arts education teaching strategies, educators will leave with a comprehensive lesson plan containing easy-to-use activities that focus on Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation.
Cet atelier se tiendra également en français le 10 février. Plus de détails ici.

Solidarity with Afghan School Girls: Defending the right to education during and after the crisis in Afghanistan
2022-02-10 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver) | Virtual, Canada
Join BCCIC member organization Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (CW4WAfghan) to learn about the realities facing adolescent girls in the context of the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Their human rights, specifically the right to education, have been taken from them, and global response from civil society organizations and Canadians alike is required to provide the support and solidarity they now need.
The webinar will cover the importance of education in emergencies and why access to quality, gender equitable education is more important now than ever before. It will amplify experiences from grassroots leaders in Afghanistan responding to girls’ education needs, and the actions Canadian youth have taken in solidarity with adolescent girls in Afghanistan. CW4WAfghan will also share advocacy tools and practical ideas for activists and allies to take up in their communities and networks.
Register here.

Reimagining SDG #4: Quality Education from a Youth Perspective
2022-02-10 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join us for a panel where we discuss SDG 4, Quality Education, from a Youth Perspective. This #IDW2022, hear from Chantal Peng, Mick Jefferies, and Caleigh Wong on how we can reimagine quality education on Thursday, February 10th, 2022 at 2 pm.
SDG 4 ensures inclusive, equitable quality education and promotes life-long learning opportunities for all. The pandemic has exposed how quality education does not always fit a traditional education model. From peer-to-peer and hands-on learning to emphasizing traditional knowledge and lived experiences: the possibilities are endless when youth voices are amplified to reimagine education.
Join ACIC youth participants, from past and current programs, as they discuss the role youth voices play in reimagining education and share their experiences, visions, and hopes.
Register now: http://ow.ly/cQff50HIT2W

An Intersectional Approach to Combating Gender-based Violence in Central America’s Northern Triangle
2022-02-10 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join Justice Education Society’s International Development Week Panel on “An Intersectional Approach to Combating Gender-based Violence in Central America’s Northern Triangle” with guest speakers and experts from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Panelists will discuss the challenges of combating gender-based violence (GBV) in the region and what strategies have been successful for institutionalizing an intersectional approach to investigating, prosecuting, and providing support and services to survivors of GBV.

Webinar: Addressing NTDs for the Health of Women and Adolescent Girls
2022-02-11 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
CAGH is collaborating with the Canadian Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNNTD) for International Development Week 2022 to host a webinar addressing the impact of NTD on the health of women and adolescent girls.
Did you know that more than 500 million adolescent girls and women of reproductive age (including over 100 million pregnant and lactating women) are at risk of morbidity caused by worm infections, especially soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infections?
Join us and our speakers to learn more about the Kigali Declaration, WHO’s NTD road map, and WHO’s new deworming guidelines: set to launch in early February 2022 to promote regular deworming treatment for adolescent girls and women of reproductive age.
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Youth, Speak Up! Perspectives on Global Development Issues - Meaningful engagement on indigenous perspectives, diversity and inclusion and the global goals.
2022-02-11 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
This year, International Development Week takes place from February 6th to February 12th. On Friday, February 11th, the Cuso Youth Engagement Advisory will be hosting a speaker’s panel, “Youth, Speak Up! Perspectives on Global Development Issues”. Discussion topics will include Indigenous perspectives within International Development Studies, diversity, and inclusion. There will be two guest speakers present to share their lived experiences, and all participants will have the opportunity to join breakout rooms to take part in the discussion. The panel will take place on Zoom, and all are welcome.

Panel Discussion: #MyJourneyInSTEM
2022-02-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join us on February 11th, International Day of Women and Girls in Science, for an inspiring virtual panelwith prominent Canadian women in science, technology, trades, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Panelists will reflect on how far we’ve come and celebrate their own role models. This free, evening event will follow a Q&A format and will be open to children, teens, and adults. Pre-registration required (registration closes one hour before the panel). This is a free, public event (no cost).
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SRH Week
2022-02-14 - 2022-02-18
Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week (SRH Week) is a yearly campaign designed to raise awareness on sexual and reproductive health and promote resources to improve community health in Canada.
This year, SRH Week takes place from February 14 – 18, 2022 with the theme Advocacy in Action.
This year, Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week puts the spotlight on changemakers who have led us, inspired us, and worked hard to transform people’s lives.
For more information, visit the Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights website.

Stronger Together - helping to build community resilience - A Cuso International town hall
2022-02-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join us for a conversation that will bring together Cuso International volunteers Rai Friedman and Carmencita Alcantara, who will speak about their personal volunteer journeys and their work in Ethiopia with the Agency for Civil Society Organizations. You will also hear from thought leader Bianca Fadel, a research fellow in the Centre for International Development at Northumbria University, UK, who works in the area of volunteering and development.
As always, we have included time in our program for an Ask me Anything session, with Tania Shephard, Head of Programs, Latin America and the Caribbean, Anna Squier, Head of Programs, Africa, and Yvette Macabuag, Head of Program Quality & Impact, International Programs.

Teaching the SDGs through Art – Goal #15: Life on Land
2022-02-16 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Aga Khan Foundation Canada, in partnership with Aga Khan Museum, offers this free professional development workshop for educators who are interested in teaching about global citizenship and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the lens of art.
In addition to imparting arts education teaching strategies, educators will leave with a comprehensive lesson plan containing easy-to-use activities that focus on Goal #15: Life on Land.
Cet atelier se tiendra également en français le 17 février. Plus de détails ici.

Annual Days for Girls Celebration
2022-02-17 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
We can’t believe we made it. Despite the challenges and global uncertainty, Days for Girls (DfG) is poised to reach 2.5 million women, girls and people with periods in 2022!
With your generous support and the hard work of our incredible community of staff, volunteers and Enterprises, we successfully distributed more than 350,000+ DfG Kits along with vital menstrual health education in 2021.
We believe this achievement is monumental and we want to celebrate by bringing our community together for a virtual party. And you’re invited!

Please Join Us!
On February 17, 2022 at 12:00 pm PST Days for Girls International will hold a special online event to celebrate this momentous milestone, hear the stories behind the numbers, and share our vision for 2022.

What to Expect
Over the course of one hour, you’ll hear from Days for Girls staff, entrepreneurs, and volunteers who will share the stories behind this accomplishment and set a vision for the future of Days for Girls International. There will also be a chance for you to ask questions and interact with the wonderful DfG team
You don’t want to miss this once a year opportunity to gather online with our global community. We look forward to seeing you on February 17, 2022!
Register today to reserve your spot and get the link to join!
If for some reason you cannot attend this event live, it will be recorded and emailed to everyone who registers.

About Days for Girls International
Days for Girls International is an award-winning NGO that works to shatter stigma and limitations associated with menstruation for improved health, education and livelihood outcomes. To date, Days for Girls has reached more than 2.4 million women and girls in 144 countries on 6 continents with quality, sustainable menstrual care solutions and health education.
You’ll Hear From:
Our local leaders will share stories from the field as they worked their way through this last year, achieving over 350,000+ Kits distributed with menstrual health education to women and girls around the world.

What Women Want: Improving Global Maternal Health Through Policy Advocacy
2022-02-24 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Maternity Today is presenting a panel discussion on Improving Global Maternal Health through Policy Advocacy. Don’t miss out on this powerhouse presentation with leaders from gender equality, women’s health, midwifery, and human rights organizations. The event will include guest speakers from : Canadian Partnership for Women’s and Children’s Health( CanWaCH), White Ribbon Alliance Global (WRA) , Canadian Center for Women’s Empowerment (CCWE), International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), and Canadian Association of Midwives .Our theme is to promote women’s maternal health by engaging leaders in discussing policies that affect women and their well-being . The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the disparities in accessing health, and among the vulnerable and marginalized, are women who have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. This panel will also discuss the importance of midwives as essential health care providers to women.
Recently, Maternity Today joined the global efforts with ICM and WRA, to survey midwives as ambassadors for women’s health. The goal of the survey is to ask midwives about what they want and need to serve women in their care and for themselves as midwives.
Why empower midwives? Because this is What Women Want!
In 2019, the What Women Want (WWW) Campaign was launched with the goal of addressing the needs of women and girls in the developing world. Findings were used to develop policy agendas and the implementation of reproductive and maternal health services. The top request that came from WWW was the demand for more midwives and better-supported nurses. As a result, the What Women Want: Midwives’ Voices, Midwives’ Demands campaign was launched to better understand the needs of midwives.
A global survey was launched to amplify the multitudinous voices of Midwives. The information that is gathered will be categorized, analyzed, and reported in May 2022 on the International Day of the Midwife. The reported information will be further used to advocate for policy change so Midwives across the globe will receive all that they need to help mothers and children.
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Think Women: discussing women’s economic security!
2022-02-24 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
COVID-19 has amplified the existing economic vulnerabilities that women face while giving rise to the rate of unemployment and continuing the gender wage gap. The need for a feminist economy has never been more apparent than now. Think Women: Peer Network for a Feminist Economy will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 by implementing a systemic change to support the inclusion of women’s voices, particularly equity-seeking groups, in the planning for economic recovery.

The goal of Think Women: Peer Network for a Feminist Economy is to address systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and supporting the positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power to support women’s equality.
What you can expect during this national conversation
An opportunity to network and share your organization’s experiences and the challenges it faces during the pandemic and learn about the experiences of other organizations. In a group discussion, we will reflect on how COVID-19 impacted the nonprofit sector and the demographics they serve. This meeting will be highly collaborative and participant-based. WEC facilitators will ensure that the space that holds this conversation is engaging, insightful, and safe! This is what we do, we provide knowledge-sharing spaces for Canadian organizations to connect.
What you get from this conversation

Engage with a wide network of organizations that serve women across Canada and share your best practices, emerging issues and stay up-to-date with trends that might impact your services or program delivery.

Support the advancement of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion and the development of programs that support women.

Increase the visibility of your organization

Participate in shaping policies that impact women

Who is invited to the peer network
Nonprofit organizations that serve women, particularly women from equity-seeking groups: BIPOC, low-income women, women with disabilities, French minorities and LGBTQ2+,
Other ways to participate in the Peer Network
Join one of the working groups that focus on the economic impact of COVID-19 on specific underrepresented groups.
Join our free-of-cost capacity-building training to achieve your mission. Only small and medium organizations that support women from equity-seeking groups can join (spots are limited, so register now!)
Register here: https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/join-think-women/

Chat and Connect: Being BIPOC and the Academic and Career Journey
2022-02-24 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
This month’s Chat and Connect session aims to support the educational and career trajectories of our racialized members, especially first-generation Canadians.
Our Chat & Connect guest, Meseret Haileyesus, is an accomplished global health expert, multi-award-winning economic justice and health equity advocate, thought leader, philanthropist, change-maker, and social entrepreneur.
She is the CEO of the Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment, the only Canadian organization addressing economic injustice with a keen interest in addressing systemic barriers and other challenges that prevent women and girls from fully realizing their economic rights. Meseret works to influence public policy and legislation decisions that support marginalized women to make a successful transition to economic independence in Canada. She seeks to fill the gaps for the development of new approaches to address economic injustice by reviewing existing systems, policies, legislation and procedures in Canada.
She is involved with various strategies to inform the federal government of Canada such as National Financial Literacy Strategy, National Gender-Based Violence Strategy to include economic justice. She also serves on the Board of Directors at Centertown Health Center, End FGM Canada Network, and Advisor for Various Anti-Racism Community Initiatives to contribute to a system that meets the needs of mental health challenges faced by Black youth, and their families in Canada.
Meseret works have been featured in media across Canada including CBC, CTV, Yahoo Finance, Canadian Center for Policy Alternative, Globes and Mail, Healthy Debate, Toronto Sun, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, and National Observer. In 2020, her project was recognised by 27 major cities’ mayors across Canada and at the House of Commons.
Her passion for global health and health equity has led her to spend over 16 years, working with various national and international non-profit organizations on dozens of projects centred on issues of HIV/AIDS prevention, public health research, and health policy to take action to advance social justice initiatives. Past community involvement includes the Alberta Community Council for HIV/AIDS, Alberta Health Services, University of Alberta, Alberta Women Entrepreneurs, Laurentian University, Canadian Network for Society Network, Women in Edmonton, City of All Women Initiative (Ottawa), World Bank Gender Equality and Diversity in Customs & UN Women- Women’s Economic Empowerment, UNICEF, African Medical Research Foundation, Jhpiego-, Johns Snow Institute, CARE Canada & Ethiopiaid Canada.
Meseret worked on public health programs, particularly on Women’s Child Health reproductive health and economic rights, where she had the profound pleasure of assisting many marginalized pregnant African women through the amazing journey of pregnancy, childbirth, and new motherhood. Meseret Ambassador for World Pulse and Meaningful Business, a global organization dedicated to addressing racial and economic injustice to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. These experiences combined with her lifelong commitment to gender equality and women’s health and well-being led Meseret to found Maternity Today, an international non-profit organization that strengthens maternal, child and newborn health through superior advocacy, research, and education in developing countries.
Beyond her social justice and public health involvement, Meseret is also the owner of Nacre Organics, and an advocate with David Suzuki Foundation for the promotion of nontoxic green personal care products, “biodegradable plastic-waste free planet” and zero-waste packaging. As a health and wellness industry entrepreneur, she is also a program advisor at Algonquin College’s Esthetician and Spa program.
She is also one of the founders of KMH Trading SC, the first multiuser health service mobile application in Ethiopia that plays a vital role in addressing the day-to-day health care services challenges along with innovators from USA, UK, Canada and Ethiopia.
She is a proud mother of one beautiful daughter who inspires and motivates her every day to continue her work towards a more just, fair, and inclusive society that protects and advances the well-being of women and girls.
We hope to see you at our Chat & Connect on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at 7 p.m. ET!
REGISTER HERE

Canada’s National Conference on The Sustainable Development Goals
2022-03-02 - 2022-03-04 | Virtual, Canada
Together|Ensemble is Canada’s national conference devoted to tracking progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The conference represents an all-of-society approach to addressing Canada’s toughest sustainable development challenges, bringing together the private sector, academia, government, and civil society.
The SDGs have created an internationally recognized language and measurement framework for sustainable development but have so far failed to galvanize the action needed to eradicate poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. Together|Ensemble will advance the SDGs in Canada by showcasing work from across the country, identifying opportunities for collective impact, mobilizing good practices and effective research, and building awareness of the SDGs in Canadian communities.
Progress requires unprecedented cross-sectoral collaboration and innovation that touches all aspects of Canadian society. By working together, we can put in place the transformations needed to achieve the ambitious agenda of the SDGs.
Since 2017, Together|Ensemble has been hosted three times in a series of symposia and conferences of Canada’s diverse and growing all-of-society community dedicated to achieving the SDGs. Learn more about Together|Ensemble’s history.
Visit www.togetherensemble.ca for more information.
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UTC North America & Urban SDGs: An Urban Paradigm Shift for Gender Equality
2022-03-07 09:00 - 2022-03-08 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Urban Economy Forum and Commonwealth Association of Planners, as partners of World Urban Campaign are co-organizing a virtual Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC 7.0) entitled “North America Women and Urban SDGs: An Urban Paradigm Shift for Gender Equality” on March the 7th & 8th, 2022.
SCHEDULE
Two-Day Event: March 7th and 8th, 2022
Day 1 – 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM (EDT)
Day 2 – 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM (EDT)
For most up to date information regarding the program and speakers of this event, please visit https://www.ueforum.org/NA-Women-Urban-SDGs
REGISTER HERE

International Women's Day (IWD) - A time to celebrate Women inspiring Women
2022-03-07 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
As we mark this year’s International Women’s Day, WAGE invites you to join us, as we recognize and celebrate Women Inspiring Women. This theme honours the remarkable women and girls we know in our own lives who encourage us to give our very best.
How to register:

Click here and complete the registration form (2-3 minutes)
Upon submitting your registration, you will receive a confirmation email with information.
To join the meeting, simply click on the meeting link and when prompted enter the meeting passcode. Please join the meeting 10 minutes in advance of the official start time.

For more information
Contact the WAGE Events Team: cfc.evenementsvirtuels-virtualevents.swc@cfc-swc.gc.ca

Engaging Men to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
2022-03-14 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) affects over 200,000,000 women and girls globally. The Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C developed a call to action to advocate for greater prioritization, resourcing, and action to end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Recognizing that FGM/C is a social and gendered norm, upheld through complex systems of patriarchy and tradition, the call to action includes acknowledging that we cannot bring about its end without engaging everyone, including boys and men.
This webinar will bring together advocates and experts who have experience in building male engagement programs to discuss ways of incorporating men and boys in programming to end FGM/C.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ngGZMHASQzmg5Jd0PdOu-A

Imaginings of and Lessons from a Feminist Economic Transformation
2022-03-14 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
The Feminist Economic Transformation Project (FET), is a participatory discussion series bringing together leaders and activists to vision key elements of feminist economic alternatives and futures across topics and regions. This panel will discuss ideas and recommendations shared these in these sessions, ranging from the care economy and collective approaches to care, to Dalit rights and economic justice, to tax justice and moving away from extractive forms of resource governance.
We will also be launching our new website, and will end the session with a special “preview” of a visioning journey led by our expert facilitator, where we all have an inspiring opportunity to vision a feminist economic future together!
Speakers:
Beena J Pallical, General Secretary, NCDHR-National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights-DAAA
Dr. Mary Borrowman, Economist, International Center for Research on Women
Rehana Tejpar, Co-Director, Bloom Consulting
Wangari Kinoti, Action Aid
Dr. Hadeel Qazaaz, MENA Regional Coordinator, Oxfam International
10:00am EDT / 5:00pm Ramallah / 6:00 p.m. Nairobi / 8:30pm New Delhi
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Preventing and Mitigating Sexual and Gender Based Violence
2022-03-14 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
The Global Health Learning Network is a platform for knowledge growth and exchange with the goal to build a community of practice in global health that reaches across researchers, practitioners, and learners from all global health domains to include members of the public with an interest in global health.
The School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Bruyère Research Institute, WHO Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity, and the International and Global Health Office (IGHO) are collaborating to host this monthly global health seminar.
Join us on Thursday, March 17, 2022 for our live webinar in our Global Health Learning Network webinar series: Preventing and Mitigating Sexual and Gender Based Violence Using Storytelling in the Ntanka Community of Cameroon: A Grand Challenges Canada
Webinar: Preventing and Mitigating Sexual and Gender Based Violence Using Storytelling in the Ntanka Community of Cameroon: A Grand Challenges Canada
Date: Thursday, March 17, 2022
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time
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Towards an Intersectional Climate Response: Tackling Environmental Racism
2022-03-15 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Climate change is a social issue, a health issue, and one that is deeply intertwined with global patterns of inequity. In communities across the globe, Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change’s impacts, in particular through the systems, policies and practices upheld by environmental racism. For example, the serious and negative implications of air and water pollution, soil contamination, and exposure to hazardous chemicals have proven to unequally affect the health and wellbeing of BIPOC communities.
Join us for a 90 minute solutions-oriented panel where participants will unpack the inherent inequalities and patterns of injustice that almost always fall along the lines of race, class, ability and gender and propose a way forward for a more just, intersectional and inclusive global climate response.
REGISTER HERE
Join the broadcast: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87306204544
Panelists include:
Manvi Bhalla, Intersectional community organizer, co-founder of Shake Up The Establishment
Dr. Ingrid Waldron, Professor and HOPE Chair in Peace and Health in the Global Peace and Social Justice Program in the Department of History, Faculty of Humanities at McMaster University
Shirley Williams, Professor Emeritus, Elder, Activist, Nishnaabemowin Language
Dr. Marie-Jo Ouimet, médecin conseil à l’Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ)
With opening and land acknowledgement from Michele Penney and panel moderation by Future Ancestors Services.

Women at the forefront of action for climate-resilient food systems
2022-03-16 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
This side event at the UN Commission on the Status of Women focuses on women leaders at the forefront of action on climate-resilient food systems globally, with responses from Canadian women in agriculture. Speakers will bring both personal and professional insights on their experience and growth as leaders in their fields.
Across the world, women play an essential role in agriculture and depend on farming for their livelihoods, but they continue to face the effects of climate change. Building food systems that are gender equitable and climate resilient are integral to key development goals. Done right, investing in agriculture can have transformative impacts on equality, health, the environment and the wider economy.
Speakers include:
Isabelle Ahou Fram Tano, Côte d’Ivoire
Florence Nduku, Kenya
Pilar Martinez, Nicaragua
Céline Delhaes, Canada
Azeena Hamir, Canada
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g1A2gdDKQF6NQ5pvX34p1A
