Together: A story of a Good Neighbours Community Development Project in Bangladesh
2025-02-04 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Centennial College, 941 Progress Ave, Scarborough, Ontario, M1G 3T8, Canada
An interactive documentary screening of a case study of community-led development work in Bangladesh.

Join Good Neighbours Canada for a documentary screening of a case study of community-led development work in Bangladesh, highlighting how this organization fosters sustainable development through empowering young people, supporting livelihoods and utilizing an innovative whole-community support system. The screening will be followed by an interactive Q&A and reflective discussions, where attendees will be invited to engage with Good Neighbours staff and one another while thinking about sustainable development practice.

Location? Event Center, Centennial College, 941 Progress Ave, Scarborough, ON M1G 3T8

Reimagining Partnerships: Collaborating with the Private Sector to Achieve the SDGs
2025-02-05 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Amid a shifting economic and geopolitical landscape, private sector partnerships could emerge as a key trend for 2025 and beyond. Effective collaborations between the non-profit and private sectors can play a crucial role in advancing global health and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, current private sector metrics tend to focus primarily on the financial contributions rather than social impact. At the same time, the diversity of the private sector and assumptions often make non-profits hesitant to engage.
This webinar will challenge traditional perceptions, spotlight unique ways the private sector can support NGOs, and present practical, innovative examples of how mutually beneficial partnerships can thrive.
Speakers:

Caitlin McKay, Lucky Iron Life
Adrienne Jack, Cowater International
Robin Darcy, Alinea
Megan Dover, Cross Border Impact Ventures

Attend here!

Canada and the Global Financing Facility at 10: Delivering lifesaving care for women, children and adolescents
2025-02-05 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Global centre for pluralism, 2330 Sussex Dr, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N0C7, Canada
With leadership from Canada in support of the G8 Muskoka Initiative, the Global Financing Facility (GFF) was launched in 2015 to accelerate efforts to end preventable maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent deaths by 2030.
This event will mark 10 years of GFF results to unlock additional financing and expand access to affordable, lifesaving health care for hundreds of millions in the GFF’s 36 partner countries. Speakers will reflect on Canada’s pivotal role in supporting the GFF as an innovative global partnership, and the road ahead for continuing advancements in health and nutrition for women, children, and adolescents.
We hope you can join us this week at #IDW2025!
Register here!

Feminist Futures: Exploring Transformative Leadership and Equitable Partnerships
2025-02-06 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
In the spirit of advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and fostering more equitable global partnerships, OCIC’s International Development Week 2025 Gender Panel, ‘Feminist Futures: Exploring Transformative Leadership and Equitable Partnerships’, will focus on feminist leadership and inclusive partnerships as transformative forces for creating lasting social change.
Join us to hear powerful stories of hope, agency, and resilience from South Asian and East African regions, drawing attention to how feminist leaders and grassroots collaborations are shaping the future of development.
Meet the Contributors: Opening Remarks: – Senator Paulette Senior Moderator:

Marlen Mondaca, Vice President of Programs and Partnerships, Canadian Feed the Children

Panelists:

Elizabeth Kemigisha, The Uganda Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA – Uganda)
Dr. Rubel Manivannan, Regions Beyond Medical Union Society
Gulnora Mukhamadieva, Global Lead for Gender, Aga Khan Foundation
Shobha Shrestha, Women for Peace and Democracy (WPD) Nepal
Dr. Felagot Taddese, CPAR Ethiopia

Thank you to OCIC members; Aga Khan Foundation, Canadian Feed the Children, Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR), Crossroads International, Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS&D), and World Accord.
Attend here!

Webinar: No Woman or Girl Left Behind
2025-02-06 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join Us for an Exclusive Webinar During International Development Week!
Topic: Insights and Impacts from Partners In Health SRHR Programming in Malawi and Sierra Leone
Date: Thursday, February 6, 2025
Time: 11:30 AM EST
Duration: 1 Hour
From 2019 to 2024, Partners In Health Canada led the transformative No Woman or Girl Left Behind project in Neno District, Malawi, and Kono District, Sierra Leone, with funding from Global Affairs Canada. This comprehensive initiative tackled critical issues in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), empowering women, girls, and adolescents through groundbreaking health interventions and social supports.
To celebrate International Development Week, join us as we reflect on this impactful journey with two leaders who have been at the forefront of the work:
Moderator: Emily Antze
Panelists:

Basimenye Nhlema (Sime), Executive Director, Partners In Health Malawi
Isata Dumbuya, Director of Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (RMCNH), Partners In Health Sierra Leone

What to Expect:

Learn about the challenges, successes, and lessons from six years of transformative health system strengthening.
Hear firsthand stories of impact and policy change in Malawi and Sierra Leone.
Engage in a live Q&A session with our panelists.

Who Should Attend?
Whether you are passionate about global health, gender equity, or international development, this webinar offers valuable insights into driving meaningful change through comprehensive health programming.
Attend here!

Together: A story of a Good Neighbours Community Development Project in Bangladesh
2025-02-06 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
An interactive documentary screening of a case study of community-led development work in Bangladesh.

Join Good Neighbours Canada for a documentary screening of a case study of community-led development work in Bangladesh, highlighting how this organization fosters sustainable development through empowering young people, supporting livelihoods and utilizing an innovative whole-community support system. The screening will be followed by an interactive Q&A and reflective discussions, where attendees will be invited to engage with Good Neighbours staff and one another while thinking about sustainable development practice.

Come Savour the Stories, Taste the World!
2025-02-06 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | Centre for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5T 2C2, Canada
Join Cuso International for Taste of the World during International Development Week 2025! Our event, in partnership with Global Affairs Canada, celebrates Canada’s 35-year commitment to international development, highlighting the profound unifying power of food.
Shared meals connect us beyond borders, transforming strangers into allies.

Date: Thursday, February 6th, 2025
Time: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Centre for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina Ave. Toronto ON
Please register here

Through storytelling, recipe sharing, and communal dining, we’ll explore how food interconnects with global development and the environment.
You’ll hear inspiring stories from Cuso International volunteers and diaspora communities, all while experiencing the transformative power of a shared meal.
Come Savour the Stories, Taste the World!
This event is in partnership with the Centre for Social Innovation

Cash Bar for alcoholic drinks
Free nonalcoholic beverages
Food sampling from regions of Peru, Ethiopia and Jamaica

Moving the needle: Women & women's health at the forefront of science 2025
2025-02-07 08:30 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) | MaRS Discovery District – Auditorium, 101 College St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Join us in-person at the MaRS Discovery District to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025! Enjoy panel discussions, networking opportunities, refreshments, and more.
This free event is for undergraduate or post-graduate students, trainees, and aspiring or seasoned professionals in science.
MORNING SESSION: Pathways to Discovery

Features plenary speaker, Dr. Sheena Josselyn, Senior Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Living Library networking groups, Rapid Fire Science presentations, and panel discussions with women leaders from top research institutes
Hosted by Women’s College Hospital Research and Innovation Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Baycrest, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, and Sinai Health Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Hosted by UHN Women, a group of students from the University of Toronto will be participating in a Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, simultaneously as the presentations.
For inquiries regarding this session, please contact Denada Alushaj at denada.alushaj@wchospital.ca

AFTERNOON SESSION: Trajectory to Translation

Features a discussion with leading women’s health innovators and provides opportunities to connect with experts in areas including raising capital, IP, business strategy, and more
Hosted by Women’s College Hospital Research and Innovation Institute, PRiME at University of Toronto and MaRS
For inquiries regarding this session, please contact Louise Pichette at lpichette@marsdd.com

REGISTRATION

Registration is required to secure your spot and spots are limited.

Please note: Registration for the morning and afternoon sessions is separate.

You are welcome to register for one session or both.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Fireside Chat and Networking Lunch with France's Special Envoy on Nutrition Brieuc Pont & Assistant Deputy Minister Leslie Norton
2025-02-07 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Nutrition International HQ, 180 Elgin Street, 8th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
As part of International Development Week, Nutrition International and Results Canada are pleased to invite you to a fireside chat and networking lunch with Monsieur Brieuc Pont, France’s Special Envoy on Nutrition and Secretary General of the #NutritionForGrowth Summit, and Global Affairs Canada’s Assistant Deputy Minister Leslie Norton.

This gathering provides an opportunity to hear the Special Envoy’s vision for this crucial moment to advance nutrition, celebrate Canada’s leadership, and call for new, ambitious commitments. Your participation will ensure a robust and impactful dialogue.

Please RSVP for the event by this Tuesday, February 4th by filling out this form https://bit.ly/NutritionFiresideChat

We look forward to welcoming you for an opportunity to amplify Canada’s impact on global nutrition and foster meaningful connections.

International Development Week Insight Exchange
2025-02-08 13:30 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Centre for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5T 2C2, Canada
This International Development Week (IDW), join Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC), in partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada’s Youth Advisory Council, for a youth-led afternoon featuring dynamic conversations, networking, and presentations by youth related to intersecting challenges and opportunities in global development.
IDW is held annually in the first week of February to highlight Canada’s role in fighting poverty and encourage Canadians to get involved in global development.
This free networking event is designed to connect people from diverse sectors, generations, and career paths who are interested in supporting sustainable, inclusive initiatives that empower communities in Canada and around the world.
This public afternoon event will feature:

Reflections from youth on the intersecting issues of climate resilience, sexual and reproductive health and rights, conservation, and economic empowerment
Perspectives from sector leaders
An insight exchange (a facilitated opportunity to meet different people with conversation prompts)
Informal networking

The following organizations will have representatives available for you to connect with: Aga Khan Foundation Canada, Jane Goodall Institute of Canada, Oxfam Canada, CARE Canada, Youth Challenge International, WUSC, and more!
Light refreshments will be served.
Notes:

While AKFC and JGIC are hosting this event together, please be aware that JGIC is offering some separate programming throughout the day. Please visit their event site to learn more and register for their activities directly.
If you have already filled out a registration form for the AKFC-hosted roundtables, you are already registered for the afternoon portion.
If you or your organization would like to set up a table with collateral at this event, please email akfc.events@akdn.org.

Accessibility: The ground floor of CSI Spadina is fully accessible, Suite 101 can be reached via an elevator with a door of 30” width. For more information on accessibility at CSI, please visit this link.
For any additional accessibility requirements, please email akfc.events@akdn.org.

Members Virtual Coffee Chats: Community Engagement for Gender Equality
2025-02-12 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
CanWaCH is starting the year with our second members virtual coffee chat!
Held on February 12, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST, it will focus on community engagement for gender equality. During the coffee chat, participants can join one of three breakout rooms, each with a specific focus: partnering with youth and youth-led organizations, working with faith and community leaders or engaging with men and boys. (You can switch rooms anytime during the session!)
At CanWaCH, we are dedicated to creating a welcoming environment for experts to gather, share challenges and best practices, and exchange knowledge. Open to all CanWaCH members and partners, Coffee Chats provide an informal setting for members to connect and discuss their work, challenges, and best practices on a specific, predetermined topic. There are no expectations from participants other than being ready to engage by sharing about your work, listening, and learning from each other.
After signing up, you will receive a calendar invite and a link to a Google Doc where you can share questions, reflections, and resources before the discussion. On the date, join the conversation! CanWaCH will facilitate, but we ask you to take an active role by sharing your thoughts, work, challenges, and best practices on the topic and questions raised by others.
Attend here!

Progress and Possibility: A Tribute to SRHR Achievements
2025-02-12 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Join us for a special evening during Sexual Health Week as we celebrate Oxfam Canada’s and its partners’ achievements in advancing access to sexual and reproductive health services worldwide. This reception will highlight the life-changing impacts of our work and transport you directly into the stories of those at the heart of these efforts through a powerful, immersive virtual reality experience.
Step into our VR space and witness firsthand the resilience and determination of young women and male allies from Her Future, Her Choice – a groundbreaking initiative that has empowered communities in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Canada over the past six years. These immersive films bring to life the voices of those fighting for their right to bodily autonomy, economic independence, and access to sexual and reproductive health services.
With special guests from the Philippines and Canada, you’ll gain deeper insights into our impact—including the soon-to-close Sexual Health and Empowerment (SHE) project in the Philippines, which has transformed lives for the past seven years.
? Date: February 12, 2025
? Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
? Location: National Arts Centre (Rossy Pavilion), 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage, learn, and step into the future of advocacy through VR. Kindly RSVP by February 10, 2025.
We look forward to seeing you!

Global Health Spotlight Series - In Conversation
2025-02-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | BCCHR room 2108
Welcome to the Global Health Spotlight Series – In Conversation!
Hosted by the Institute for Global Health at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre.
Join us as we explore Angela’s journey to becoming a global health leader—highlighting her defining moments, lessons learned, and current projects.
Learning Objectives:

Explore how researchers’ unique journeys have shaped their current projects and the strategies they use to create equitable partnerships
Understand the “what” but also the “why” behind their chosen methods and models, including key decision-points, challenges and adjustments made along the way
Learn about opportunities to leverage resources and foster new collaborations and partnerships

When: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 |12:00 – 1:00 pm PST
Where: In-Person at Room 2108 BCCHRI (across from the Chan Centre for Family Health Education auditorium), BC Children’s Hospital
Ticket Cost: Free
Lunch will be provided for registered participants.
Our first speaker is Dr. Angela Kaida, a global health epidemiologist and community-based researcher at Simon Fraser University where she is an SFU Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences and the former Canada Research Chair in Global Perspectives on HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health. She leads a global research program focused on factors and environments that increase vulnerability or protect sexual and reproductive health in the context of HIV. Dr. Kaida works closely with community leaders and decision makers to integrate research evidence into health policy and programming attending to social and gender equity. In 2022, she was elected as a Member of the Royal Society College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Dr. Gina Ogilvie, is the Co-Executive Medical Director of the Institute for Global Health BCCWH. She is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Control of HPV related diseases and prevention, and Professor at the University of British Columbia in the School of Population and Public Health. She is also Senior Public Health Scientist at BC Centre for Disease Control and Senior Research Advisor at the BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre.
Reserve your spot now!

Redefining Global Development: Black Leadership in International Cooperation
2025-02-18 13:00 - 14:30, 2025-02-26 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Celebrate Black History Month with an inspiring discussion featuring Black Changemakers, Innovators, and Disruptors shaping Canada’s international cooperation sector. This dynamic panel will highlight the contributions, challenges, and leadership of Black professionals driving change on the global stage.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from leaders who are breaking barriers and redefining international cooperation. Engage in meaningful dialogue, gain insights, and be part of the movement toward more inclusive global development.
Register now and be part of the conversation!

World Day of Social Justice
2025-02-20 | Ontario
Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. We uphold the principles of social justice when we promote gender equality, or the rights of indigenous peoples and migrants. We advance social justice when we remove barriers that people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability.
For the United Nations, the pursuit of social justice for all is at the core of our global mission to promote development and human dignity. The adoption by the International Labour Organization of the Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization is just one recent example of the UN System’s commitment to social justice. The Declaration focuses on guaranteeing fair outcomes for all, through employment, social protection, social dialogue, and fundamental principles and rights at work.

Unstoppable Women: Celebrating Award-Winning Development
2025-02-25 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Winnipeg) | Virtual, Canada
We’re thrilled to honour the winners of MCIC’s 2025 Development Impact Awards and their incredible programs that are transforming lives. Join us and you’ll hear from three of MCIC’s members, Real Humanitarian, Tearfund and UNICEF, who will showcase their projects and how they’re advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
We’ll learn how Real Humanitarian’s Empowering, Educating & Employing Women project is making strides in Ethiopia by training women and girls for a brighter future. This initiative, championed alongside local partner Support Street Mothers and Children, provides training in various trades, offers business and financial instruction, and supports gender equality, helping single parents and families in extreme poverty rise above their challenges.
Tearfund Canada will share how the Empowering Women in Kenya project, in partnership with national partner Fadhili Trust, is creating lasting change by promoting gender equality. This initiative establishes Village Savings and Loan Associations, provides agricultural training, and empowers women and girls to lead, fostering sustainable change and transforming lives for a brighter future.
We’ll explore how UNICEF Canada is creating positive change through the UNdaunted project, by tackling educational barriers faced by girls in Ghana, in partnership with UNICEF Ghana and local education departments. Through a whole-school approach focused on community engagement, this initiative is creating safe learning environments, boosting STEM participation, and training teachers in gender equality, significantly increasing girls’ enrollment and retention in junior high – and helping thousands of girls to pursue their dreams.
Come and discover life-changing projects that are making a positive difference in the world. You’ll get to meet the people behind these initiatives and hear their inspiring stories.
Register now and join us for this celebration of community impact!

World NGO Day
2025-02-27 | Ontario
The universal concept of the World NGO Day is to Celebrate, Commemorate and Collaborate – the various NGOs around the world, and the people behind them that contribute to society all year around.
World NGO Day is to inspire people to become more actively involved within NGO sector and encourage a greater symbiosis between NGOs and both the public and private sector.
World NGO Day is an international calendar day annually observed on 27 February.

Oxfam Canada Youth Summit 2025
2025-03-01 - 2025-03-02 | Ottawa, ON
Real change happens when people come together and use their collective power to lift up their communities. Together we have the ability to represent an array of people, issues and lived experiences, all with a shared passion for advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), and ending the injustice of poverty and inequality. That is why Oxfam Canada is calling on youth activists, community leaders and passionate individuals from across the country to come together and attend the Youth Summit!
About the Youth Summit!
Oxfam Canada will convene young SRHR activists from across Canada to gain skills related to providing, educating on, and advocating for CSE and SRHR in their communities. The Youth Summit is a free, two-day summit that will be packed full of workshops, inspiring speakers, and breakout sessions focused on SRHR issues and advocacy. Participants will leave inspired, connected, knowledgeable and equipped with skills to advocate for positive change under the broad umbrella of SRHR, including an explicit focus on 2SLGBTQIA+ CSE.
Applicants from anywhere in Canada, excluding Quebec, aged 18-29 are welcome to apply. Our overarching goal with these spots is to support young 2SLGBTQ+ leaders by equipping them with the skills and knowledge not only to bring CSE into their community spaces using an intersectional feminist and anti-racist approach, but also advocate for CSE, SRHR, and other 2SLGBTQ+ related issues in political settings.
Youth will participate in interactive sessions that build their capacity in CSE that addresses the needs of diverse populations. They will also learn how to advocate for the needs of themselves and their communities, specifically around CSE and SRH to decision makers.

Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) 2025
2025-03-02 - 2025-03-05 | Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda
AHAIC 2025, happening on March 2-5 in Kigali, Rwanda, marks a historic moment in Africa’s health resilience. Themed “Connected for Change: Addressing Socio-Ecological Dynamics of Health,” AHAIC celebrates a decade of African-led thought leadership, offering a unique platform to explore innovations and connect with key stakeholders in shaping a self-reliant Africa.
Join us to reimagine global health systems to ensure equitable access to healthcare for everyone, everywhere.
Learn more and register here

Integrating FGS to Optimize Women and Girl's Health in Africa
2025-03-07 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
What is FGS?
Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) affects millions of women and girls on the continent of Africa. It is a complication of chronic, untreated schistosomiasis in women and girls. Schistosomiasis is a common neglected tropical disease that is transmitted to people when they interact with fresh-waterways that are home to snails that carry schistosomes – the parasite causing the infection. FGS occurs when the parasite’s eggs migrate to and damage the urogenital tract. If left untreated, FGS can result in severe SRH complications such as ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage and infertility, an increased risk for HIV and HPV. FGS is unrecognised and often misdiagnosed as a sexually transmitted infection. FGS mainly affects women and girls living in vulnerable circumstances, often lacking access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene and primary health care services.
Rationale
The integration of FGS offers an opportunity to deliver comprehensive, quality healthcare services for women and girls. There are various models through which FGS can be integrated into the wider health care system to ensure accurate, timely diagnosis and treatment to prevent the long-term impact from this disease on sexual and reproductive health including infertility and an increased risk of acquiring HIV and HPV. Addressing FGS – a preventable, affordably treatable illness affecting millions of women and girls across Africa – ensures existing investments in health care for women and girls at risk are responsive to their needs.
Objectives

Showcase different models of FGS integration from East, West and Southern Africa
Promote an understanding of how FGS can be integrated into the wider health system, particularly sexual and reproductive health rights and services
Improve engagement and discussion amongst funders and implementers on existing and future opportunities for integration.

Sharing Chamas COVID-19 Research Through Story & Performance
2025-03-11 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Vancouver) | Ontario
Tuesday, 11 March, 2025 – 14:00-15:30  PST
Online
Register Here
About the Session
This online session will demonstrate how research findings about women’s adaptation and resilience during COVID-19 were transformed into culturally relevant, accessible formats through community co-design. Through interactive discussions, participants will share how traditional academic research was reimagined into family storybooks, children’s counting books, community theater performances, and youth-focused social media content. Partnering with Moi University students in journalism and community health, we applied human-centered design principles to create these materials while fostering community capacity through hands-on learning in printmaking, illustration, and sustainable production techniques. Learn how partnerships with local universities, community advisory boards, and design labs created a sustainable model for knowledge sharing that honours local traditions while embracing modern communication channels.
Speakers

Abiola Adeniyi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Anjellah Jumah, Project Coordinator, Chamas for Change
Justus Ikemeri, Program Manager, Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare’s Maternal and Child Health Innovations (MNCH) team (AMPATH)
Nadia Beyzaei, Manager, Health Design Lab Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Astrid Christoffersen-Deb, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

CSW Parallel Event: Educating Women and Girls: Advancing their Empowerment and Equality
2025-03-13 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Church Center for the United Nations (CCUN), 2nd Floor, New York, Church Center for the United Nations (CCUN), 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States
In this NGO CSW parallel event, co-hosted by the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) and Women Graduates-USA, panelists will discuss the progress made and ways forward to achieve gender equality, highlighting the importance of:

Opening doors to leadership through education (Joan-Marie Aylward, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland & Labrador)
Supporting girls’ agency through a quality education (Wanda Bedard, President & Founder of 60 Million Girls)
Fostering women’s and girls’ innate critical thinking skills (Geeta Desai, Co-Director of Global Affairs, Women Graduates-USA)
Accelerating progress on the Beijing Platform for Action: An intergenerational dialogue (Soon-Young Yoon, Cities for CEDAW Founder & Organizer of the NGO Forum at the 1995 Beijing Conference).

Register here!

NGOCSW69 Powerful Yet Overlooked: African Women, diversity and inclusion in Beijing +30
2025-03-14 10:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Salvation Army Auditorium, 221 E. 52nd St., New York, NY, 10022, United States
Building on the regional report “Powerful yet Overlooked: African Women with Disabilities and the Ongoing Struggle for Inclusion, 30 Years after Beijing”, our event will highlight the persistent gaps in the inclusion, participation and protection of the rights of women with disabilities, despite international and regional commitments. By sharing the experiences of women with disabilities in all their diversity, and giving the floor to UN and other policy makers, we will map out a stronger commitment to inclusion and diversity at global, regional and national levels over the next 5 years.

Global Perspectives in the Classroom: Cultivating global citizenship
2025-03-15 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Calling all educators! Are you looking to bring global perspectives into your classroom?
How do we equip students to think critically about global issues like education for refugee children and take action? Join us for Global Perspectives in the Classroom: Cultivating Global Citizenship, a virtual workshop designed to help you integrate global themes into your teaching.
Together, we’ll explore:

The importance of teaching global issues
How to engage students in global leadership and civic engagement
Practical strategies and ready-to-use resources for your classroom

Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025
Time: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
RSVP here
If you have questions reach out to youth@plancanada.ca
If you’re an educator, youth mentor, or simply passionate about supporting the next generation of changemakers, we’d love for you to join us! Feel free to share this with your networks—let’s get more young minds thinking globally!

Frozen Aid, Failing Women: New Data on the Impact of U.S Cuts
2025-03-17 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Toronto) | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Side session at the 69th Commission on the Status of Women
Join Colombia University and GHAE as we unveil groundbreaking new data on how shifts in the U.S. foreign aid are affecting health and well-being of women and girls worldwide. We will share data from Crehpa, HIAS, and policy/strategy Group, amfAR, Global Mental Health Action Network (GMHAN) and Columbia University.
This timely hybrid event, hosted by the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health in partnership with amfAR and GMHAN on the sideline of the 69th Commission on the Status of Women, brings together leading researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and advocates to mobilize a cross-sectorial action and response.
Don’t miss this vital discussion on advancing solutions for women and girls.
Details:
Date: March 17, 2025
Time: 4:00-5:30 EST
Location: Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY And Online
Click here to register!

CanWaCH’s gender equality training
2025-03-24 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-03-25 09:30 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
CanWaCH is excited to present the next offering of our virtual gender equality training sessions!
Training objective:
This training aims to build the confidence and capacity of the CanWaCH membership in delivering gender transformative health programming. It is designed for non-gender equality technical experts who want to learn how to integrate gender transformative approaches into their work.
Participants will do this through three modules:

Concepts and terminology
Elements of gender transformative programming
Gender based analysis and monitoring and evaluation

Approach and duration:

Delivered virtually, this training takes a participatory approach. Sessions will feature opportunities for discussion and workshopping.
This training will be delivered across five sessions. The first session will be held on Monday, March 24. See the full schedule below.

Dates and times:

Day 1: Monday, March 24, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT
Day 2: Tuesday, March 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT
Day 3: Thursday, March 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT
Day 4: Monday, March 31st from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT
Day 5: Wednesday, April 2nd from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT

*Please note that this is the English offering of our gender equality training. Space is limited to 25 participants. At this time, only 2 people per organization can register.
**Please only confirm your participation in this training if you can fully commit to all dates and times listed. We aim to create a team environment, so we are dependent on consistent and active participation.
Questions? Email Deborah: ddahan@CanWaCH.ca
Registration link: https://canwach.glueup.com/event/canwach-s-gender-equality-training-136352/

Where Does the Money Go? (N4G Side Event)
2025-03-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Paris, France
Where does the money from N4G commitments go, and which interventions should be prioritized to achieve impact on nutrition and health?
This side event will highlight high-impact, but underfunded, interventions that have the potential to transform health and nutrition outcomes, such as strengthening the delivery of community health and nutrition programming and integrating nutrition into primary health care.
Additionally, this event will explore how funding for nutrition, including from N4G commitments, could leverage global health initiatives (GHIs) like the Global Financing Facility (GFF) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and mechanisms such as the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA). By prioritizing these investments, N4G commitments can help mobilize investments at the country level and help achieve the World Bank’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) target of reaching 1.5 billion people with quality, affordable health services by 2030, while tackling malnutrition, improving immunization coverage, and addressing preventable but deadly diseases like tuberculosis.
Featured panelists

Taryn Russell, Executive Director, Results Canada (confirmed): Moderator.
Dr. Patricia N’Goran, Advisor, National Coordinator of the National Council for Nutrition and Food (confirmed) will give opening remarks.
Hon. Berni Naman MP, Côte d’Ivoire (confirmed) to discuss the critical gaps in nutrition and health financing in their context and the impact of global health investments.
Alia Poonawala, Private Sector Engagement Lead, Resource Mobilization, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (confirmed) to highlight how they are uniquely positioned to mitigate the occurrence and impact of malnutrition through immunization.
Supriya Madhavan, RMNCAH-N & Gender Lead, Global Financing Facility (confirmed) to discuss how the mechanism leverages grants to create an incentive for domestic resources mobilization for maternal and child health and nutrition.

Hosted by the ACTION Secretariat, Global Health Advocates, and Results Canada
In-person location: Civil Society Pavilion at La Serre, 2 avenue de la Porte de la Plaine, entrance door B, 75015 Paris (France). Note that in-person registration for the venue is closed.
Virtual Participation: Link to live sessions for CSO Pavilion (FYI, at present it shows the agenda but will be updated closer to the summit.)

Unite to #EndTB: World TB Day event in Toronto
2025-03-24 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | Ted Rogers School of Management, 55 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C6, Canada
For World Tuberculosis Day on March 24th, Results Canada thrilled to be hosting a public event in Toronto to Unite to #EndTB!
Date: Monday, March 24
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: Ted Rogers School of Management, 55 Dundas St W, Room: TRS 3-119
Register: Eventbrite
Come learn about the global and domestic aspects of TB, and the steps you can take as an advocate to generate awareness and promote policy action to eliminate the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
The evening will end with creative sign-making that shares key TB messages and then a walk to the Toronto sign in Nathan Phillips Square, which will be lit in red for World TB Day, to take photos and further raise awareness of the need to #EndTB.
