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Contents
Monday, 16 May
Welcome
Letter from Women Deliver
Jill W. Sheffield, President
Katja Iversen, CEO
Opening Ceremony and Plenary
Letter from Her Royal Highness

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark
Tuesday, 17 May
Supporters
28
Plenaries
29
Concurrent Sessions at a Glance
34
Speakers Corner Stage
37
Donors
Arts and Cinema Corner
39
Sponsors
Appy Hour
42
Organizing
Youth Zone
43
Concurrent Sessions
44
Acknowledgements
10
Conference Staff
11
Wednesday, 18 May
Session Organisers
12
Plenaries
62
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Media Partners
Overview
14
Social Enterprise Challenge
74
General Information, Services, and Amenities
17
Youth Zone
75
Code of Conduct
19
Concurrent Sessions
76
Bella Center Floor Plan
Thursday, 19 May
Special Events Overview

Culture Night
22
Plenaries
92
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Appy Hour
24
97
Career Fair
24
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24
Youth Zone
102
Speakers Corner
24
Career Fair
103
Concurrent Sessions
104
Schedule
3-Day Schedule at a Glance
26
Exhibitors
Session Key Icons
27
Exhibitors by Organization
110
Letter from
Women Delivers
President and CEO
Jill Sheffield
Founder and President
Women Deliver
e are thrilled to welcome you to the Women

Deliver 2016 Conference in Copenhagen,
Denmark! This week, you will stand
alongside thousands of world influencers, policymakers, activists, journalists, and young people
from over 150 countries to spotlight solutions and
focus on how to make the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) matter most for girls and women.
Lets use the next few days to raise our voices and
make sure that girls and women areand remain
at the heart of development. That means identifying the issues that are most important for girls
and womens health, rights, and wellbeingand
ensuring these issues get to the top of global and
national priorities. It means mobilizing new and
better resources to implement proven solutions,
and engaging new champions in our work. It means
guaranteeing that the incredible energy we create
this week extends beyond the conference center
walls and endures long after we all return home.
Although much has been achieved, much remains

to be done. At Women Deliver 2007, we put maternal
health on the map. In 2010, together we highlighted
effective solutions to improve maternal, sexual and
reproductive health. At the Women Deliver 2013
Conference, we proved to the world that when you
invest in girls and women, it pays. Now we have
the opportunity to make the Women Deliver 2016
Conference the most impactful conference to date.
Think of it as a fueling station whereonsite and
onlinewe will learn from each other and leave
with new ideas and inspiration, energized to push
for ambitious action, energized to make change
for girls and women everywhereenergized to
deliver for good.
Our message is simple and powerful: Sustainable
development is possible only when girls and
women are healthy and thriving. Women deliver
so much more than babies. They deliver for
themselves, their families, their communities,
and their societies. When you invest in girls and
women, there is a ripple effect and everybody
wins. So invest more. Invest smarter. Invest now!
Jill and Katja
WELCOME
Katja Iversen
CEO
Women Deliver
Letter from
Her Royal Highness
Crown Princess
Mary of Denmark
Crown Princess Mary

of Denmark
s patron of the Women Deliver 2016 Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, I am honored

to welcome you to this truly significant
event, and to have the opportunity to participate
in what is sure to be an inspirational, powerful,
and game-changing conference.
We are at a pivotal moment for ensuring the health,
rights, and wellbeing of girls and women. And
as we embark on the implementation of the new
Sustainable Development Goals, there is no
better time to come together and accelerate
effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
The SDG agenda holds great promise for girls and
women, and we must ensure that this promise is
delivered upon. Gender equality and maternal,
sexual and reproductive health and rights must
be rightfully recognized and respected as central
to this agenda. Our ability to achieve truly transformative change and results across all 17 SDGs
is dependent on the progress achieved for girls
and women.
By the year 2030, my children will have come of age.

For them, and billions of young people, we must
strive to create a world where a girl has just as
much of a chance to survive, thrive, and live her full
potential as a boy. Where she can attend and finish
secondary schooland beyond. A world where a
woman can decide for herself if, when, and with
whom to have a baby. Where she does not risk
dying in childbirth, where she is economically
empowered, financially literate, can own land,
and have a bank account. In other wordsa world
where girls and women have choice, NOT chance.
Gender equality and the realization of maternal,
sexual, and reproductive health and rights are
human rights and are absolutely fundamental
for a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world.
Women Deliver 2016 brings us together, and
together we can deliver for good.
Your voice matters. Join the conversation!
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Organizing
With Our Thanks
Women Deliver 2016 could not possibly have been

planned without the help and support of hundreds
of colleagues, organizations, and individuals. The
following have our special thanks:
Our donors, sponsors, and supporters, who made Women
Deliver 2016 not only possible, but possibly the best yet!
The Women Deliver staff, who are stars, every one of them.
Small and mighty!
Henrik Dyhr, Heaven Srensen, and the entire BDP
team, who guided us through the minefields and made
everything work so smoothly.
TTI Travel Canada, for your patience and expertise in
navigating our air travel needs.
Global Health Strategies, The group who could and
do and did!
Designlounge, the team who produced memorable,
fresh designs for all of us to love and remember.
Petra ten Hoope-Bender, who was the lead organizer

of the magnificentand manyconcurrents.
EPF, which convenes a winning team of parliamentarians
from around the globe every time.
The Danish Foreign Ministry, UN Women, and UNFPA,
who helped orchestrate the Ministers Forum.
BSR, The Dutch Foreign Ministry, and Novo Nordisk,
for convening the first-ever Women Deliver private
sector pre-conference.
PATH, for masterminding the valuable Regional Caucuses.
Hansen Agenda, the Danish Consortium, and the
Danish High Level Support Committee, for making
May Women Deliver Month with hundreds of events
throughout Denmark.
The Advisory Group, Communications Advisory
Group, and Youth Working Group, for the hours of
creative and substantial contributions.
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary, for

her patronage and unwavering dedication to girls
and women.
The Bella Center, for providing such a magnificent

place to hold our conversations to present solutions
and speed progress for girls and women and the
Sustainable Development Goals.
The current and former Prime Ministers of Denmark,

who helped get invitations out to global leaders.
Idette Swetye, who has searched the world for excellent

interpreters for all four Women Delivers conferences.
The former Minister of Development, Mogens Jensen,

who went all out to get the conference to Denmark, and
the current Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kristian Jensen,
who plays ball and continued the strong support.
Lisa Russell, for her unerring recognition of valuable films.
The staff in the Danish Foreign Ministry, not only but

including, Thea Lund Christiansen, Sofie Aagaard Myhr,
Cecilie Fenger Michaelsen, and Birgitta Maria Dam,
who are hardworking visionaries.
Frances Kissling, who knows almost everybody on the
planet and convinces them to join the conference plenaries.
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ORGANIZING
Mark Tuschman, for his sense of power through photographs.

Kito Mbiango, for his thought-provoking collages that
enrich our perspective.
All the volunteers, who helped us all get to where we
needed to be.
And all conference participants, who we hope will leave
with renewed determination to Deliver for Good, and
change the worldfor girls and women and everybody!
Conference Staff
Women Deliver
Jill W. Sheffield
President
Katja Iversen
Chief Executive Officer
Katherine Holland
Chief Operating Officer
Susan Papp
Director of Policy and Advocacy
Savannah Russo
Senior Associate, Policy and Advocacy
Maria DeVoe
Associate, Policy and Advocacy
Emily Mello
Junior Associate, Policy and Advocacy
Jessica Malter
Director of Strategic Communications
Kelsi Boyle
Communications Manager
Lauren Rankin
Senior Communications Associate
Brittany Tatum
Junior Associate of Communications
Rachel Larkin
Conference Program Support Intern
Scarlet Macas
Finance Manager
Alyssa Mahoney
Events Manager
Linda Stone
Human Resources Manager
Roger Pagano
Office Administrator
Global Health Strategies

David Gold
Principal
Christy Feig,
Vice President
Courtney Hamilton,
Director
Stephanie Platis
Manager
Guy Bloembergen
Senior Associate
Emily Bigelow
Associate
Narmeen Haider
Associate
Special Advisors
Tamara Windau-Melmer
Senior Manager, Youth Program
Genine Babakian
Editorial Consultant
Sara Pellegrom
Senior Associate, Youth Program
Petra ten Hoope-Bender

Senior Advisor
Cecilia Zvosec
Associate, Youth Program
Francis Kissling
Senior Advisor
Juliana Bennington
Intern, Youth Program
Matt Matassa
Executive Producer, Virtual Conference
Louise Dunn
Director of Finance and Administration
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Advisory Group and

Session Organizers
Thank you to our Advisory Group and Concurrent Session

Organizers. Your vision, expertise, and dedication to creating
top-notch sessions is so appreciated. You have helped make
WD2016 rich in content and solutions.
Advance Family Planning
Advocates for Youth
Al Jazeera
Amnesty International
Anders Molin, Independent Consultant
Association for Womens Rights
in Development (AWID)
Bayer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Center for Health and Gender Equity
(CHANGE)
Center for Reproductive Rights
CREA
DANIDA
Echoing Green
Engender Health
Eszter Kismodi, Independent Consultant
European Parliamentary Forum on
Population and Development
Evidence for Action (E4A)
Evofem
Executive Office of the
Secretary-General, United Nations
Family Care International
FHI 360
Funds (INWF)
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
(GAIN)
Global Fund for Women (GFW)
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis
and Malaria
Global Greengrants Fund
Media Partners
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ORGANIZING
Global Partnership for Education

GSMA Foundation
Guttmacher Institute
Hansen Agenda
Her Royal Highness Princess Sarah Zeid
of Jordan
International Confederation of Midwives
(ICM)
International Federation of Gynecology
and Obstetrics (FIGO)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Network of Womens
International Planned Parenthood
Federation/Western Hemisphere
Region (IPPF/WHR)
International Planned Parenthood
Federation (IPPF)
Jane Fisher, Jean Hailes Professor of
Womens Health, Monash University
Jhpiego
Johnson & Johnson
KIT Health
Landesa
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Marie Stopes International (MSI)
Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF)
Merck KGaA
Micronutrient Initiative (MI)
MSD for Mothers
NCD Alliance
Norwegian Agency for Development
Cooperation (Norad)
Novo Nordisk
ONE Campaign
PAI
Partners in Population and Development
(PPD)
Pathfinder International
Philips
Plan International
Population Council
Population Services International (PSI)
Procter & Gamble
Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition
Rise Up
Rockefeller Foundation
Save the Children
Sex & Samfund
Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI)
Skoll Foundation
Sonke Gender Justice
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn
& Child Health (PMNCH)
UN Women
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV
and AIDS (UNAIDS)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Childrens Emergency
Fund (UNICEF)
White Ribbon Alliance
World Health Organization (WHO)
Women Deliver
Women Moving Millions
Women Win
Womens Environment & Development
Organization (WEDO)
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
(WABA)
World Bank Group
World YWCA
Zoe Matthews, Professor of Global Health
and Social Statistics, Soton University
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Overview
Bella Center
Copenhagen
Ground Floor
Hall B
B3-5
B3-4
B3-3
B3-2
B3-1
Center Hall E
Congress
Foyer
Auditorium 15
Plenary Hall A
Focus
Office
Main
Lobby
Auditorium Foyer
Security
Entrance
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OVERVIEW
Main
Entrance
West
Overview
HB4-1
HB4-2
B4-5
B4-4
B4-1
Luggage
Room
B5-2
B4-2
Hall B
B5-1
B4-3
Speakers
Corner Stage
Social
Enterprise
Challenge
Appy Hour
Medical
Room
Internet
Caf
C1-M0
C1-M1
C1-M2
Exhibition Hall C
Info Booth
Youth Zone
C1-M3
C1-M4
C1-M5
Breastfeeding Room
15
Bella Center
Copenhagen
First Floor
Cinema Corner
Media Hub
Meeting Rooms
Rooms 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
Tree House
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180
16 17
19 20
Auditorium 15
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173
Auditorium
Foyer
Speaker
Prep Room
Auditorium 10
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OVERVIEW
Auditorium 11
Room 18B
Prayer Room
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General Information,
Services, and Amenities
Name Badges
Safety and Security
Please wear your name badge at all times during the

conference. Badges are required for entry to all conference
activities, including the Tivoli Cultural Night on 18 May.
Badges are issued to the individual registered delegate
and may not be used by others.
Please do not leave your belongings or conference

materials unattended in session rooms or anywhere
in the Bella Center.
Volunteers
Women Deliver volunteers will be stationed throughout
the Bella Center. If you require assistance, directions, or
information on sessions, our volunteers will be more than
happy to help you. They will be wearing gold Women Deliver
crew T-shirts to make them easily recognizable.
Interpretation
The official conference language is English; however,
interpretation into French and Spanish will be available
in the Plenary Hall as well as select concurrent sessions.
Please refer to the program guide for information on the
specific sessions offering this service.
Please note that you will be required to leave your passport
in order to get a headset. You may collect your passport
when returning the headset.
Registration Hours
Registration will be open:
Saturday, 14 May
09:00 19:00
Sunday, 15 May
07:30 19:00
Monday, 16 May
06:30 21:00
Tuesday, 17 May
05:30 18:30
Wednesday, 18 May
05:30 18:30
Thursday, 19 May
05:30 14:00
Information Desks
Information desks are located on the ground floor in
the main entrance foyer as well as in the Exhibition Hall.
Representatives will be available to assist with information
on events scheduled for the day and provide directions.
Luggage Room
A complimentary, staffed luggage room is located in Hall B6,
off the south end of Center Hall E. It will be open at the
following times:
Monday, 16 May
12:00 21:00
Tuesday, 17 May
07:30 18:30
Wednesday, 18 May
07:30 18:30
Thursday, 19 May
07:30 17:00
Dining
Women Deliver will provide complimentary coffee and tea
throughout the day as well as lunch in the Exhibition Hall
and designated sessions for all conference participants.
Participants may also purchase snacks from the Orang
Utan bar located in the Exhibition Hall.
All food outlets in the AC Hotel Bella Sky will be open during
their regular hours. The Sky Bar and Lobby Bar/AC Lounge
are open for lunch. The Balcony Restaurant and The Library
are open for dinner. Advanced reservations are recommended and can be arranged by calling +45 32 47 35 95.
Prayer Room
A quiet room for prayer is located on the 1st floor in
Room 18B.
Exhibition Hall Hours

The Exhibition Hall will be open:
07:30 - 18:00
ATM
Wednesday, 18 May
07:30 - 18:00
An ATM machine is located in the lobby of the Hotel AC

Bella Sky, which is attached to the Bella Center.
Thursday, 19 May
07:30 - 14:00
Tuesday, 17 May
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General Information, Services, and Amenities Cont.
Breastfeeding Room
Location and Transportation
Room 28 located off of the main lobby foyer on the ground

level is available to mothers who need privacy in order to
breastfeed or pump.
Bella Center Copenhagen features a central location in the

heart of restad, with its own Metro station. Bella Center
Copenhagen is just 6 kilometers from Copenhagen Airport
and 8 kilometers from Copenhagen city center.
Medical Room
By Car
Follow the Airport Motorway, E20. The exit to the
Center Boulevard is number 19 and is called restad,
with Bella Center listed below. Parking is available at
the price of DKK 20/hour. Minimum DKK 15 and maximum
DKK 80 for 24 hours.
The Medical Room is located on the ground level off the

main lobby foyer. The Bella Centers security team are
trained first responders and will be available to provide
on-site care as well as arrange an ambulance if hospital
care is required for more serious medical emergencies.
Internet Access
Free wireless internet is available throughout the Center
via the network WD2016.
For delegates who do not have their own devices, a
complimentary internet caf with computer stations
is located in the Exhibition Hall.
Mobile App
Additional information on speakers, sessions, exhibitors,
and special events can be found on the Women Deliver
mobile app. To download, please visit WD2016.org/App.
Emergency Numbers
At Bella Center:
Any Emergency (Medical, Fire, Police): +45 32 47 24 24
It is very important not to utilize other numbers (see
below) at Bella Centers property so that Bella Center
staff can take proper action.
Outside Bella Center:
Police: 114
Emergency: 112
Non-Life Threatening Medical Assistance: 1813
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OVERVIEW
By Train
If you take the metro, the center of Copenhagen is just a
few minutes away. The Metro line M1 runs between Vanlse
and Vestamager. The metro station Bella Center is located
by Bella Centers east entrance.
By Air
Bella Center Copenhagen is just a 10-minute taxi drive
from Copenhagen Airport (estimated price: DKK 150200).
Regional trains also run from restad Station to the airport.
Travel Services
If your flights were booked through Women Delivers
partner travel agency, TTI Travel, a representative is available on-site in the Focus Office, located off the main
entrance lobby, to assist with any questions or problems
you may have regarding your air travel. For more travel
and transportation tips, please visit WD2016.org/travel.
*Important Note: TTI Travel cannot access flight records or
make changes to flights booked through any other source.
They can only assist with flights booked by TTI.
Code of Conduct
Principles and Expectations

of Conference Participants
The right to participate at a Women Deliver-sponsored
conference is central to ensuring open dialogue between
all stakeholders. The conference acknowledges the
freedom of expression of speakers, participants, sponsors
and exhibitors and is an essential principle in Women
Delivers goals of advancing the health, rights, and
wellbeing of girls and women.
Women Deliver encourages discussion and interaction as
essential elements of participation, among all conference
attendees. This code of conduct includes the prohibition
of behaviour that leads to any harm, prejudice to any
person, or the disruption of the conference, or any activity
associated with it.
Women Deliver also opposes the destruction of property
and the use or threat of physical force by any individual
or group of individuals during the conference.
The following Principles are intended to guide the conference organizers response to disruptions or the threat of
violence, or actual violence that prevents a constructive
and meaningful participation at Women Deliver.
General Principles
Conference Participation:
All participants attending the Women Deliver conference
are subject to the laws applicable in Denmark. By attending
the conference, participants also agree to adhere to these
Principles and Values of Conference Participation.
The conference will provide support and space for
meaningful participation to enable a broad spectrum of
viewpoints and constructive dialogue. Individuals who are
part of the Women Deliver 2016 conference may not engage
in any demonstrations or other behaviour that Women
Deliver organisers deem to be potentially disruptive to the
conduct of the conference. Action that involves the use
or threat of physical force or the destruction of property,
may contravene the laws of the country of location.
Accreditation
Women Deliver reserves the right to refuse accreditation
or admission to the conference if an individual or group
has previously advocated or supported violent actions or
destructive behaviour in any way. Additionally, during the
conference, Women Deliver can revoke the name badge,
conference registration, and associated materials, and
therefore deny access, to participants who do not adhere
to these Principles.
Video and Audio Recording
Written approval must be obtained from Women Deliver
conference organisers prior to the videotaping or audio
recording of any part of the conference. Failure to receive
written permission is grounds for expulsion from the
Women Deliver conference and immediate confiscation
of video or audio materials.
Procedures Involving Disruptions

at the Conference
Application of the Law
Women Deliver participants are subject to the laws applicable in Denmark. Physical force or threats of physical
force or destruction of property by conference participants
will not be tolerated and will be dealt with in accordance
with the laws of Denmark. Additionally, the response may
include escorting participants from the conference venue.
Withdrawal of Accreditation
In the event of disruption or action that does not respect
these Principles, the conference may withdraw a participants accreditation and name badge and suspend or
cancel the participants access to the conference. Violation
of the rules is also grounds for ineligibility at future Women
Deliver conferences.
Public Statement
In the event that freedom of expression is abused, property
is destroyed, or physical force is used or threatened by
a participant, Women Deliver may issue a statement
concerning the action that reflects the Framework of the
Principles and Values of Conference Participation.
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Code of Conduct Cont.
Security Information
Women Deliver 2016 badges will be required for admittance
to all events for security reasons. Badges should be worn
and visible at all times. Lost badges should be reported
to the conference registration staff immediately. The
following badge policies apply throughout the entirety
of the conference:
1. Women Deliver is the sole proprietor of
Conference badges.
2. Badges are nontransferable.
3. Misuse of badges, false certification of individuals as
paid Women Deliver attendees, efforts to assist unauthorised persons to gain access to any Women Deliver
event, or any inappropriate conduct will be just cause
for reclaiming badges of any individuals involved.
Women Deliver is not obligated to refund any fees to
any individual or group expelled from the conference.
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OVERVIEW
Special Events
Appy Hour
Career Fair
Culture Night
Women Deliver Moves
Youth Zone
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Culture Night
18 May, 18:00
Buses from the Bella Center will board at 17:30
Join our culture night at the famous Tivoli Gardens

and discover for yourself why Denmark was just voted
the best place to be a woman. Throughout the evening
in addition to exploring the gardens and enjoying
the ridesyou will have the opportunity to mingle
with Danish ministers and parliamentarians, business
leaders, and everyday Danes to find out how they
are investing in women and how it is paying off!
A miniature version of the Danish political dialogue festival Folkemoedet,

(the Peoples Meeting) will take place in Tivolis H.C. Andersen Castle. Here,
conference participants will have the opportunity to exchange thoughts with
Danish citizens, Danish parliamentarians, and representatives from more
than 30 Danish businesses, organizations, and institutionseach highlighting
a different aspect of the welfare state. Folkemoedet will provide a unique
insight into Danish democracy and discussion culture.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Left: Tivoli Gardens entrance

Right: Fairground ride
Photos: Devid Rotasperi
Night view of Tivoli Gardens. Photo: Cees van Roeden
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Special Events
Appy Hour
Time: 17 May, 17:3018:30 (page 42)

Location: Exhibit Hall E (see page 15)
Time: 18 May, 10:1513:00 (page 74)

The Appy Houris an evening reception event with food and

wine to showcase 10 innovative global health apps that
benefit girls and women. Sponsored by MSD for Mothers, this
will be an opportunity to learn firsthand how these apps are
transforming education and training, monitoring and evaluation, and service delivery in international health. Attendees
will have the opportunity to win a technological surprise!
The Social Enterprise Challengeis a live competition

featuring 10 outstanding social entrepreneurs, who will
have 10 minutes to convince a panel of experts that their
product or idea has potential to transform business as
usual. The winner will receive a cash prize of $5,000 that
can be used to scale up their social enterprise.

Time: Daily (see pages 39, 70, and 99)
Location: First Floor, Room 20 (see page 16)
The Arts and Cinema Cornerwilltransform a section of the
conference into a creative space for showcasing international
artists and creative work. In addition to lunchtime workshops
with world-renowned directors, producers, and poets, partial
film screenings will run consecutively throughout the three
days. Stop by at any time for a dose of inspiration.

Time: Daily (see pages 37, 69, and 97)
Inspired by Londons Hyde Parks bastion of free speech,
the Women Deliver Speakers Corner Stage is an opportunity
for organizations to make announcements of new research,
publications, and initiatives. The Speakers Corner will run
continually throughout the three days.
Career Fair
Women Deliver Moves
Time: 19 May, 12:0013:30 (page 103)

Location: Room C1-M0 (see page 15)
Time: 18 May, 07:3008:15

Location: Center Hall E (see page 15 )
The Career Fairis for individuals who want to learn more about
working in the field of international development or make
connections with potential employers. What better place to
network than the Women Deliver 2016 Global Conference, where
more than 2,000 organizations are attending? The Career Fair
will consist of seminars, lunches, and time in the Exhibition
Hall to scout exciting job opportunities and internships.
Are you ready to move? Join Crown Prince Frederik of

Denmark and Lydia Nsekera, Member of the International
Olympic Committee, for some morning stretches,
exercises, and high-energy fun! Limber up to a live
musical performance and start your day off on the right
foot, sneakers optional.
Youth Zone
Time: Daily, 10:0016:30 (see pages 43, 75, and 102)
Location: Exhibit Hall C (see page 15)
Culture Night in Tivoli Gardens

Time: 18 May, 18:00
Location: Tivoli Gardens
The Culture Night is an opportunity for conference
attendees to experience Danish life up close and personal.
See previous page for details.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
The Youth Zone is a physical space located within the

Exhibition Hall dedicated to all youth attendees. Stop by
this bustling central hub for intergenerational dialogue,
the discussion of ideas and best practices, and networking.
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Schedule
Schedule At a Glance
Monday, 16 May
16:30 18:00
1 8:00 20:00
Welcome Reception
1 3:30 14:30

1 4:30 15:00
1 5:00 16:00

1 6:00 16:30
1 6:30 1 7:30
1 7:30 18:30
1 8:00
Plenary
Concurrent Sessions
Exhibit Hall Events
Tuesday, 17 May
0 7:00 08:00
08:30 10:00
10:00 10:30
10:30 1 2:00

12:00 13:30
12:00 13:30
Partner Breakfast Events

Plenary
COFFEE BREAK
Plenary
Concurrent Sessions
Exhibit Hall Events
LUNCH
Plenaries (Lunch Served)
COFFEE BREAK
Plenary
Concurrent Sessions
Exhibit Hall Events
COFFEE BREAK
Plenary
Appy Hour
Partner Evening Events
Wednesday, 18 May
0 7:00 08:00
07:30 08:15
08:30 10:00
10:00 10:30
1 0:1 5 13:00
10:30 1 2:00

1 2:00 13:30
12:00 13:30

Women Deliver Moves
Plenary
COFFEE BREAK

Plenary
Concurrent Sessions
Exhibit Hall Events
LUNCH
1 3:30 14:30

1 4:30 15:00
1 5:00 16:00

1 6:00 16:30
1 6:30 17:30
1 8:00
Plenary
Concurrent Sessions
Exhibit Hall Events
COFFEE BREAK
Plenary
Concurrent Sessions
Exhibit Hall Events
COFFEE BREAK
Plenary
Culture Night in Tivoli
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Concurrent Sessions
Exhibit Hall Events
COFFEE BREAK
Closing Plenary
Partner Evening Events
LUNCH

Career Fair in the Exhibit Hall
SCHEDULE
*Pre-registration required. Please pre-register at WD2016.org.
Session Key Icons
Women Delivers
Core Themes
Look for the following symbols, used throughout this program,
to identify the conferences core themesand to find sessions
that will be of particular interest.
Making The SDGs

Work for Girls
and Women
Recommitting
to Maternal and
Newborn Health
Realizing Sexual
and Reproductive
Health and Rights
Banking on
Womens Economic
Empowerment
Confronting
Gender-Based
Violence
Strengthening
Womens Political
Participation
Expanding Access to
Quality Education
Financing and
Partnerships for
Girls and Women
Unlocking
Comprehensive
Health Systems
Leveraging Data,
Accountability,
and Advocacy
Taking on Climate
Change with a
Gender Lens
Accessing Essential
Resources
Embracing the
Power of Sport
Spotlighting Girls and

Womens Nutrition
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Monday, 16 May Schedule

Plenaries
For speaker bios, please refer to the WD2016 mobile app.
16:30 18:00
Plenary Hall A

MODERATOR
Barkha Dutt, News Anchor and Consulting Editor, NDTV, India
OPENING WORDS
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Conference Patron
WELCOME
Prime Minister Lars Lkke Rasmussen, Denmark
PANEL
Annie Lennox, UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador, Singer, Songwriter and Activist
Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA
Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Special Envoy with the United Nations, former Prime Minister of Norway
Katja Iversen, CEO, Women Deliver
Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO
Sakena Yacoobi, CEO and Founder, Afghan Institute of Learning
Yemurai Nyoni, Founder and Advisor, Dot Youth Organisation and
2013 Women Deliver Young Leader, Zimbabwe
EXPECTATIONS
Jill Sheffield, President, Women Deliver
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SCHEDULE
Tuesday, 17 May Schedule

Plenaries
A Girls and Womens Lens on the SDGs

Many leaders have contributed to the development of the SDGs believing that
investments in girls and women ignite change for all of society. The most important
voices, however, are girls and women themselves. How do they see the SDGs
contributing to their lives and the lives of other women? Do they offer enough?
How can we ensure women are equal partners in setting the sustainability agenda
for everyone? Leaders in government, civil society, and philanthropy share their
ideas and plans for girls, women, and a sustainable world.
08:30 10:00
Plenary Hall A
MODERATOR
Geeta Rao Gupta, Deputy Executive Director (Programmes), UNICEF
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Melinda Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
PANEL
Amina J. Mohammed, Minister of the Environment, Nigeria
Helen Clark, Administrator, UNDP, former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Julia Gillard, Board Chair, Global Partnership for Education, Former Prime Minister of Australia
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Gavi Board Chair, Former Finance Minister of Nigeria
Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia
Vivian Onano, Member, UN Women Civil Society Advisory Group and Women Deliver Young Leader, Kenya
THE LAST WORD
Faustina Fynn-Nyame, Country Director, Marie Stopes Kenya
The Women Deliver Award for Wisdom
Presented to Gro Harlem Brundtland by Jill Sheffield
How Do We Know How We Are Doing?

We are determined to know if we are effective. Does our work with girls and women
have a measurable impact? Are we evaluating the right things? Who gets to evaluate
whom? What about qualitative measurements that dont fit easily into a spreadsheet?
Panelists will explore the latest trends in evaluation and monitoring. Well hear from
organizations that have been at the forefront of evaluating themselves and completing
external evaluations with flying colors. Learn how they document successes and
failures alike as they work to lift women out of poverty, combat non-communicable
diseases, change discriminatory laws, and advocate for transparent governments.
10:30 12:00
Plenary Hall A
MODERATOR
Karl Hofmann, President and CEO, Population Services International (PSI)
MEASURING OUTCOMES
Alex Ezeh, Executive Director, African Population and Health Center
Helga Fogstad, Director, Department for Global Health, Education and Research, Norad
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Tuesday Schedule
Plenaries
FROM THE FIELD: HAVING AN IMPACT

Andrea Jung, President and CEO, Grameen America
Jakob Riis, Executive Vice President, China, Pacific & Marketing, Novo Nordisk
Nachilala Nkombo, Deputy Director, ONE Campaign Africa
Regina Tams, Executive Director, Information Group on Reproductive Choice (GIRE)
THE LAST WORD
Julia Bunting, President, Population Council
12:00 13:15
Plenary Hall A
Lunch Served
Girl Power in Play: Leveling the Playing Field for Girls and Women
When girls play sport, it challenges gender stereotypes and paves the way for their
health, rights, and wellbeing. Sport programs are powerful platforms to connect girls
and adolescents with vital information, skills, and strategies to push for equality.
Sport is a game changer in helping girls realize their full potential. Building on the
successful 2015 Girl Power in Play campaign, this plenary will showcase how it pays
to invest in girls and sport.
SCENE SETTING
Sunita Kumari, Football Player and Coach, Yuwa
PANEL
Gerald Guskowski, Head of Sport for Development, GIZ, Germany
Granville Whittle, Deputy Director General, DBE, Social Mobilisation and Support Services, South Africa
Maria Bobenreith, Executive Director, Women Win
Mnica Gonzlez, Soccer Commentator, ESPN, former Captain of the Mexican Womens National
Ftbol Team, and Founder of Gonzo Soccer
Moya Dodd, Member of Executive Committee of FIFA, Chair of FIFAs Task Force on Womens Football
PASSING OF THE SDGs GAME BALL
Lydia Nsekera, Member, International Olympic Committee
CLOSING REMARKS
12:00 13:15
Auditorium 10/11
Lunch Served
A Close Look at Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions

A key factor in achieving a sustainable life for girls and women is addressing the
problem of climate change. Continuing unfettered use of resources, especially fossil
fuels, is threatening our ability to feed the planet, provide water for all, and preserve
the natural environment. Climate challenges especially hurt girls and women who
traditionally have the least access to resources. Get information on the magnitude
of this problem and learn about some of the solutions on the horizon.
MODERATOR
Kate Hampton, CEO, Childrens Investment Fund Foundation
PANEL
Amina J. Mohammed, Minister of the Environment, Nigeria
Betty Barkha, Asia Pacific Forum for Women, Law and Development, Climate Justice Activist,
Women Deliver Young Leader, Fiji
Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen
Laura Turner Seydel, Chairperson, Captain Planet Foundation
Monica Aleman Cunningham, Senior Program Officer, Building Institutions and Networks, Ford Foundation
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SCHEDULE
Tuesday Schedule
Plenaries
Be #Bold4Her on Gender Norms: What Are We So Afraid Of?

Moderator Femi Oke will lead a lively discussion exploring the most effective
strategies that enable social norms change. Topics will include gender-based
violence, adolescent girls decision-making power about their sexual and
reproductive health, and womens economic empowerment.
MODERATOR
Femi Oke, Host of The Stream, Al Jazeera English
12:00 13:15
Room C1-M1
Lunch Served
Sponsored
by FHI360
PANEL
Lenita Toivakka, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Finland
Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary, World YWCA
Dorothy Muroki, Chief of Party for Cross-Border Health Integrated Partnership Project, FHI 360, Kenya
Theo Sowa, CEO, African Womens Development Fund
Vijayanathan Thusandra, Technical Specialist/Advisor, ChildFund Sri Lanka,
2013 Women Deliver Young Leader
Tough Talks
Debate and dialogue between leading protagonists on controversial issues.
13:30 14:30
Plenary Hall A
MODERATOR
Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet
A 21st-Century Agenda for SRHR
Two decades ago the global community executed a paradigm shift in how we think
about sexual and reproductive health and rights. A woman centered human rights
approach replaced demographically driven policies. Before we have even fully
understood or implemented the paradigm shift, the world has changed. Socially
conservative thought regarding women has increased at the same time as policies
regarding gender, family, sexuality, and reproductive rights have become more
expansive in some countries. Has the Cairo SRHR agenda been overtaken by events?
Was it ahead of its time or behind? This conversation will focus on how things have
changed in the last 20 years and what a 21st-Century agenda for SRHR should and
will look like.
SPEAKERS
Giselle Carino, Deputy Director, International Planned Parenthood Federation/
Western Hemisphere Region
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Tuesday Schedule
Plenaries
Tough Talks Cont.
Breaking Down the Silos
Girls and women in low- and middle-income countries often bear a triple burden of
ill health. They are challenged by risky pregnancy and childbirth, communicable
diseases such as malaria and HIV, and increasingly, non-communicable diseases like
obesity and diabetes. SDG 3 urges our community to rethink health, specifically girls
and womens health, in this triad.But if we reach across the aisle, will issues like
family planning and adolescent SRHR risk being left out due to controversy? Are
funders, governments, and health providers onboard? Are integrated health and
wellbeing solutions really the best way forward?
SPEAKERS
Krishna Jafa, Deputy Director, Integrated Delivery, Programs, Channels and Components,
Michel Sidib, Executive Director, UNAIDS
15:00 16:00
Plenary Hall A
To The Point
TED-style talks with Women Deliver flair. In one short hour well present six smart,
insightful, human stories about the issues that challenge convention and change
the way you see the world.
MODERATOR
Kavita Ramdas, Senior Advisor to the President, Ford Foundation
SPEAKERS
Ankit Gupta, Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Women Deliver Young Leader, India
A Glimpse of Queer Feminist Youth Activism in India
Indrani Goradia, Founder, Indranis Light Foundation
Permission: How Violence, My Son, and a Family Vote Set Me Free
Joel Spicer, President and CEO, Micronutrient Initiative
One Billion Candles: A Call to Action for Womens and Girls Nutrition
Jonathan Quick, President and CEO, Management Sciences for Health
Preventable Anguish: Womens Rights and the Zikas
Michael Kimmel, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University
Why Should Men Support Gender Equality?
Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary, World YWCA
Every Girl Deserves a Childhood & Respect for their Rights: Ending Child Marriage
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SCHEDULE
Tuesday Schedule
Plenaries
Learning and Working Across Generations

A lively, no-holds-barred discussion about the ups and downs of working across
generations. Panelists will share the things that drive them crazy as well as their
best intergenerational experiences. This is a chance to tackle stereotypes head-on.
Is it true that millennials are pushy? Are Elders really stuck in their ways? Is passing
the torch to the younger generation a good strategy, and if so, what is the best role
for senior leaders?
16:30 17:30
Plenary Hall A
MODERATOR
Saundra Pelletier, CEO, Evofem, Inc. and CEO, WomanCare Global
PANEL
Dakshitha Wickremarathne, Lancet Commissioner on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing, member of the
Independent Accountability Panel, Every Woman Every Child, UN, Women Deliver Young Leader, Sri Lanka
Edith Asamani, Advocacy & Communications Officer, Curious Minds, Women Deliver Young Leader, Ghana
John Townsend, Vice President and Director, Reproductive Health Program, Population Council
Leticia Jauregui Casanueva, Founder and Executive Director, CREA
Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India
Thembisa Fakude, Head of Research and International Relations, Al Jazeera Center for Studies
The Women Deliver Award for Determination
Presented to Cecilia Garcia Ruiz by Yemurai Nyoni and Katja Iversen
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Tuesday 17, May Schedule

Full descriptions and speakers can be found on pages 44-61 and the mobile app.
TIME
SESSION TITLE
ROOM
10:30
12:00
A Dive into Implementing the SDGs: The Global Strategy
C1-M1
44
How Parental Depression Impacts Child Development
B5-2
44
Nutrition: A Gateway to Achieving the SDGs
B3-4
45
Sexual and Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights
B3-2
45
Eliminating Sexuality- and Gender-Related Discrimination

in Healthcare
B3-5
46
Adolescent SRH and Interrupting the

Power Dynamics Between Generations
C1-M3
46
Acting on the Unmet Need for Midwifery Personnel
B4-1
46
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls:

A Comprehensive Approach
B4-2
47
Improving Education for Children with Disabilities
B3-1
47
Gaining Ground: Womens Rights to Land and Resources
B5-1
48
Social Entrepreneurs Disrupting the Status Quo
B4-4
48
Using Accountability to Keep Promises
B4-5
49
Advocacy: What Works for Government and Officials
B4-3
49
Revolutionizing Financing for Girls and Women

The Global Financing Facility
C1-M0
49
My Life, My Rights, My Future: Young People and Contraception
C1-M2
50
Healthy Women, Healthy Economies
B3-3
50
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Tuesday Schedule

SESSION
TITLE
ROOM
PAGE
10 Things You Need to Know About The SDGs
C1-M0
51
Accountability for Womens, Childrens and

Adolescents Health, The Every Woman Every Child Model
B3-3
51
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission

on the Edge of an AIDS-Free Generation
C1-M3
51
The Politics of Pleasure, Sexuality, and Human Rights
C1-M2
52
The Private Sector Role in Safe Abortion Provision
B3-4
52
Essential Care in Humanitarian Settings
C1-M1
52
Womens Economic Participation in Health Systems
B4-1
53
Creating Environments for Sustainable Quality of Care
B4-2
53
Reproductive Rights and Access to Abortion in Conflict
B3-2
53
Empower to PowerPaving the Way for Women to Lead
B5-2
54
Using Accountability to Defend Rights
B4-3
54
Diabetes in PregnancyA Missing Link in Maternal Health
B3-1
54
Sexual and Reproductive Rights Within Communities
B3-5
55
Is 225M Acceptable? Unraveling Unintended Pregnancy
B4-4
55
For Her Future: Integration Starts with Program Design
B4-5
55
Understanding Innovative Financing and Social Impact Bonds
B5-1
56
TIME
13:30
14:30
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Tuesday Schedule
TIME
SESSION TITLE
ROOM
15:00
16:00
Infertility: Impact, Issues, and Solutions
B3-2
56
The Impact of Criminalizing Sexuality

and Reproduction: A Human Rights Violation
B3-1
56
The Politicization of Womens Bodies to Obstruct Sexual Rights
C1-M2
57
Making Contraceptive Choice a Reality
C1-M1
57
Health Systems: Investing in the Future Workforce
B3-4
57
Capacity Building Strategies for Sustainable Quality of Care
B5-2
58
Ensuring Education in Emergencies
C1-M0
58
Leadership and Livelihoods Through Sport
B3-3
58
Investing in Girls and Women to Combat Climate Change
B3-5
59
Leveraging Voice, New Activism
B4-1
59
Gender Responsive Budgeting in the 2030 Agenda
B4-2
59
Caring Men: Fatherhood, Gender Equality, and RMNCAH
B4-3
60
Working with Faith Leaders on Sexual

and Reproductive Health and Rights
C1-M3
60
Adding It Up: Solutions for Adolescents Sexual

and Reproductive Health
B4-4
60
Whose Business Is it Anyway?

Tapping Local Businesses to Improve Maternal Health
B4-5
61
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All Speakers Corner Stage sessions are located in Center Hall E (see page 15).
SPEAKER /DESCRIPTION
TIME
Nancy Wildfeir-Field
1 0:10 10:25
President, GBC Health
Finalists Announced for the GBCHealth 2016 Business Action

on Health Award: Focus on Women & Girls
Saundra Pelletier
CEO, Evofem, Inc. and CEO, WomanCare Global
1 0:30 10:45
Hybrid Model Approach to Developing a Sustainable Contraceptive Market

Katherine Semrau
Director of BetterBirth, Ariadne Labs
1 0:50 1 1:05
What Maternal Health Care Can Learn from the Aviation Industry
Jose Oying Rimon II
Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Johns Hopkins University
1 1 : 10 1 1 :25
The Young and Restless: From Nusa Dua to Copenhagen

Allison Tummon Kamphuis
Leader, P&G Childrens Safe Drinking Water Program, Procter & Gamble
1 1 :30 1 1:45
The Power of Clean Water is the Foundation for Improving the Health
of the Worlds Women and Girls
Akinrinola Bankole
Director of International Research, Guttmacher Institute
1 1:50 12:05
Adolescent Adding It Up: New Report on the Sexual and

Reproductive Needs of Adolescents in the Developing World
Dessislava Dimitrova
Associate Director, World Economic Forum
Health Systems Leapfrogging: A New Model for Public-Private Collaboration
1 2:10 12:25
Dakshitha Wickremarathne
1 2:30 12:45
Lancet Commissioner, Women Deliver Young Leader,

Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Well-Being
Setting a New Course for Adolescent Health and Well-Being: #LancetYouth

Sally Cowal
Senior Vice President, Global Cancer Control, American Cancer Society
1 2:50 13:05
A New Multi-Partner Initiative to Scale Up Cervical Cancer Prevention

in Low-Resource Settings
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Tuesday Schedule
TIME
13:10 13:25
Amy Agnew
Europe Director, Global Citizen
A Call to Action: Breaking Down the Barriers to Girls Education
13:30 13:45
Vivien Tsu
Associate Director of Reproductive Health, PATH
New Solutions to Treating Cervical Pre-Cancer:

Overcoming Obstacles for Remote and Low-Resource Settings
13:50 14:05
Ties Kroezen
Manager, Philips Community Life Center Project, Philips
Strengthening Primary Care in Emerging Markets

The Philips Community Life Center Approach
14:10 1 4:25
Joseph Swan
Communications Officer, WHO Polio
The Role of Female Vaccinators in Polio Eradication Efforts
14:30 14:45
Lotte Hansen and the Danish Women Deliver Consortium

Head of the Danish Women Deliver Consortium and CEO, Hansen Agenda
Danes DeliverCo-Creators and Co-Drivers:

How to Mobilize a Country Around Women Deliver
14:50 15:05
Brian Willis
Director, Global Health Promise
Saki Ona
Research Director, Global Health Promise
Mothers Who Are Trafficked or in Sex Work and Their Children:

A Global Health and Human Rights Issue
15:10 15:25
Rodrigue Ngouana
Country Liaison Officer, IntraHealth International
The Ouagadougou Partnership: The Acceleration Phase 20162020
15:30 15:45
Anders Dejgaard
Managing Director, World Diabetes Foundation
Catalysing the Fight Against Diabetes and Its Complications in the Developing World
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SCHEDULE

The Cinema Corner is located in Room 20 on the First Floor (see page 16).
FILM
TIME
ALSO in Africa
1 0:15 10:45
Thomas Fink, Mdicins Sans Frontires (Denmark/Ivory Coast)

We follow the Danish obstetrician Maria Milland on her first posting with Mdicins Sans
Frontires, working with maternity complications using ALSO techniques.
IN UTERO
Kathleen Gyllenhaal, MRB Productions (USA/Prague)
Life in the womb and its lasting impact on human development, human behavior
and the state of the world.
1 0:45 1 1 : 15
The AMERICAN Dream

Paolo Patruno (USA)
In a climate where African-American women are nearly four times more likely
to die of pregnancy-related complications, women of color speak out.
Myanmar Midwife
Carine Weiss & Khin Myo Myat, Yangon Film School (Myanmar/Germany)
An eye-opening portrait of midwife Nwe Ni Cho, who serves seven villages
with a total population of 2,760 people in the Yangon River delta.
1 1: 15 1 1 :45
The Artificial Womb

Alexandra Kopec (USA)
An inside look at what life can be like for babies who are born prematurely
and are admitted into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
MILK
Noemi Weis, Filmblanc (Canada)
A universal perspective on the commercialization, politics, and controversies
surrounding birth and infant feeding.
1 1:45 1 2: 15
Lady Ganga: Nilzas Story

Frederic Lumire (India/USA)
With just a few months left to live, Michele Baldwin broke a world record and started a
movement that would save the life of another woman years later in the highest place on
earththe Himalayas.
WORKSHOP: Sealing the Deal

Hear from a panel of freelance filmmakers on how to best negotiate and execute
a collaborative project for girls and women.
1 2:00 13:30
Ingrid Falck, Manager of Programs, Documentaries, Al Jazeera, English Channel

Mette Hoffman Meyer, Executive Producer, The Why Poverty
Lisa Russell, Director/Producer, Governess Films and I Sell the Shadow
Badras Story
Catherine McCarthy, Josie Gallo, Francis Webster, Johan Selin, Johan Eriksson,
Medical Aid Films & What Took You So Long (Somaliland)
The story of Badra, a midwife in Somaliland using films to save lives.
1 2:15 12:45
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Tuesday Schedule
TIME
FILM
12:15 12:45
Hearts At Peace
Neal Broffman & Elisa Gambino, One Production Place, Johnson & Johnson, Fistula Foundation,
UNFPA (Ethiopia/Tanzania)
J &J partners work to prevent and surgically repair obstetric fistula while also supporting
women and girls as they reintegrate into their families and community after treatment.
Suffering in Silence: Obstetric Fistula in Asia

Pep Bonet, Noor (Nepal/Pakistan/Afghanistan)
An insightful documentary that draws attention to obstetric fistula, a devastating medical
condition resulting from complicated childbirth.
12:45 13:15
Walking Together
Sean McPhillips, Mighty Films (Kenya/Australia)
Traditional and skilled birth attendants talk about caring for semi-nomadic pastoralist women
in Kenya, highlighting the collaborative care as a way to achieve better health outcomes.
Broken Dreams, Healing Hopes

Sharron Ward, Picture This Productions (Jordan/UK)
Trace the lives of three pregnant Syrian refugees and the dedicated family planning workers
and midwives trying to reach these vulnerable women.
13:15 13:45
Red
Nora Hegeds, ENS Louis-Lumire (France)
Inspired by the visual universe of beauty commercials, this one-minute video aims
to raise awareness about sexual violence against women.
Stand with Eva

Meagan Bond, ONE Campaign (Tanzania/USA)
Follow the journey of 15-year-old Eva Tolage, a dedicated daughter and student who
holds her leaders accountable to bringing clean water to her community in Tanzania.
Be a Man, Respect Women

Mariam Khan, UNFPA (Algeria)
A video spot to advocate for male involvement in ending gender-based violence.
My Sisters Photo
Narges Kharghani (Iran)
A young woman wants to help her sister with her problem.
The Story of Ebola

Yoni Goodman, IFRC, UNICEF and Global Health Media Project (USA)
An animated narrative that makes visible the invisible Ebola germs and helps people understand
how to protect themselves from the spread of Ebola.
Reaching the Most Remote with Quality Health Care

Roy Heisler & Melody McCoy, Jhpiego (USA/Ghana)
Community health officers are bringing lifesaving quality health services to remote areas
of Western Ghana.
13:45 14:15
The Meaning of Justice
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SCHEDULE
Laura Salas (Mexico)

A documentary that brings to light the lack of justice for cases of femicide in Mexico.
Tuesday Schedule
FILM
TIME
No Ms Bebs
1 3:45 14:15
Renee Tajima-Pea & Virginia Espino (USA)

The story of Mexican immigrant women who were sterilized at Los Angeles country hospital,
and their fight for reproductive justice.
God Is Not Working on Sunday!

Leona Goldstein, zAPANka films (Rwanda, Germany)
Women surviving the genocide are driving social change in the Rwanda of today.
1 4:15 14:45
A Question of Humanity
Heather Angel Chandler, Innovative Multimedia Group (The IMG Studio) (Uganda/USA)
A young Ugandan woman emerges as an unlikely heroine as she races against time to save
her people from a mysterious disease that is attacking thousands of children, leaving them
in a zombie-like state.
Enchikunye
Sandro Bozzolo, Geronimo Carbon-Meibi (Italy)
A young Maasai girl meets an Italian shepherd in the Alps. Two women from different worlds
live together for a season of pastoralism, sharing their work and their stories.
1 4:45 1 5:15
Blessed Fruit of the Womb

Charlene Music, Peter Jordan & Mike Seely (Guatemala)
Undeterred by the power of the church, corrupt politics, and a male-dominated culture,
two indigenous Guatemalans courageously provide family planning education and access
to birth control methods.
Casablanca Calling
Rosa Rogers, Redbird (UK/Morocco)
Moroccos first female Muslim leaders set out to change society and educate a nation
in a quiet social revolution.
1 5: 1 5 15:45
Camera/Woman
Karima Zoubir (Morocco)
With enthusiastic musicians and ornate wedding parties setting the stage, we meet Khadija,
a Moroccan divorce who works as a camerawoman at weddings in Casablanca.
In Their Own Words

Aileen Gleizer, Marie Stopes InternationalUS, Good Morning Beautiful Films (Cambodia/Tanzania)
A collection of 11 short films from Cambodia and Tanzania on womens access to sexual and
reproductive health services.
STORIES UNTOLD
Sarah Zeryab, Zohra Bellamine & Fatma Hassan, C:NTACT & Ma3mal 612 (Lebanon/Oman/Tunisia Denmark)
A handful of short films produced on mobile phones by and with extraordinary women from the Arab world.
Leaving Africa
Iiris Hrm, Guerilla Films (Uganda/Finland)
The story of two friends working on gender equality in Uganda and facing challenges like never before.
1 5:45 16:15
She Started It
Nora Poggi & Insiyah Saeed (USA)
Five young women will stop at nothing to pursue their start-up dreams.
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Appy Hour
The Appy Hour will be held in Center Hall E (see page 15).
TIME
APPS
17:30
18:30
BVKit
mGirls
Developed by Her Health Uganda

BVKit is a self-test application that helps women
check for unhealthy vaginal bacteria. BVKit
tests specifically for the most common vaginal
infection women face, bacterial vaginosis, with
the combination of both hardware and software.
Developed by Girls &Football SA

When a girl downloads the mGirls app, she
has access to free, daily health information
sent straight to her phone. Its anonymous
and its accurate.
mHero
CervDx
Developed byMobileODT
CervDx enables healthcare professionals to
conduct cervical cancer screenings by adding
and managing patient information, capturing
and annotating images, and recording
treatment decisions.
The Safe Delivery App
Developed byCycle Technologies

Dot Period & Fertility Tracker identifies a
womans conception risks each day, enabling
her to prevent or plan pregnancy.
Developed by the Maternity Foundation

The Safe Delivery App aims to improve the
quality of emergency obstetric and neonatal
care and hereby strengthen healthcare
workers skills and quality of care primarily
in developing countries.
ePartogram
TTC App
Developed byJhpiego
ePartogram is a clinical decision-support
tool designed to improve labor management
practices in low-resource settings.
Developed by World Vision International

TTC App is used by Community Health
Workers conducting TTC home visits to
communicate and track health practices for
maternal newborn and child health at the
household level.
Dot
Lista
Developed byFundacin Capital
The LISTA tablet-based app provides female,
rural Conditional Cash Transfers recipients in
Latin America access useful information and
home-based training.
Love Matters
Developed by RNW Media
Love Matters is an online platform in five
languages delivering accessible SRHR
information to young people in countries
where it is taboo or censored.
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Developed byIntraHealth International

mHero is a platform that builds on existing
health information and SMS systems to
facilitate communication between health
workers and ministries of health.
SCHEDULE

Youth Zone
The Youth Zone is located in Exhibition Hall C (see page 15).
DESCRIPTION
TIME
Intergenerational Dialogue: 5 Key Soft Skills for Workplace and Career Success
1 0:00 10:30
Women Deliver, Johnson & Johnson
What is Comprehensive?
Best Practices in Comprehensive Sexuality Education
1 0:30 12:00
IMCC Denmark, Sex & Samfund, Youth Sexual Awareness for Europe (YSAFE)
Forging New Alliances: An Intergenerational Dialogue with Policymakers

Youth Health and Rights Coalition
Moving Beyond the Textbook: The Role of Pleasure in SRHR

Rutgers, International Planned Parenthood Federation
Dear Diary: Highlights from a Girls Journey

Global Poverty Project
Tackling Taboo Topics

Amnesty International, ASTRA Youth
Intergenerational Dialogue: 5 Musts for Gaining Interest from a Donor

Women Deliver, Johnson & Johnson
1 2:00 13:30
1 3: 30 14:30
1 4:30 15:00
1 5:00 16:00
1 6:00 16:30
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10:30 12:00
Room C1-M1
A Dive into Implementing The SDGs: The Global Strategy

The Global Strategy for Womens, Childrens and Adolescents Health (20162030)
supports countries in implementing the new SDG agenda without delay. This session
introduces participants to the key building blocks of the Global Strategy and focuses
on actions that all stakeholders can take to achieve its goals.
MODERATOR
Gogontlejang Phaladi, Youth Representative, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
SPEAKERS
David Nabarro, UN Secretary-Generals Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning
Awa Marie Coll Seck, Minister of Health, Senegal
Flavia Bustreo, Assistant Director-General, Family, Womens and Childrens Health, WHO
Tim Evans, Senior Director, Health, Nutrition and Population, The World Bank
Robin Gorna, Executive Director, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
Peter Singer, Co-chair, Innovation Working Group, Every Woman Every Child, CEO,
Grand Challenges Canada
10:30 12:00
Room B5-2
How Parental Depression Impacts Child Development

Little consideration is given to the mental health of young women during and after
pregnancy. This session will examine the cultural factors that shape this norm and
develop strategies to strengthen the psychological aspects of perinatal health care
services in order to increase the personal agency of young women.
SPEAKERS
Thach Tran, Research Fellow, Monash University
Jane Fisher, Clinical and Health Psychologist and Jean Hailes Professor of Womens Mental Health,
Monash University, Australia
Doortje Braeken, Senior Advisor, Adolescents, Gender and Rights, Programmes & Technical,
International Planned Parenthood Federation
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Nutrition: A Gateway to Achieving the SDGs

Undernutrition affects the ability of girls and women to concentrate and learn,
survive childbirth, cope with manual labor, and work productively. Hence,
improved nutrition for women and girls is fundamental to achievement of the
SDGs. Share and learn about how integrating nutrition in development programs
can impact outcomes across sectors.
10:30 12:00
Room B3-4
MODERATOR
Dominic Schofield, President, GAIN Canada, Senior Technical Advisor for Policy and Programs,
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
SPEAKERS
Lawrence Haddad, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, Co-chair,
Global Nutrition Report
Maria Pontes, Manager, Business Social Responsibility
Kaosar Afsana, Director, Health Nutrition & Population, BRAC
Natalie Africa, Senior Director, Private Sector Engagement, Every Woman Every Child, UN
Danny Harvey, Country Director, Zambia, Concern Worldwide
Sexual and Reproductive Rights are Human Rights

Sexual and reproductive rights are human rights and key to achieving global
progress. Yet they remain contested, misunderstood, and not fully integrated
into the SDGs. This session will show how indispensable they are and how they
contribute to sustainable development.
10:30 12:00
Room B3-2
MODERATOR
Sandeep Prasad, Executive Director, Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
SPEAKERS
Laura Laski, Chief, Sexual and Reproductive Health Branch, Technical Division, UNFPA
Address Malata, Principal, Kamuzu College of Nursing, University of Malawi,
Vice President of International Confederation of Midwives, Director, Collaborating Centre
for Inter-professional Education and Practice, WHO
Ankit Gupta, Queer Feminist Activist, member, Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights
(YCSRR), Women Deliver Young Leader, India
Elena Eva Reynaga, Founder and Executive Secretary of the Network of Women Sex Workers from
Latin America and the Caribbean (RedTraSex)
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10:30 12:00
Room B3-5
Eliminating Sexuality- and Gender-Related Discrimination

in Healthcare
It will take systematic change to overcome sexuality and gender-related
discrimination in healthcare. Speakers and participants will look at new
strategies for client self-advocacy and ways to engage healthcare providers
in overcoming stigma.
MODERATOR
Eszter Kismodi, International Human Rights Lawyer, Director of Advocacy, CREA
SPEAKERS
Nozer K. Sheriar, Former Secretary General, Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India
Tshepo Ricki Kgositau, Executive Director, Gender Dynamics
Luisa Cabal, Chief, Human Rights and the Law, UNAIDS
10:30 12:00
Room C1-M3
Adolescent SRH and Interrupting the Power Dynamics

Between Generations
To foster and promote meaningful intergenerational practices, it is crucial that both
adults and young people share leadership roles. This session will explore the power
dynamics in intergenerational work and draw out the lessons learned from promising practices.
MODERATOR
Bryan Eric Mallari, Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, Women Deliver Young Leader
SPEAKERS
Wituly Mwenitete, Journalist, youth and HIV/AIDS advocate, Malawi
Ariel Cerrud, Senior Manager, International Policy, Advocates for Youth
Miranda van Reeuwijk, Researcher, Rutgers
10:30 12:00
Room B4-1
Acting on the Unmet Need for Midwifery Personnel

Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, and Newborn Health (SRMNH) services are
core components of every health system. However, extensive deficits still remain
in the midwifery workforce. Explore the country and sub-national realities of
creating employment, career paths, retention, and security in the scale-up of
midwifery services.
MODERATOR
Koki Agarwal, Director, Maternal and Child Survival Program, USAID
SPEAKERS
Frances Day-Stirk, President, International Confederation of Midwives
Feroza Mushtari, President, Afghan Midwives Association
Agnes Soucat, Director, Health Financing and Governance, WHO
Luc De Bernis, Independent consultant, Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health
Eva Nangalo, Midwife, Nakaseke Hospital, Uganda
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Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: A Comprehensive Approach

The recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has placed violence
against girls and women high on the international development agenda. Panelists
will highlight the need for a comprehensive approach to ending systemic violence
and present strategies to end this violation of human rights.
10:30 12:00
Room B4-2
MODERATORS
Juncal Plazaola-Castao, Violence against Women Data Specialist, Ending Violence against
Women Section, UN Women
SPEAKERS
Marai Larasi, Executive Director, Imkaan and Co-Chair, Ending Violence Against Women Coalition, UK
Professor Joy Ezeilo, Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, Executive Director,
Womens Aid Collective, Nigeria
Claudia Garcia-Moreno, Team Leader for Sexual Health, Gender, Reproductive Rights and Adolescence,
Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO
Vivian Onano, African Leadership Academy, Women Deliver Young Leader, Kenya
Improving Education for Children with Disabilities

Globally, up to 150 million children are living with disabilities, and girls with
disabilities face the greatest barriers to education. In this session, experts will
discuss some of the main solutions that schools, governments, and communities
have found to deliver quality education for girls with disabilities.
10:30 12:00
Room B3-1
MODERATOR
Sophie Morgan, Filmmaker and Activist
SPEAKERS
Anju Malhotra, Principal Adviser, Gender and Development, UNICEF
Aidan Leavy, Inclusion Specialist, Plan International
Abia Akram, Chair of the Youth Council of UNICEF, Light for the World
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10:30 12:00
Room B5-1
Gaining Ground: Womens Rights to Land and Resources

Women with rights to land and resources trigger powerful changestheir status in
the community rises, food security increases, health improves, and poverty erodes.
Yet laws and bias in 100+ countries curtail womens land and resource rights.
Panelists will outline regional and local approaches to securing such rights.
SPEAKERS
Jacqueline Osiako Ingutiah, Partner, Olel, Onyango, Ingutiah and Company Advocates;
Member, Kenya, FIDA
Faustina Pereira, Director, Global Initiatives
Tom Osborne, Founder and CEO, GreenChar Solutions Ltd
Fiona Fandim, Marie Stopes International, Women Deliver Young Leader, Papua New Guinea
Melany Grout, Land Tenure and Gender Specialist, Landesa
10:30 12:00
Room B4-4
Social Entrepreneurs Disrupting the Status Quo

When it comes to innovation, social entrepreneurs are at the forefront. Three
entrepreneurs will share their business models and the lessons learned when
implementing these innovations. Learn how social entrepreneurism is solving
problems in ways that drive economic empowerment, particularly among the
women in their communities.
MODERATOR
Brittany Boettcher, Senior Program Manager, Skoll Foundation
SPEAKER
Sarah Toumi, Founder, Acacias for All, Tunisia
Zubaida Bai, Founder, ayzh, India
Tony Kalm, President, One Acre Fund, US/Kenya
Janna Oberdorf, Vice President, Strategic Communications, Echoing Green
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Using Accountability to Keep Promises

Accountability has become a buzzword in the Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal,
Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health field, but do we really know what it means
and what it takes? Join an interactive dialogue to explore some of the challenging
issues around accountability for SRMNCAH.
10:30 12:00
Room B4-5
MODERATOR
Betsy McCallon, Executive Director, White Ribbon Alliance
SPEAKERS
Carmen Barrosso, Member, Independent Expert Review Group, WHO, former Director,
International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region
Nina Schwalbe, Principal, Spark Street Consulting
Juan Jose Calvo, former President, LAC Conference on Population and Development
Melissa Wanda, Advocacy Program Officer, FCI Program, Management Sciences for Health
Belinda Goldsmith, Editor-in-Chief, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Advocacy: What Works for Government and Officials

Discover perspectives and lessons on advocacy from those in the inner circle. Hear
from a ministry official, parliamentarian/legislator, and ambassador on why they act
on womens health and rights despite the difficulties of moving the issues forward
within challenging political environments, differing cultural contexts, and complex
government systems.
10:30 12:00
Room B4-3
MODERATOR
Hon. Juliana Lunguzi, Member of Parliament, Malawi
Pia Cayetano, Senator, the Philippines
Hon. Sylvia Ssinabulya, Member of Parliament, Uganda
Natasha Stott Despoja, Ambassador for Women and Girls, Commonwealth of Australia
MODERATOR
Suzanne Ehlers, President and CEO, PAI
Revolutionizing Financing for Girls and Women

The Global Financing Facility
10:30 12:00
Room C1-M0
The Global Financing Facility (GFF) is creating a paradigm shift in development

financing. Learn about GFFs approach: combining a countrys domestic
resources with additional external resources, and working in tandem with the
private sector to close the funding gap for reproductive, maternal, newborn,
child, and adolescent health.
Please refer to the WD2016 mobile app for speaker details.
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10:30 12:00
Room C1-M2
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My Life, My Rights, My Future: Young People and Contraception

Access to quality contraceptive counseling helps young people make informed
decisions about their health and future. This session will bring together high-level
stakeholders to explore how youth-driven interventions are leading the way to
healthier, more prosperous generations.
MODERATOR
Imane Khachani, Resident in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine,
Maternity Hospital Les Orangers, National Reference Center in Reproductive Health, Morocco
SPEAKERS
Khadija Sinanan, World Contraception Day Ambassador, 2013 Women Deliver Young Leader,
Trinidad and Tobago
Klaus Brill, Vice President, Global Healthcare Programs, Bayer Pharma AG
Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA
Megan Elliot, Vice President, Strategy and Development, Marie Stopes International
Virginia Abalos, MD/OB-GYN, Care Group Member
Gvantsa Khizanishvili, World Contraception Day Ambassador, 2013 Women Deliver Young Leader, Georgia
Vijayanathan Thusandra, World Contraception Day Ambassador,
2013 Women Deliver Young Leader, Sri Lanka
10:30 11:30
Room B3-3
Sponsored
by Merck KGaA
Healthy Women, Healthy Economies

What is the relationship between womens health and sustained economic
participation? This session will identify policy and program ap proachesincluding
multi-stakeholder partnershipsto advancing womens health for increased
economic participation.
MODERATOR
Yemurai Nyoni, Founder and Advisor, Dot Youth Organisation
and 2013 Women Deliver Young Leader, Zimbabwe
SPEAKERS
Susan Herbert, Executive Vice President, Global Business Development and Strategy for Merck Serono
Catherine Russell, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Womens Issues, U.S. Department of State
Jimmy Kolker, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women
Leslie Mancuso, President and CEO, Jphiego
Helen Scott, Director, Canadian Network for Maternal, Newborn Child Health
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Concurrent Sessions
10 Things You Need to Know About The SDGs

Weve said goodbye to the MDGs and embraced a brand-new set of goals and targets,
the SDGs. Get ready to put on your gender lens and discover ways of leveraging the
SDGs framework to advance the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women.
13:30 14:30
Room C1-M0
MODERATOR
Susan Papp, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Women Deliver
SPEAKERS
Rachel Snow, Chief, Population and Development Branch, UNFPA
Geoff Adlide, Director, Advocacy and Communications, Global Partnership for Education
Eleanor Blomstrom, Program Director/Head of Office, WEDO and the Womens Major Group
Hon. Nana Oye Lithur, Minister for Gender, Children & Social Protection, Ghana
Catherine Wanjiru Nyambura, Dandelion Kenya, Women Deliver Young Leader
Accountability for Womens, Childrens and Adolescents Health,

The Every Woman Every Child Model
13:30 14:30
Room B3-3
The Global Strategy for Womens, Childrens and Adolescents Health (2016-2030)
MODERATOR
Dakshitha Wickremarathne, Lancet Commissioner on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing, member,
Independent Accountability Panel, Every Woman Every Child, UN, Women Deliver Young Leader, Sri Lanka
SPEAKERS
Nana Kuo, Senior Manager, Every Woman Every Child, Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General
Sania Nishtar, Chair, Independent Accountability Panel, Every Woman Every Child, UN
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission on the Edge

of an AIDS-Free Generation
13:30 14:30
Room C1-M3
While progress has been made toward the goal of reducing new pediatric
infections by 90%, HIV continues to be a leading cause of under-5 and maternal
mortality. This session will address the challenges and solutions for achieving
an AIDS-free generation.
MODERATOR
Wafaa El-Sadr, Director of ICAP and Director of CIDER, Columbia University
SPEAKERS
Michel Sidib, Executive Director, UNAIDS
Deborah van Zinkernagel, Director, Office of the Global Fund and Global Plan Affairs, UNAIDS
Annie Lennox, UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador, Singer, Songwriter and Activist
Allen Kyendikuwa, Uganda Youth Coalition on Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights
Hon. Amina J. Mohammed, Minister of the Environment, Nigeria
Kenly Sikwese, Coordinator, AFROCAB and Board Member, UNITAID
Felicitas Zawaira, Director of Family and Reproductive Health, Africa Regional Office, WHO
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13:30 14:30
Room C1-M2
The Politics of Pleasure, Sexuality, and Human Rights

Pleasure and sexuality need to be integral elements of the human rights discourse.
While young people have become central players in global development, focus
remains on harm prevention. Explore how sex-positive learning can empower young
people to make healthy decisions about their bodies and lives.
MODERATOR
Geetanjali Misra, Executive Director, CREA, India
SPEAKERS
Shereen El Feki, Author, Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World, Egypt
Daughtie Ogutu, Executive Director, African Sex Workers Alliance
Arushi Singh, The Pleasure Project, India
Priya Nanda, Group Director of Social and Economic Development, International Center
for Research on Women
Nina Pavlovska, Dance4Life and Member, Dutch SRHR Alliance, The Netherlands
13:30 14:30
Room B3-4
The Private Sector Role in Safe Abortion Provision

Tanzania, Cambodia, Kenya, and Uganda are four countries that have successfully
leveraged the private sector to increase access to quality abortion services and
products. Learn why these programs have worked and how other countries can do
the same.
MODERATOR
Karl Hofmann, President and CEO, Population Services International
SPEAKERS
Catherine Paul, Project Manager, Womens Health Project, Population Services International/Tanzania
Veasna Khun, Medical Detailing Program Manager, Population Services Khmer
Shannon Bledsoe, MAX Project Director, WomanCare Global
13:30 14:30
Room C1-M1
Essential Care in Humanitarian Settings

The worst rates of preventable mortality and morbidity occur in humanitarian
settings. A humanitarian crisis puts every woman, child, newborn, and adolescent at
grave risk. Speakers will discuss how changing national planning processes for crisis
preparedness can change this.
MODERATOR
Her Royal Highness Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, Convenor, Humanitarian Working Group,
Every Woman Every Child, UN
SPEAKERS
Anita Sharma, Executive Director, United Nations Foundation
Rajat Khosla, Human Rights Advisor, Department of Reproductive Health Research, WHO
Ugochi Daniels, Chief, Humanitarian Branch, UNFPA
Laurie Noto Parker, Director, Special Projects, Ipas
Aditi Sharma, International Organization for Migration, Women Deliver Young Leader, Nepal
Jane Waterman, Senior Vice President, International Rescue Committee (IRC)
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Womens Economic Participation in Health Systems

Are governments and stakeholders making womens economic participation in the
health sector a large enough priority? The United Nations Secretary-General has
announced new international commissions on womens economic empowerment,
health employment, and economic growth, but what happens next?
13:30 14:30
Room B4-1
MODERATOR
Joy Marini, Executive Director, Maternal and Child Health, Women and Girls, Johnson & Johnson
SPEAKERS
Ana Langer, Director, Women & Health Initiative, Department of Global Health and Population,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Pape Gaye, President and CEO, IntraHealth International
Dorothy Balaba, Director of Programs, PACE Uganda
Sabera Turkmani, Former President, Afghan Midwives Association
Creating Environments for Sustainable Quality of Care

Speakers will address how creating enabling environments for sustainable quality of
care involves policy, regulation, better quality working environments for healthcare,
and engagement of the private sector.
13:30 14:30
Room B4-2
MODERATOR
Michele Teitelbaum, Global Technical Lead for Health Service Delivery, Management Sciences for Health
SPEAKERS
Catherine Cooper, Chair, Infection Prevention Control Taskforce, Liberia Ministry of Health
Melanie Wendland, Director of Service Design and Innovation, M4ID
Hema Devanker, Senior Consultant and Medical Director, Divakers Speciality Hospital
Reproductive Rights and Access to Abortion in Conflict

Unwanted pregnancies as a result of rape have life-threatening consequences for
girls and women. This panel will explore the practical and legal implications of
failing to provide abortion services and post-abortion care to victims of conflictrelated sexual violence, while proposing practical steps to change this situation.
13:30 14:30
Room B3-2
MODERATOR
Women Deliver Young Leader
SPEAKERS
Julienne Lusenge, President, Female Solidarity for Integrated Peace and Development
Pramila Patten, Vice Chair, The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination
Against Women (CEDAW)
Catrin Schulte-Hillen, Midwife and Coordinator of Reproductive Rights and Sexual Violence Care,
Mdecins Sans Frontires
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13:30 14:30
Room B5-2
Empower to PowerPaving the Way for Women to Lead

How can women, adolescents, and girls become empowered to lead? This session
will explore innovative models of getting women into positions of political power,
specifically in positions of influence over womens reproductive health.
MODERATOR
Hendrica Okondo, Global Programme Manager, SRHR & HIV, World YWCA
SPEAKERS
Hon. Fawzia Koofi, Vice President of the National Assembly, Afghanistan
Hon. Valentina Leskaj, MP, Albania, Chair, Albanian Parliamentary Group on Population and Development
Hon. Highvie Hamududu, MP, Zambia, African Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development
Sophia Pierre-Antoine, Programme Associate, World YWCA
13:30 14:30
Room B4-3
Using Accountability to Defend Rights

How can we use human rights mechanisms to pursue accountability? Presenters will
share global, regional, and country-level models. Workshop attendees will leave with
ideas on how to leverage human rights mechanisms for accountability in their own
country/region.
MODERATOR
Maria Antonieta Alcalde, Director of Advocacy, International Planned Parenthood Federation/
SPEAKERS
Rebecca Brown, Director, Global Advocacy, Center for Reproductive Rights
13:30 14:30
Room B3-1
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Diabetes in PregnancyA Missing Link in Maternal Health

Nearly 830 women die every day in relation to pregnancy and childbirth75% of
these cases consist of preventable complications that can be linked to diabetes.
Testing for diabetes during pregnancy is crucial to improving mother and child
health. PSI, JHPIEGO, and FIGO will kick off a lively debate.
MODERATOR
Belinda Goldsmith, Editor-in-Chief, Thomson Reuters Foundation
SPEAKERS
Guadalupe Canales Reazco, Executive Director, PSI/PASMO Nicaragua
Moshe Hod, Chair, Working Group on Hyperglycaemia in Pregnancy, International Federation
of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Bulbul Sood, Country Director, Jhpiego India
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Sexual and Reproductive Rights Within Communities

Understand sexual and reproductive rights on a personal level. This session will
explore how individuals decide on partners, the use of contraceptives, marriage, how
many children to have and when, abortion, and the right to enjoy ones sexual life
within various communities in the Global South.
13:30 14:30
Room B3-5
MODERATOR
Korrie de Koning, Senior Advisor, KIT Health
SPEAKERS
Siti Musdah Mulia, Indonesian Academy of Sciences
Yasmin Fwamba, Former Public Health Advisor, HealthNet TPO-South Sudan Program
Nyatuwe Phiri, Activist, Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation, Malawi
Murari Choudhury, Executive Director, Network for Enterprise Enhancement and
Development Support (NEEDS)
Is 225 Million Acceptable? Unraveling Unintended Pregnancy

The current status of unintended pregnancy and failed contraception requires
transformation. This session will cover unmet need for family planning, policy,
education, and gaps in product availability and access. The session will unravel
practical actions for real change. Advocates wantedplease join us!
MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
John Townsend, Vice President and Director, Reproductive Health, Population Council
Yemurai Nyoni, Founder and Advisor, Dot Youth Organisation
and 2013 Women Deliver Young Leader, Zimbabwe
Kaitlin Ball, Global Marketing Manager, Evofem
Rossella E. Nappi, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Research Center for
Reproductive Medicine and Director of the Gynecological Endocrinology & Menopause Unit,
IRCCS San Matteo Foundation, University of Pavia
For Her Future: Integration Starts with Program Design

Explore how we can use principles from human-centered design and integrated
models of development to improve the health of women and girls around the world.
We will brainstorm new ideas, provide examples of new and successful cross-sectoral
partnerships, and expand the dialogue to include cross-sector stakeholders.
MODERATOR
Ambassador-at-Large Deborah Birx, Coordinator of the United States Government Activities
to Combat HIV/AIDS and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy
13:30 14:30
Room B4-4
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13:30 14:30
Room B4-5
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SPEAKERS
Lauren Moore, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, Johnson & Johnson
Pam Scott, Founding Partner, The Curious Company
Maximina Jokonya, Community Advisor, Africaaid, Women Deliver Young Leader, Zimbabwe
Jo-Ann Purcell, Director of the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, and Nutrition Division,
Government Affairs, Canada
Eva Nangalo, Midwife, Uganda, and Helping Babies Breathe Trainer
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13:30 14:30
Room B5-1
Understanding Innovative Financing and Social Impact Bonds

How can other development actors take lessons learned from proven innovative
finance mechanisms (such as the International Finance Facility for Immunization) to
find new funding sources? Speakers will present the viewpoint of impact investors
and their incentives for investing in specific social issues.
15:00 16:00
Room B3-2
Infertility: Impact, Issues, and Solutions

Although millions of women have an unmet need for modern contraceptives,
infertility affects 15 to 25% of heterosexual couples worldwide. Speakers will
address the reproductive rights issue of childlessness, which can be medically,
psychosocially, and economically devastating for both women and men.
SPEAKERS
Claudia Garcia-Moreno, Medical Officer, WHO
Lilian Mbuya Sikoria, Entrepreneur
Vibhor Singh, Architect
15:00 16:00
Room B3-1
The Impact of Criminalizing Sexuality and Reproduction:

A Human Rights Violation
Criminalization of sexuality and reproduction can negatively impact human rights
and development. Often adopted in the name of protection, criminalizing complex
social and health issues can diminish social wellbeing and development. This
session will discuss alternative social and regulatory approaches that help states
achieve the SDGs and realize human rights.
MODERATOR
Carolyn Eisert, Policy Analyst, Amnesty International
SPEAKERS
Dalia Abd El-Hameed, Head of the Gender Program at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
Clara Rita Padilla, Executive Director, EnGendeRights, Inc.
Ximena Ibanez Andion, Executive Director, Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir (ILSB), Mexico
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The Politicization of Womens Bodies to Obstruct Sexual Rights

Womens sexual and reproductive freedoms are obstructed through criminalization,
forced intervention, pathologization, medicalization, and other social practices. To
protect the bodily integrity and self-determination of women, we must deconstruct
these attemptswhether cultural or legal. Learn why overcoming political barriers
means safeguarding womens health and wellbeing.
15:00 16:00
Room C1-M2
MODERATOR
Eszter Kismodi, International Human Rights Lawyer, Director of Advocacy, CREA
SPEAKERS
Tshepo Ricki Kgositau, Executive Director, Gender Dynamics
Daughtie Ogutu, Director, African Sex Workers Alliance
Stephanie Ortoleva, Founder and President, Women Enabled International
Making Contraceptive Choice a Reality

How important is it for women to have access to a range of contraceptive methods?
This session will begin with an interactive exploration of method choice. Speakers
will then present examples of barriers at the policy, provider, and consumer levels.
15:00 16:00
Room C1-M1
MODERATOR
Beth Schlachter, Executive Director, FP2020
SPEAKERS
Jasmine George, Youth Leader, Hidden Pockets, Women Deliver Young Leader, India
Jyoti Vajpayee, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, India
Fatimata Sy, Director, Coordination Unit, Ouagadougou Partnership
Health Systems: Investing in the Future Workforce

Global demand for health workers is on the rise. Learn how the UN SecretaryGenerals Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth is an
opportunity to generate employment in areas where decent jobs are most needed,
with particular benefit to women and youth.
15:00 16:00
Room B3-4
MODERATOR
Jim Campbell, Director, Health Workforce, WHO
SPEAKERS
Francesca Colombo, Head, Health Division, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Sylvia Trent-Adams, Deputy Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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15:00 16:00
Room B5-2
Capacity Building Strategies for Sustainable Quality of Care

Sustainable quality of care begins with capacity building strategies. Take part in a live
action simulation, designed to showcase quality of care during a clinical emergency.
MODERATOR
Cherrie Evans, Director, Helping Mothers and Babies Survive, Jhpiego
SPEAKERS
Rosemary Kamunya, International Training Expert, Jhpiego, Kenya
Ahmed Aboushady, IFMSA, Women Deliver Young Leader, Egypt
Gwyneth Lewis, Commentator, clinical audit expert
Anne-Marie Bergh, Senior Researcher, South African Medical Research Council Maternal and
Infant Health Care Strategies Research Unit, University of Pretoria
15:00 16:00
Room C1-M0
Ensuring Education in Emergencies

Emergencies are a significant barrier to education for over half of the worlds
out-of-school children, and disproportionately affect girls. This panel will discuss
challenges and solutions to meet the needs of girls whose education is impacted
by conflict, natural disaster, and/or health emergencies.
MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Her Royal Highness Princess Mabel van Oranje, Chair, Girls Not Brides
Geeta Rao Gupta, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, CEO, Plan International
H.E. Maker Famba Mwangu, Minister of Education, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Jessica Hjarrand, Inter-Agency Network on Education in Emergencies
15:00 16:00
Room B3-3
Leadership and Livelihoods Through Sport

Sport can be a game changer when it comes to leadership skills. Sport offers a
platform for girls and young women to build skills that are critical to the workplace
communication, negotiation, future visioning, and resilience. Learn how to
leverage the power of sport.
MODERATOR
Maria Bobenrieth, Executive Director, Women Win
SPEAKERS
Rachel Muthoga, Executive Director, Moving the Goalposts
Shanti Rai, Trekking Guide, Three Sisters Trekking
Payal Dalal, Head of Community Programmes, Standard Chartered Bank
Dominique Niyonizigiye, Cheffe de Projets, International Olympic Committee
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Concurrent Sessions
Investing in Girls and Women to Combat Climate Change

How can the development community increase investment in climate solutions that
support gender equality? Speakers will debate the current state of climate finance,
strategies to ensure funds reach girls and women directly, and what transformations
can be expected.
15:00 16:00
Room B3-5
MODERATOR
Emilienne De Leon Aulina, Executive Director, International Network of Womens Funds
SPEAKERS
Liane Schalatek, Associate Director, Heinrich Bll Foundation North America
Carla Lopez, Executive Director, Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres
Roberta Salvador dos Santos, Legal and Compliance Director, Natura
Betty Barkha, Asia Pacific Forum for Women, Law and Development, Women Deliver Young Leader, Fiji
Yasmina Zaidman, Director of Communications and Strategic Partnerships, Acumen
Leveraging Voice, New Activism

What is new activism, and what is its role in making sure the SDGs succeed? This
session will focus on activists identifying problems on a local level and using their
closeness to the problems at hand to leverage the support of international NGOs.
15:00 16:00
Room B4-1
MODERATOR
Inaam Abuelsoud, Ejitah, Women Deliver Young Leader, Egypt
SPEAKERS
Malak Chabkoun, Researcher, Al Jazeera Centre for StudiesDoha
Maie Banaga Babker Abdelhafez, Youth Activist, Egypt
Gender Responsive Budgeting in the 2030 Agenda

As women and men are impacted differently by public policies, a gender analysis of
budgets and plans helps governments prioritize and target resources more effectively.
Panelists will share best practices on gender-responsive budgeting as a means of
improving the impact of domestic resources and international public finance.
15:00 16:00
Room B4-2
MODERATOR
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women
SPEAKERS
Nadia Benali, Head, Social Departments Division, Directorate of Budget, Ministry of Finance, Morocco
Emilia Reyes, Coordinator, Gender Policies and Budgets, Equidad de Gnero, Mexico
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Concurrent Sessions
15:00 16:00
Room B4-3
Caring Men: Fatherhood, Gender Equality, and RMNCAH

The promotion of equitable, non-violent fatherhood can have huge impacts on
gender equality and health outcomes for women, children, and even men themselves. Hear from advocacy, programmatic, and health systems representatives
on how to encourage this grassroots tactic.
MODERATOR
Patrick Godana, Government and Media Liaison, Sonke Gender Justice
SPEAKERS
Giovanna Lauro, Deputy Director of International Programs, Promundo
Saadya Hamdani, Gender Equality Adviser, Plan International Canada
Shamsi Kazimbaya, Gender Advisor, Jhpiego
Duncan Fisher, OBE, Families Included
15:00 16:00
Room C1-M3
Working with Faith Leaders on Sexual

and Reproductive Health and Rights
By acknowledging sexual pleasure and mutual respect as important rights, religious
leaders and faith based communities are pushing a progressive SRHR agenda. Learn
how their proactive approach is preventing gender-based violence.
MODERATOR
Bani Dugal, Principal Representative of the Bah International Community to the United Nations
SPEAKERS
Christo Greyling, Director of Faith Partnerships for Development, World Vision
Sharifa Abdulaziz, Gender Advisor, Islamic Relief Worldwide
Shereen el Feki, author, Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World, Egypt
Patrick Godana, Government and Media Liaison Manager, Sonke Gender Justice
15:00 16:00
Room B4-4
Adding It Up:
Solutions for Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health
A new Guttmacher report, Adding It Up for Adolescents presents comprehensive
global and regional analyses of the need for sexual and reproductive health
services among adolescents in the developing world, the costs of providing those
services, and the potential benefits of investments in these essential services on
adolescents lives.
MODERATOR
Cynthia Summers, Executive Vice President and Vice President for Communications and
Publications, Guttmacher Institute
SPEAKERS
Akinrinola Bankole, Director of International Research, Guttmacher Institute
Laura Laski, Chief, Sexual and Reproductive Health Unit, UNFPA
Unami Moatswi, Co-founder, Young 1ove and Women Deliver Young Leader, Botswana
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Concurrent Sessions
Whose Business Is it Anyway?

Tapping Local Businesses to Improve Maternal Health
15:00 16:00
Room B4-5
By taking a page from the private sector playbook, healthcare providers are optimizing health outcomes for women and communities. Expert panelists will discuss
successful examples of how entrepreneurs and healthcare providers are embracing
business principles and market forces to deliver affordable, quality care while
sustaining and growing a thriving business.
MODERATOR
Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, MSD for Mothers
Sponsored by
MSD for Mothers
SPEAKERS
Prashant Yadav, Director of Healthcare Research, William Davidson Institute,
University of Michigan, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Technology and Operations
Gina Lagomarsino, Principal, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Results for Development
and Center for Health Market Innovations
Daniel Jae-Won Lee, Executive Director, Levi Strauss Foundation
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Plenaries
08:30 10:00
Plenary Hall A
Investing in Girls and Women: Everybody Wins

Do investments in girls and women pay off for everyone? Its time to look at the
proof. Does hiring more women and paying them equal wages make companies
more successful? As more women engage in environmental work, what effect has it
had on our planet? When girls go to school, how do we all win? And why dont
we ask if investing in men leads to everyone winning? Investing in girls and women
is not only the right thing to do, its the smart thing to do.
MODERATOR
Chris Elias, President of the Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
OPENING
A conversation between Chris Elias and Peter Singer, CEO of Grand Challenges Canada
PANEL
Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF
Hans Vestberg, CEO, Ericsson
Kristian Jensen, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Mary Robinson, President, The Mary Robinson Foundation, former President of Ireland
Muhammad Yunus, Chairman, Yunus Centre
THE LAST WORD
Chamki, Muppet, Sesame Street, India
The Women Deliver Award for Innovation
Presented to Muhammad Yunus by Saundra Pelletier
10:30 12:00
Plenary Hall A
Making the SDGs Work for Girls and Women: Regional Perspectives
The SDGs may be a global agenda, but they will play out differently on a regional
basis. Get familiar with the challenges facing different parts of the world. Hear from
Latin American, African, Asian, and Middle Eastern panelists about their plans for
implementing regional solutions.
MODERATOR
PANEL
Beshara Doumani, Director of Middle East Studies, Brown University
Debora Diniz, Co-founder, Anis: Institute of Bioethics, Human Rights and Gender, Brazil
Hina Jilani, Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Jotham Musinguzi, Director General, National Population Council
Mona Mehta, Gender Equity Manager, Asia, Oxfam
Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, Arrow, Malaysia
THE LAST WORD
Catherine Russell, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Womens Issues, U.S. Department of State
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Plenaries
Want to End Poverty? Invest in Womens Economic Empowerment

Accelerating the rate at which the extreme poor become economically secure is
key to a just and sustainable world. And investing in the worlds poorest people
womenis fundamental to economic development. Weve seen recent progress in
womens financial status, but much remains to be done. Girls still account for the
majority of children out of school; two-thirds of women in developing countries
work in the informal sector or as unpaid domestic workers; and 1.2 billion women
have no access to financial institutions. Join in a conversation between two of the
worlds leading experts on ending poverty and learn what you can do to improve
womens financial security.
12:00 13:15
Plenary Hall A
Lunch Served
PANEL
Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
Her Majesty Queen Mxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-Generals Special Advocate
for Inclusive Finance for Development
The Power of Advocacy: Case Studies of Success

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the
world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead might have had SRHR
advocates in mind when she wrote this, as change has often been created by small
groups of people who are courageous enough to stand up for controversial issues.
It is, however, only through advocacy that the controversial becomes mainstream.
At the time Levi Strauss took up advocacy for the prevention and treatment of HIV,
many HIV-positive people were ostracized and denied treatment. When Canadian
advocates insisted that foreign aid include maternal health, the government tuned
them out. And for decades, advocates in Latin America worked to secure family
planning services and funding, overcoming conservative and religious opposition.
What made these efforts successful? What prices were paid and by whom? How did
these small groups eventually gain broad support? The lessons they teach us will
help our progress in the next chapter of SRHR advocacy.
12:00 13:15
Auditorium 10/11
Lunch Served
MODERATOR
Tania Dethlefsen, Chair, EuroNGOs
CASE STUDIES
Daniel Jae-Won Lee, Executive Director, Levi Strauss Foundation
Helen Scott, Executive Director, Canadian Network for Maternal, Newborn Child Health
Jane Bertrand, Chair, Department of Global Health Management and Policy, Tulane University School
of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
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Plenaries
13:30 14:30
Plenary Hall A
Tough Talks
Debate and dialogue between leading protagonists on controversial issues.
The Elephant in the Room: What About Abortion?
In many spaces, mention abortion and a heated debate will ensue. Legislatures
prefer not to address it, hospitals and health centers dont want to provide it, some
religious leaders speak out against it, women who have abortions face stigma and
providers in some countries have been murdered. Even advocates who are deeply
committed to reproductive health and rights, including abortion, have different
positions on its morality, the extent to which it should be legal, and the best
strategies for gaining public support.
MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Imane Khachani, Resident in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine,
Maternity Hospital Les Orangers, National Reference Center in Reproductive Health, Morocco
Marleen Temmerman, Head of the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics,
Aga Khan University in Nairobi
Nozer Sheriar, Former Secretary General, Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India
15:00 16:00
Plenary Hall A
To The Point
TED-style talks with Women Deliver flair. In one short hour well present a series
of smart, insightful, human stories about the issues that challenge convention and
change the way you see the world.
MODERATOR
Geetanjali Misra, Co-founder and Executive Director, CREA
SPEAKERS
Cecilia Garcia Ruiz, Gender Program Director, Espolea and 2013 Women Deliver Young Leader, Mexico
Fatimata Sy, Director, Coordination Unit, Ouagadougou Partnership
Partnership for Progress in West Africa: A Formula for Success
Jose Jeronimo, Senior Advisor, Womens Cancers, PATH
Taking Down A Top Cancer of Women: Eliminating Cervical Cancer
Kiran Gandhi, Drummer, MIA
Why I Ran 26 Miles Bleeding Freely on My Period: Ending Menstruation Stigma
Shams El Arifeen, Director, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, icddr,b
Saving Mothers Lives in Bangladesh: A Paradox?
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Plenaries
Powerful Women
Yes, women do have power and they use it for other girls and women. Six powerful
women from different areas of work in conversation about what makes them
powerful and how they use their power. Do they use it differently than men? What
challenges do they face? And what powerful women do they look to for advice?
16:30 17:30
Plenary Hall A
MODERATOR
Femi Oke, Host of The Stream, Al Jazeera English
PANEL
Barkha Dutt, News Anchor and Consulting Editor, NDTV, India
Cecile Richards, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Graa Machel, Founder, Graa Machel Trust
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, CEO, Save the Children International, Former Prime Minister of Denmark
Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Laureate, Co-founder and President,
Women Journalists Without Chains, Yemen
Toyin Ojora Saraki, Founder and President, Wellbeing Foundation Africa
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TIME
SESSION TITLE
ROOM
10:30
12:00
Innovations to End Preventable Preterm Birth and Stillbirth by 2030
C1-M3
76
The Female Face of Communicable Diseases
B3-2
76
The Politics of Sexual Rights in the Context of Development
B3-3
77
Overcoming Barriers to Young Peoples Access to Contraception
C1-M2
77
Tackling Stigma to Increase Womens Abortion Access and Rights
C1-M0
77
Tackling NCDs: The Key to Improving the Health

of Girls and Women
B3-5
78
Making Quality of Care Available, Accessible, and Acceptable,

Especially for Girls and Women
B5-1
78
Ending Child Marriage: Justice, Equality, and Human Rights
B3-4
78
Addressing Adolescent Issues with Sport
B4-1
79
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for Girls and Womens

Health and Wellbeing
B4-2
79
Technologies to Advance Womens Human Rights
B4-3
79
Creating Change for AllWomen Parliamentarians

Impact on Policies
B3-1
80
Women Defending Environmental and Human Rights
C1-M1
80
Participatory Data Collection for Girls

and Womens Empowerment
B4-4
80
(In-) Effective Advocacy: Lessons from Those on The Receiving End
B4-5
81
Young Women and Money:

From Saving and Learning to Banking and Earning
B5-2
81
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ROOM
The Deliver for Good Campaign

Girls and Women at the Heart of the SDGs
C1-M2
81
Adolescent Girls Nutrition: The Second Window of Opportunity
B3-2
82
Deconstructing Gender through Sexual Rights
B3-3
82
Incentivizing the Local Private Sector

to Provide Contraceptive Options
B3-4
82
Innovations to Increase Access to Safe Abortion
B3-5
83
Primary Health Care: Meeting the Needs of Girls and Women
C1-M1
83
Non-Communicable Diseases and RMNCAH:

Adopting a Common Agenda
C1-M0
83
Trafficking as Systemic Violence Against Girls and Women
B4-2
84
Youth Employment: What Works for Young Women?
B3-1
84
Female Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change
B4-3
84
Using Accountability to Advocate for Girls and Women
C1-M3
85
She Deserves BetterInnovating to End Postpartum Hemorrhage
B4-1
85
Investing in Community-Based Approaches

to Strengthen Primary Care
B4-4
85
Financing Womens, Childrens, and Adolescents Health
B4-5
86
Zika Part I
B5-2
86
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14:30
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SESSION TITLE
ROOM
15:00
16:00
Everyones Talking Integration: Heres the Why, Now, and How
B3-2
86
The Forgotten Challenge: Maternal and Newborn Morbidity
B3-1
87
Young People, HPV, and Cervical Cancer
C1-M2
87
From Grassroots to Global: Women as Nutrition Champions
B3-4
87
The Use of Accountability to Realize SRHR
C1-M0
88
Lets Talk About It: Comprehensive Sexuality Education

for a New Generation
C1-M3
88
Stockouts: What Lies Behind the Empty Shelf
B4-3
88
Making Health Systems Work for Girls and Women
B3-5
89
Implementing Improved Quality of Care
B4-1
89
Girls, Women and Planet Earth:

Reproductive Health Meets Climate Change
B4-2
89
Rise Up: #GirlsVoices at the Center of Development
C1-M1
90
Fueling Economic Empowerment Through Holistic Health (HIV) Care
B5-2
90
Breaking the Silence Around Missteps, Mistakes and Failures
B4-4
90
Scaling Up Obstetrics to Improve Health Systems
B3-3
91
Zika Part II
B5-1
91
Accelerating Digital and Financial Inclusion for Women
B4-5
91
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All Speakers Corner sessions are located in Center Hall E (see page 15).
TIME
Koki Agarwal
13:10 13:25
Director, USAIDs Flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program/Jhpiego
Ana Langer
Director, Maternal Health Task Force, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Stephen Hodgins
Senior Technical Advisor, Saving Newborn Lives, Save the Children
#MomandBaby in the SDG Era: 10 Actions We Can Take
13:30 13:45
Heather White
Technical Advisor, PSI
Economic Impact of Non-Communicable Diseases on Women and Their Families

Christo Greyling
Director, Faith Partnerships for Development, World Vision International
13:50 14:05
Building Evidence on the Impact of Local Faith Communities to Enhance HTSP/FP,

FGM, Early Marriage, Gender Equality: Launch of Two Multi-country, Longitudinal
Research Studies
Kati LeTourneau
Inroads Knowledge and System Advisor, The International Network for Elimination for the
Reduction of Abortion Discrimination and Stigma
14: 10 14:25
Introducing the International Network for the Reduction

of Abortion Discrimination and Stigma
Sherrie Rollins Westin
Executive Vice President, Global Impact and Philanthropy, Sesame Street
14:30 14:45
How Sesame Street is educating and empowering girls in Afghanistan

Judith Helzner
Facilitator, Alliance for Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health
14:50 15:05
Investing in Research to Increase Access to and Use of

Contraception among Adolescents: A Review of the Evidence
and Recommendations for Future Work
Stacie Junes
Social Mission Manager Dove, Unilever
1 5:10 15:25
The Role of Brands to Be Catalysts: Shifting Social Norms to Provide

Equal Opportunities for Women Everywherethe Dove Self-Esteem Project
Becky Furuta
Team Novo Nordisk
15:30 15:45
Managing Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Diabetes
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FILM
10:15 10:45
Honor Diaries
Paula Kweskin & Micah Smith (USA/Canada)
The stories of nine female activists, their dialogue with each other, and a close look into
the issues facing women in Muslim-majority societies.
Senisim Pasin
Josiah Thiesen, Global Virtual Studios (Papua New Guinea)
Explore the complex narrative of gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea and the grassroots
movement attempting to re-write this legacy.
10:45 11:15
Mission RapeA Tool of War
1 1: 15 1 1:45
Indias Daughter
Annette Mari Olsen & Katia Forbert Petersen, Sfinx Film/TV (Denmark/Sweden/Iceland/BosniaHerzegovina/Poland)
Through personal testimonies, experience the aftermaths of wartime rape. Learn how impunity and
lack of justice after war haunts victims, their families, and even societies, for generations to come.
Leslee Udwin (India/UK)

The story of an exceptional 23-year-old medical student, Jyoti Singh, and her brutal gang rape
and murder in Delhi in December 2012.
Sands of Silence: Waves of Courage

Chelo Alvarez-Stehle, innerLENS Productions (USA/Spain)
A personal documentary about a filmmaker who, inspired by the transformation of the sex-trafficking
survivors whose lives she is documenting, finds the courage to break the silence about sexual abuse
in her own life.
Oblivion Season
Abbas Rafei (Iran)
An ex-prostitute in Iran starts a new life by marrying her loved one, but leaving the shadow of
her dark past is not as easy as it seems.
Raquel: A Marked Woman

Gabriela Bhm, Bhm Productions (USA/Argentina)
In the early 20th century, thousands of Eastern European Jewish women were lured to Argentina
and forced into prostitution. Others gave upnot Raquelwho bravely exposed her oppressors.
Escapes
Mercedes Gaspar, La Fragua Audiovisual SL (Spain)
A woman in crisis after the death of her father escapes from her feelings on a trip.
In Ribbons
Marie-Valerie Jeantelot (Ireland)
Lauries father is taking her on a journeya destination within walking distance from her house,
yet a place far from home.
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FILM
TIME
Story of a Girl
1 1:45 12:15
Jonathan Smith, Yale University & Visual Epidemiology (Argentina)

Young Sophia, born with HIV, is spending her last day with her father before she must move
to the city for treatment.
Women of West Africa: Finding the Courage to Lead

Tim Werwie, Corrie Commisso & Kevin Vigoroux (Senegal)
The story of Fatoumata, one of the many women in West Africa who are confidently stepping
into leadership roles in their communities.
WORKSHOP: Poetic Justice

Join this hands-on workshop led by two youth spoken-word poets on how to utilize
poetry and creative writing in your storytelling and communications strategies.
Too Young to Wed: Guatemala

Stephanie Sinclair and Katie Orlinsky, Too Young to Wed (USA/Guatemala)
One of the nearly one-third of all girls who become mothers long before they are physically
and emotionally ready, Aracely was married at 11-years-old old to a 34-year-old man and bore
him a son when she was 14.
1 2:00 13:30
1 2:15 12:45
Two Syrian Girls

A World at School (Lebanon)
Both Aya and Ayesha are 12-year-old Syrian refugees living in Lebanon who dream of becoming
doctors, but their lives take very different paths.
Thats Me
Daniel Suberviola, ASMA Films & Plan International (Guatemala/Honduras/El Salvador/Dominican
Republic)
The story of four adolescent boys from four Latin American countries who prove that,
as young men, they can challenge harmful gender norms and stereotypes.
If You Dont Tell Them, Then Who Will?

Jay Karas, Stun Creative (USA)
No topic is off-limits as Jessica Biel, Whitney Cummings, and Joy Bryant discuss womens health
issues for Woman Care Globals Then Who Will campaign.
1 2:45 13: 15
Mammary Gland Malfunction

Robyn Laliberte (Canada)
A quirky teenage virgin is faced with an unusual high school nightmare when her boobs start lactating.
Sixth Grade Cannibals

Jeanette Castillo, Ball State University (USA)
A coming of rage story.
OMESSA
Charlne Favier (France)
After discovering a lump in her breast, Anna returns to Corsica to visit a gynecologist
and face her history.
1 3:15 13:45
Dont Hate Me
Donna Fair, SaySo Filmworks (USA/Bangladesh)
Theself-esteem struggles that adolescent girls face and the people who empower them to keep going.
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TIME
FILM
13:45 14:15
Bottled Up!
Sarah Kasher (South Africa)
I bottled up my feelings for my whole life, and then, my bottle exploded.
Why I Filmed My Abortion

Emily Letts (USA)
In the face of the deep stigma that silences women across the globe, Emily is here
to prove that a positive abortion story does exist.
Civil War Sickness

Isa Gueye, Reel Works Teen Filmmaking (USA)
A young woman examines her eating disorder and mental illness recovery,
seeking to articulate the deeper questions behind it.
14:15 14:45
Not So Namaste
Rita Baghdadi & Jeremiah Hammerling, Endless Eye (USA)
On the eve of the Romanian revolution in 1989, young Olympic gymnast Ella Cojocaru
plans to escape her government training facility in Bucharest.
Nascent
Lindsay Branham & Jon Kasbe (USA/Central African Republic)
A bloody civil war in Central African Republic has divided a once-peaceful nation along
religious lines. Two children, one Christian and one Muslim, seek answers in each other.
Soma Girls
Nandini Sikand & Alexia Prichard (India)
An exploration of a girls hostel in Kolkata, India, full of girls trying to overcome
extraordinary circumstances in the hope of leading ordinary lives.
14:45 15:15
Always #GirlsCan
Myrna Maakaron, Procter & Gamble (Egypt)
A social experiment to raise awareness about girls loss of confidence during
puberty and its effect on their aspirations.
Always #LikeAGirl
Lauren Greenfield, Procter & Gamble (USA)
Always wants girls everywhere to keep their confidence throughout puberty and beyond,
and shows them that doing things #LIKEAGIRL is downright amazing.
PODER!
Lisa Russell, Governess Films (USA/Guatemala)
Two indigenous girls from Guatemala challenge their mayor to bring education and
healthcare to girls in their community.
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FILM
TIME
Go Straight Home
1 5: 15 15:45
Maud Nycander & Iga Mikler (Bangladesh/Sweden)

Rebas goal is to go to school and get an educationa big dream for a girl in Bangladesh.
Will she succeed?
HerStory: Educate a Woman, Educate a Nation

Sally Nuamah, TWII Foundation (USA/Ghana)
A researcher travels to Ghana to document the experiences of low-income girls striving
to become the first females in their families to go to college.
The Conversation: A Conversation with Black Women on Race

Joe Brewster and Michle Stephenson (USA)
A series of short films to examine honest, sometimes painful, revelations on the subject
of race relations in America.
In the Game
Maria Finitzo, Kartemquin Films (USA)
Four years of following a girls soccer team in a primarily Latino Chicago high school reveals
the obstacles that low-income students confront in their quest for higher education.
1 5:45 16:15
The Dream Chronicles

Krish Makhija, Mosambi Juice Productions (India)
A peek into the lives of an awesome bunch of girls from YUWA, an organization in rural India
that uses girls team sports to as a platform for social development.
Know Your Freedom

Ghalia Al Aqili & Supriya Srinivas, Know Your Freedom LLC (UAE/Qatar/Iceland)
Three Arab sportswomen negotiate dress, headscarves, marriage, and even music to pursue
their sporting ambitions.
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The Social Enterprise Challenge will be held in Center Hall E (see page 15).
10:15
11:30
Acacias For All
Gardens for Health
Sarah Toumi, Founder
Jessie Cronan, Executive Director
Combating desertification and dwindling water

resources with holistic farming.
Integrating agriculture with comprehensive health

education to treat malnutrition.
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Africa, Rwanda
10:30
11:45
Accountability Lab
GreenChar
Blair Glencorse, Resident for Integrity Idol Nepal
Tom Osborn, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Fighting corruption in the developing world through

the Accountability Film School for Girls.
Sequestering carbon and reducing deforestation with

alternative household energy solutions.
Africa, Asia-Pacific, North America, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan, USA
Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
10:45
12:00
ayzh
Kidogo
Zubaida Bai, Founder and Chief Executive
Sheela Bowler, Chief Operations Officer
Developing affordable, appropriate health

technologies by women for women in rural India.
Breaking the cycle of poverty in urban slums via

micro-franchising, childcare, and education.
India
Africa, Kenya
11:00
12:15
Bempu
Koe Koe Tech
Mona Sharma, Head of Design & Customer Research
Michael Lwin, Co-Founder and Managing Director
Preventing infant deaths and illnesses with a simple

and affordable temperature-monitoring band.
Revolutionizing Myanmars data-deprived health

sector with a national data network.
Asia-Pacific, India
Asia-Pacific, Burma, Myanmar
11:15
12:30
Biosense
Medha
Reshma Suresh, Head of Operations
Christopher Michael Turillo, Co-Founder
Preventing anemia-related maternal and infant deaths

with innovative screening and monitoring tools.
Preparing Indias youth for post-graduate life with job

training, leadership mentoring, and career services.
Asia-Pacific, India
India
JUDGES
Peter C. Cairo, Ph.D, Consultant, Leadership Development and Executive Coaching
Peter A. Singer, OC, MD, MPH, FRSC, CEO Officer, Grand Challenges Canada
Jo Cavanagh, OAM, CEO, Family Life, jcavanagh@familylife.com.au
MODERATOR
Janna Oberdorf, Vice President, Strategic Communications, Echoing Green New York
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Make it Knownin the Youth Zone!
10:00 10:30
International Youth Alliance for Family Planning (IYAFP)
What Youth Want:

Boosting Access to Contraception and Youth-Friendly Services
1 0:30 12:00
World Contraception Day Ambassadors, International Federation

of Medical Students Association (IFMSA)
Broadcasting Youth Voices

Curious Minds Ghana
Beyond He and She:

An Inclusive Approach to SRHR
1 2:00 13:30
1 3:30 14:30
Y-PEER, Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights
S(H)ero Bingo
Ipas
Visual Display:
The Importance of Abortion Access in the Achievement of the SDGs
1 4:30 15:00
1 4:30 16:30
Ipas
Busting Abortion Myths

International Planned Parenthood Federation, YouAct
SRHR Trivia Time!

International Youth Alliance for Family Planning (IYAFP),
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
1 5:00 16:00
1 6:00 16:30
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10:30 12:00
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Innovations to End Preventable Preterm Birth and Stillbirth by 2030

Ending preventable preterm and stillbirths by 2030 needs effective interventions and
advocacy. This panel of global and country experts, as well as people personally
affected by preterm and still born babies, will engage participants in role play and
discussion to highlight the extent of the problem.
MODERATOR
Winnie Mwebesa, Senior Director, Family Planning & Reproductive Health, Department of Global Health,
Save the Children
SPEAKERS
Hannah Blencowe,Lecturer, London School of Health and Tropical Medicine
Petra ten Hoope-Bender,Independent Consultant, Womens Health and Development
Queen Dube,Head of Pediatrics and Child Health, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi
David Monteith,Actor, Director, Teacher/Coach, Blogger, Podcaster & Stillbirth Activist
Blessing Digha, Women Deliver Young Leader, Nigeria
10:30 12:00
Room B3-2
The Female Face of Communicable Diseases

When it comes to communicable disease, women are both the recipients
and providers of care. Learn about the different individual, community, and
programmatic solutionsparticularly those spearheaded by womenthat are
increasing access to communicable disease services.
MODERATORS
Haileyesus Getahun, Coordinator, TB/HIV and Community Engagement, WHO
Marijke Wijnroks, Chief of Staff, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
SPEAKERS
Massimo Ghidinelli, Unit Chief, HIV, Hepatitis, TB and STI, PAHO
Maximina Jokonya, Africaaid, Women Deliver Young Leader, Zimbabwe
Shayla Islam, Programme manager, BRAC, Bangladesh
Catrin Schulte-Hillen, Working group leader, Reproductive health and sexual violence care,
Mdecins Sans Frontires, Switzerland
Koki Agarwal, Director, Maternal and Child Survival Program, Jhpiego
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The Politics of Sexual Rights in the Context of Development

Sexual and reproductive rights are human rights and key to achieving global
progress. Yet they remain contested, misunderstood, and not fully integrated
in the SDGs. This session will show how indispensable they are and how they
contribute to sustainable development.
10:30 12:00
Room B3-3
MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Kabir Singh, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commission for Human Rights, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights
Anna Rebeka Szczegielniak, Member, Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights,
Women Deliver Young Leader, Poland
Overcoming Barriers to Young Peoples Access to Contraception

Young people around the world have a right to contraception, but political,
financial, health system, and social barriers often stand in their way. In this
session, participants will engage with experts to explore ways to create
empowering environments where young people can thrive.
10:30 12:00
Room C1-M2
MODERATOR
Rena Greifinger, Technical Advisor, Population Services International
SPEAKERS
Dakshitha Wickremarathne, Lancet Commissioner on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing,
member of the Independent Accountability Panel, Every Woman Every Child,
UN Women Deliver Young Leader, Sri Lanka
Patricia Norolalao, National Social Franchise Coordinator, Population Services International
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO
Tim Shand, Deputy Director and Technical Director of the Passages Project,
Institute for Reproductive Health
Khadija Moore, Youth Representative, Board of Directors of the Dominica Planned
Parenthood Association
Tackling Stigma to Increase Womens Abortion Access and Rights

Abortion stigma may be the strongest force in denying safe access throughout the
world. Come discuss how to address stigma in three realms: advocacy and coalition
building, working with youth, and focusing on the values of service providers.
10:30 12:00
Room C1-M0
SPEAKERS
Mme Fatimata Toure Sanou, President, Association des Femmes Juristes du Burkina Faso (AFJ/BF)
Angela Delgado Corrales, Colectiva por el Derecho A Decidir, Women Deliver Young Leader, Costa Rica
Kiki Kalkstein, Senior Policy Analyst, Pathfinder International
Kati LeTourneau, Advisor, Knowledge and Systems, INROADS
Quetzal Cerezos, Asociacin Movimiento por la Equidad, Guatemala
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10:30 12:00
Room B3-5
Tackling NCDs: The Key to Improving the Health of Girls and Women
Each year, 18 million women and girls die from non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
The majority of deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, during the most
productive years of life. Speakers will share multisector solutions to achieve the
policies, local practices, and accountability measures necessary to address NCDs
among women and girls.
MODERATOR
Jonathan Quick, President and CEO, Management Sciences for Health
SPEAKERS
Veronica Magar, Director of Gender, Equity, & Human Rights, WHO
Joseph Kibachio, Head of NCD Control Unit, Ministry of Health, Kenya
Maisha Hutton, Executive Director, Healthy Caribbean Coalition
Charlotte Ersbll, Corporate Vice President, Novo Nordisk
10:30 12:00
Room B5-1
Making Quality of Care Available, Accessible, and Acceptable,

Especially for Girls and Women
Quality of care is about access and effectiveness. In essence, do users get the care
they need, and is the care effective when they get it? This session will discuss how
to develop patient-centered care and positive care experiences that are acceptable
to all girls and women.
MODERATOR
Anthony Costello, Director, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, WHO
SPEAKERS
zge Tunalp, Scientist, WHO
Karin Jay, Senior Director, International Business Development and Operations, Planetree
Mark Wanjohi Gachagua, Coordinator, WAYAN, Women Deliver Young Leader, Kenya
Address Malata, Vice-President, International Confederation of Midwives
10:30 12:00
Room B3-4
Ending Child Marriage: Justice, Equality, and Human Rights

Child, early, and forced marriage is a human rights violation that not only undermines gender equality but also carries significant risks to girls and womens sexual
and reproductive health and survival. Come explore critical strategies to end child
marriage in the context of recent global political and legal developments.
MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Danielle Engel, Technical Specialist, Adolescent and Youth, UNFPA
Melissa Upreti, Regional Director for Asia, Center for Reproductive Rights
Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary, World YWCA, Goodwill Ambassador of
the African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage
Loveness Mudzuru, AntiChild Marriage Advocate, Zimbabwe
Satvika Chalasani, Technical Specialist, UNFPA
H.E. Bety Aichatou Habibou Omani, Minister of Secondary Education, Niger
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Addressing Adolescent Issues with Sport

Sport is a unique, inexpensive, and untapped strategy to educate girls about
their rights and bodies. During this session, experts will show how sport can
spark powerful changes in cultural attitudes, sexual and reproductive rights,
and gender-based violence.
10:30 12:00
Room B4-1
MODERATOR
Antonia Antonopoulos, Partnerships Specialist, UNICEF
SPEAKERS
Kalyani Subramanyam, Director, Naz Foundation (India)
Faiza Lahlou, Communications Director, Procter & Gamble, Europe
Linda Choeun, Community Coach, SALT Academy
Lucy Mills, Head of UK Business Development, GrassrootSoccer
Martha Brady, Senior Associate, Population Council
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene For Girls and Womens Health

and Wellbeing
10:30 12:00
Room B4-2
Improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions help girls and women
live healthier lives, stay in school longer, participate fully, and enhance academic
and economic achievement. This session will explore WASH as an approach for
making sure girls and women survive and thrive.
SPEAKERS
Seema Kulkarni, Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management
Ephraim Kisangala, Board Member and Volunteer Assistant Projects and Research Coordinator,
Irise International, Women Deliver Young Leader, Uganda
Hanna Woodburn, Secretariat Director, Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing
MODERATOR
Julia Rosenbaum, Deputy Director and Senior Behavior Change Specialist for the
USAID-funded WASHplus, FHI 360
Technologies to Advance Womens Human Rights

Technology has the power to transform the lives of girls and women. During this
session, the audience will not only learn about technologies, but build their own
technology toolkit to advance womens human rights.
10:30 12:00
Room B4-3
MODERATOR
Musimbi Kanyoro, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women
SPEAKERS
Michaela Leslie-Rule, IGNITE Executive Producer, Global Fund for Women
Jovana Dordevic, Program Officer Grantmaking and Operations, FRIDA
Fernando H.F. Botelho, Founder, The F123 Group
Esther Mwaura-Muiru, Executive Director, Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in
Sisterhood (GROOTS)
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Creating Change for AllWomen Parliamentarians Impact on Policies

When it comes to decision-making and influence, female parliamentarians often
draw on their personal experience. This is a strength, not a weakness. Explore
strategies to defend the advantage of women in parliament rolesleaders who
drive change for the benefit of society.
MODERATOR
Hon. Volda Lawrence, MP, Guyana, Minister, Inter-American Parliamentary Group on Population and
Development Minister for Social Protection
SPEAKERS
Hon. Mame Mbayame Dione, MP, Senegal
Hon. Ulrika Karlsson, MP, Sweden, President, European Parliamentary Forum on Population
and Development
Hon. Viplove Thakur, MP, India, Indian Parliamentary Group on Population and Development
Jonathan Monis, Senior Health Program Officer at the Department of Health,
Women Deliver Young Leader, Philippines
Marion Karamagi, Program Manager, Commat Health Initiatives (CHI) Uganda
10:30 12:00
Room C1-M1
Women Defending Environmental and Human Rights

Environmental and Woman Human Rights Defenders put themselves on the front
lines, facing threats of violence and burnout because of their activism. Equip
yourself with the best strategies in self-care and walk away re-energized to fight
the good fight.
MODERATOR
Kate Kroeger, Executive Director, Urgent Action Fund for Womens Human Rights
SPEAKERS
Judith Pasimio, Coordinator, Purple Action for Indigenous Womens Rights
Marcela Ballara, Consultant, International Council for Adult Education
Emem Okon, Executive Director and Founder, Kebetkache Womens Development and Resource Centre
Gillian Caldwell, Executive Director, Global Witness
10:30 12:00
Room B4-4
Participatory Data Collection for Girls and Womens Empowerment

When strong systems are not already in place, the collection of data can seem like
a daunting task. Hear from experts about how it can done. Learn about creative
methods of data collection for the protection and empowerment of women and girls
in the context of sexual and reproductive health, maternal healthcare, and safety.
MODERATOR
Isaac Oriago Ejakhegbe, Program Officer at Women Health and Action Research Centre,
Women Deliver Young Leader, Nigeria
SPEAKERS
Amne H. Islam, Programme Coordinator, Restless Development, Tanzania
Aparajita Gogoi, Director, White Ribbon Alliance, India
Nandita Shah, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Akshara Centre
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(In-) Effective Advocacy: Lessons from Those on the Receiving End

Over the past 50 years, advances in technology and media have created an increasingly socialized, globalized, and commercialized world that has changed the face of
advocacy. Take part in a candid conversation with donors on which advocacy tactics
and innovations work in this new climate and which do not.
10:30 12:00
Room B4-5
MODERATOR
Eloise Todd, Global Policy Director, ONE Campaign
SPEAKERS
Andrew Mitchell, Former U.K. Secretary of State for International Development
Julie Bernstein, Deputy Director, Global Policy & Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Kelechukwu Nwachkwu, Strategic Advisor, Girl Generation, Women Deliver Young Leader, Nigeria
Young Women and Money:

From Saving and Learning to Banking and Earning
10:30 12:00
Room B5-2
When young women learn to save and invest in small businesses, they are more
likely to achieve social and economic empowerment. Learn about a pioneering
youth savings group and take part in one of their youth-friendly enterprise training
sessions. Find out firsthand the important role that youth savings groups can play
in meeting the SDGs.
MODERATOR
Kerry Smith, Head of Campaigns, Plan International UK
SPEAKERS
Tanya Barron, CEO, Plan International UK
Angelina Anthony, Master Trainer, Enterprise Your Life, Tanzania
Jacqueline Jones, Partnership Services Strategy Senior Manager, Accenture Development Partnerships
The Deliver for Good Campaign

Girls and Women at the Heart of the SDGs
13:30 14:30
Room C1-M2
Discover how the Deliver for Good Campaign, a global effort with a growing coalition
of partners, is pushing for greater political and financial actions to benefit girls and
women. Deliver for Good applies a gender lens to the SDGs and makes the case for
how girls and women can power progress for all in the 2030 agenda.
MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Greg Beck, Director, Integrated Development, FHI 360
Jennifer Chinoye Amadi, Social Media Executive, DKT Nigeria, Women Deliver Young Leader
Deliver for Good Campaign Supporters
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Adolescent Girls Nutrition: The Second Window of Opportunity

Adolescent girlsas women, workers, and potentially future mothersare major
drivers of development. And when girls are healthy, they can create and sustain
global change. Learn why nutrition must be part of the agenda to economically and
socially empower adolescent girls.
MODERATOR
Allison Verney, Technical Advisor, Infant and Young Child Health and Nutrition, Micronutrient Initiative
SPEAKERS
France Begin, Senior Advisor, Infant & Young Child Nutrition, UNICEF
Martha Karimi, Instructor, World CoachesKNVB (Royal Dutch Football Association)
Pumla Dlamini, Technical Advisor, GAIN Southern Africa
13:30 14:30
Room B3-3
Deconstructing Gender through Sexual Rights

A comprehensive understanding of gender, gender expression, and sexual diversity
is key to advancing sexual rights. This session will explore the strategies of the
womens rights and the LGBTIQ movements, both from historical and contemporary
perspectives, and their relevance to current advocacy efforts to achieve social justice.
MODERATOR
Wanja Muguongo, Executive Director, UHAI EASHRI
SPEAKERS
Julia Ehrt, Executive Director, Transgender Europe
Shereen El Feki, Author, Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World
13:30 14:30
Room B3-4
Incentivizing the Local Private Sector

to Provide Contraceptive Options
Millions of women worldwide get their contraception from the private sector. How
can the private sector be incentivized to offer a broader range of family planning
methods? This session will look at examples from around the world and seek to learn
lessons for replication and sustainability.
MODERATOR
Lester Coutinho, Deputy Director, Family Planning, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
SPEAKERS
Patricia M. Gomez, Executive DirectorProject Monitoring Unit, Integrated Midwives Association
of the Philippines
Laetitia Lemoine, Social Franchise Manager, Population Services International/Malawi
Devika Varghese, Deputy Director, Communication and Service Delivery, India, Abt Associates
Joannie Bewa, Founder, Young Beninese Leaders Association, Women Deliver Young Leader
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Innovations to Increase Access to Safe Abortion

Innovation has increased access to safe abortion in a variety of environments.
Telemedicine and smartphones expedite the implementation of policy and services,
but not all innovation needs to be technology-based. Panelists will share the
challenge of accessing services in their particular context and lessons learned
when operationalizing their solutions.
13:30 14:30
Room B3-5
MODERATOR
Hon. Isata Kabia, MP, Sierra Leone
SPEAKERS
Imrul Khan, General Manager, Special Programs, Marie Stopes Bangladesh
Beverly Winikoff, President, Gynuity Health Projects
Sarah Soysa, Advisor, FRIDA Feminist Fund, Women Deliver Young Leader, Sri Lanka
John Worley, Fund Director, AmplifyChange
Primary Health Care: Meeting the Needs of Girls and Women

Primary healthcare (PHC) is critical to the health of women and children. A strong
PHC system delivers quality care and services and helps to ensure continued
preventative care. Join us for an interactive panel discussion about why PHC matters
and how advocacy can persuade countries to make improvements.
13:30 14:30
Room C1-M1
MODERATOR
Suzanne Ehlers, President and CEO, PAI
SPEAKERS
Atul Gawande, Executive Director, Ariadne Labs
Angel Chibuye Chelwa, Project Manager, mPharma, Women Deliver Young Leader, Zambia
Non-Communicable Diseases and RMNCAH:

Adopting a Common Agenda
13:30 14:30
Room C1-M0
The non-communicable disease (NCD) epidemic poses a serious threat to girls and
womens health. Come experience how integrated advocacy can help address this
by uniting the Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child Adolescent Health (RMNCAH)
and NCD agendas.
SPEAKERS
Katie Dain, Executive Director, NCD Alliance
Crystal Lander, Senior Director of Policy, Advocacy & Communications, Management Sciences for Health
Maisha Hutton, Executive Director, Healthy Caribbean Coalition
Anne-Lise Ryel, Secretary-General, Norwegian Cancer Society
TABLE FACILITATORS
Hashim Hounkpatin, President, Benin Medical Students Association, Women Deliver Young Leader
Joannes Paulus Yimbesalu, Co-founder, HOPE for Children Cameroon, Women Deliver Young Leader
Nsovo Mayimele, Junior Public Health Association of South Africa, Women Deliver Young Leader
Muhammad Khalid Rao, Dance4Life Pakistan, Women Deliver Young Leader
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Trafficking as Systemic Violence Against Girls and Women

Ending human trafficking is an international priority that often gets mired in
ineffective interventions, political moralizing, and failures to provide survivors with
appropriate services to reclaim their lives. This panel will address challenges facing
the anti-trafficking movement and best practices.
SPEAKERS
Noy Thrupkaew, Journalist
Natasha Leite de Moura, Project Development Specialist on Violence Against Women
and Human Trafficking, UNFPA, Women Deliver Young Leader, Brazil
Bandana Pattanaik, International Coordinator, Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women
13:30 14:30
Room B3-1
Youth Employment: What Works for Young Women?

Access to decent work is a worldwide challenge affecting youth, particularly
young women living in developing countries. Explore ways of transitioning
adolescent girls and young women into decent work via education, employment,
and training programs.
MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Jenny Hedman, Technical Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, France
Susanna Puerto Gonzalez, International Labour Organization
Martina Roth, Director, Global Education Strategy, Research and Policy, Intel Corporation
Mohammed Asif, Program Director, Plan India
Keiko Nowacka, Gender Coordinator, OECD Development Centre
13:30 14:30
Room B4-3
Female Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change

Girls and women experience some of the most severe impacts of climate change, and
in response, are leading initiatives that prevent and combat its detrimental impacts.
Learn how women are leading climate change resilience initiatives from grassroots
communities to the international level.
MODERATOR/SPEAKER
Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation Climate Change, former President of Ireland
SPEAKERS
Lorena Aguilar, Global Senior Gender Advisor, International Union for Conservation of Nature
Filomena Tuivanualevu, Pacific Partnerships to Strengthen Gender, Climate Change Responses
and Sustainable Development
Majandra Rodriguez, TierrActiva Peru and Young Feminist Fellow for Climate Justice, WEDO/FRIDA
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Using Accountability to Advocate for Girls and Women

What are the ingredients needed to develop functional accountability mechanisms
that monitor, review, and act against global and national commitments? This
interactive session will provide participants with resources and advocacy messages
to help build stronger SRMNCAH accountability mechanisms in their settings.
13:30 14:30
Room C1-M3
MODERATOR
Kelechukwu Nwachukwu, Strategic Advisor, Girl Generation, Women Deliver Young Leader, Nigeria
SPEAKERS
Faith Mwangi-Powell, Global Director, The Girl Generation
Aminu Magashi Garba, Coordinator, Africa Health Budget Network
Ann Pettifor, Director, Advocacy International
She Deserves BetterInnovating to End Postpartum Hemorrhage

Globally, weve made great progress in reducing postpartum hemorrhagethe
leading killer of new mothersyet much work still remains. Innovation is critical to
overcoming current challenges to delivering quality PPH care and achieving SDG 3.1.
Bring your thinking caps and help develop approaches to end preventable deaths
caused by postpartum hemorrhage.
13:30 14:30
Room B4-1
SPEAKERS
Kaosar Afsana, Director, BRAC Health Programme, James P. Grant School of Public Health, Bangladesh
Young midwife leader
Patrick Lukulay, Vice President, Global Health Impact Programs & Promoting the Quality of
Medicines Center for Pharmaceutical Advancement & Training (CePAT)
Fiona Theunissen, Programme Officer, Access to Maternal Health, Concept Foundation, Switzerland
Investing in Community-Based Approaches

to Strengthen Primary Care
13:30 14:30
Room B4-4
The aim of this session is to highlight and discuss the importance of investing in
Primary care in developing markets. This session (50 min) envisages an objective
noncommercial panel discussion with moderatorstarting with short statements
by panel members and then moving to questions and discussion. Existing or new
solutions will be part of this.
MODERATOR
Lieve Fransen, Senior Policy Advisor, Philips
Sponsored
by Philips
SPEAKERS
Arthur Erken, Director of Communications and Strategic Partnerships, UNFPA
Githinji Gitahi, Group CEO, Amref Health Africa
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Financing Womens, Childrens, and Adolescents Health

The financing of womens, childrens, and adolescents health looks very different
across countries. Find out what has worked to increase funding in the past and what
strategic shifts we can expect in the post-2015 world.
MODERATOR
Humphrey Nabimanya, Founder, Reach A Hand Uganda, 2013 Women Deliver Young Leader
SPEAKERS
Agnes Soucat, Director, Health Financing and Governance, WHO
Joannie Marlne Bewa, Founder, Young Beninese Leaders Association, Women Deliver Young Leader
Yongjun Ji, Deputy Director General, Chinese Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
Tore Godal, Special Advisor on Global Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Mark Dybul, Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
13:30 14:30
Room B5-2
Zika Part I
Join a conversation and update on the latest information about the Zika virus,
its impact on women and families, on countries, and on health systems and
health workers.
15:00 16:00
Room B3-2
Everyones Talking Integration: Heres the Why, Now, and How

Ensuring that development efforts reflect the complex, multifaceted nature of
peoples lives will amplify their impact. But what will it take to realistically deliver
holistic, integrated approaches? Experts across five sectors will champion the action
they believe most powerful in catalyzing progress toward this goal.
MODERATOR
Tricia Petruney, Technical Advisor, FHI 360
SPEAKERS
Mireille Muhigwa, StrongWomen DRC, Women Deliver Young Leader, Democratic Republic of Congo
Mariam Claeson, Director, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jotham Musinguzi, Director General, National Population Council, Uganda
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The Forgotten Challenge: Maternal and Newborn Morbidity

What can overburdened health systems do to reduce maternal/newborn morbidity?
A young Bangladeshi midwife will share linkages between country-of-birth and
newborn morbidity, while a West African physician shares his experience tackling
maternal/newborn complications at a busy urban hospital.
15:00 16:00
Room B3-1
SPEAKERS
Lauri Romanzi, Director, Fistula Care Plus, EngenderHealth
Ruma Khatun, Faculty, BRAC University and Developing Midwives Project
Hannah Blencowe, Lecturer, London School of Health and Tropical Medicine
Charlemagne Marie Ouedraogo, Professor of Medicine, University of Ouagadougou
Young People, HPV, and Cervical Cancer

Stopping the spread of cervical cancer will require a new care delivery platform
one that recognizes the linkages between different health needs and services.
Learn how the Ebola epidemic in West Africa provided valuable insight on integrated
programming and how HPV vaccination of adolescent girls can help reach this
underserved population.
15:00 16:00
Room C1-M2
MODERATOR
Martha Tholanah, Chairperson, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ)
SPEAKERS
Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, Regional Director, AFRO region, WHO
Adebisi Adenipekun, Lighthouse Global Health Initiative, Women Deliver Young Leader, Nigeria
Sagri Singh, Senior Specialist Gender & Development, Gender Section, Programme Division, UNICEF
Heather White, Technical Adviser, Noncommunicable Diseases, Population Services International
From Grassroots to Global: Women as Nutrition Champions

Women are often the decisionmakers when it comes to nutrition. Yet barriers like
gender inequality, food insecurity, and poor nutrition stand in their way. How can
we empower women everywherefrom their household to the UNto become
agents of change and nutrition champions?
15:00 16:00
Room B3-4
SPEAKERS
Joyce Banda, former President of Malawi and Founder, Joyce Banda Foundation International
Carol Nyirenda, Executive Director at CITAM+ (Community Initiative for TB, HIV/AIDS & Malaria),
Kencho Zam, Women Deliver Young Leader, Bhutan
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The Use of Accountability to Realize SRHR

How do we ensure implementation and accountability for sexual and reproductive
health and rights? Panelists will share their experiences using political, legal, and
grassroots strategies, and participants will be challenged to leverage these strategies
toward the achievement of the SDGs.
MODERATOR
Karen Hanrahan, Chief Program Officer, Center for Reproductive Rights
SPEAKERS
Jashodhara Dasgupta, Secretariat, IIMMHR, India
Ximena Andion, Executive Director, Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir (ILSB), Mexico
Abiola Akiyode, Executive Director, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center
(WARDC), Nigeria
Christina Wegs, Senior Advisor on Sexual, Reproductive and Maternal Health, CARE USA
for Human Rights
15:00 16:00
Room C1-M3
Lets Talk About It:

Comprehensive Sexuality Education for a New Generation
Come engage in a down-to-earth and provocative discussion about comprehensive
sexuality education (CSE). Panelists will consider regional efforts to integrate
school-based CSE in East and Southern Africa, youth-led advocacy to improve
the CSE curriculum in Nepal, and innovative out-of-school programs to deliver
CSE in Venezuela.
MODERATOR
Doortje Braeken, Senior Adviser on Adolescents, Gender and Rights, Programmes & Technical,
International Planned Parenthood Federation
SPEAKERS
Ursula Singh, activist and youth leader, Advocates for Youth
Gnesis Luigi, Youth Member, PLAFAM General Assembly, Youth Network Coordinator,
International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region,
Women Deliver Young Leader, Venezuela
Patricia Machawira, Regional HIV and Health Education Advisor, East and Southern Africa, UNESCO
15:00 16:00
Room B4-3
Stockouts: What Lies Behind the Empty Shelf

Supply stockouts continue to be a major barrier to contraceptive access. Empty
shelves can provide insight into the relationship between contraceptive choice and
rights, the role of community engagement, and national commitment.
MODERATOR
S.M. Ian Salas, Assistant Scientist, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health,
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health
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SPEAKERS
Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, MSD for Mothers
Lily Liu Liqing, Country Director, Marie Stopes International China (MSIC)
Aissa Laouan Wandarama, Program Manager, Marie Stopes International,
Women Deliver Young Leader, Niger
Denis Kibira, Deputy Executive Director at the Coalition for Health Promotion
and Social Development (HEPS Uganda)
Making Health Systems Work for Girls and Women

How can we achieve the sustainable development goals and targets if our health
systems do not meet the needs of girls and women throughout their life cycle?
Join influencers, healthcare practitioners, and youth advocates as they present
solutions and solicit ideas for targeted investments and better health outcomes.
15:00 16:00
Room B3-5
MODERATOR
Anthony Lopez, Women Deliver Young Leader, Philippines
SPEAKERS
Joyce Wanderi, Chief Operating Officer, PS Kenya
Nathan Blanchet, Program Director, Results for Development Institute
Laurel Hatt, Principal Associate, Abt Associates
Adeveline Suija, Midwife, Women Deliver Young Leader, Indonesia
Implementing Improved Quality of Care

How do we implement improved quality of care? Speakers and participants will
explore innovative tools, guidelines, and processesincluding checklists and labor
companionshipthat lead to respectful, data-driven care.
15:00 16:00
Room B4-1
SPEAKERS
Katherine Semrau, Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Pierre Barker, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Dwirani Lilik Amelia, Budi Kemuulian Hospital, Jakarta
Tamar Kabakian, Associate Professor, Health Promotion and Community Health Department,
American University of Beirut
Jeffrey Smith, Maternal Health Team Lead, Jhpiego
Girls, Women and Planet Earth:

Reproductive Health Meets Climate Change
15:00 16:00
Room B4-2
Climate change is a growing threat to global health with girls and women bearing the
greatest burden. Through testimonials and discussions, this session will explore the
emerging impacts of climate change on sexual and reproductive health and how
these impacts can successfully be addressed.
SPEAKERS
Evelyn Anyiko, Center for Alternative Development in Amuria, Uganda, Women Deliver Young Leader
Ima Kashim, Programme Director, Public Health and Community Development Centre, Nigeria
Anthony Costello, Director, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, WHO
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Rise Up: #GirlsVoices at the Center of Development

Girl leaders are transforming their lives, their families, their communities, and the
world. In this session, Rise Ups powerful girl leaders from Malawi, Ethiopia, and
Nigeria will share strategies to end child marriage, ensure girls can finish school,
improve access to health services, and advance the SDGs.
MODERATOR
Denise Dunning, Founder and Executive Director, Rise Up
SPEAKERS
Memory Banda, Rise Up Girl Leader, Malawi
Lidya, Rise Up Girl Leader, Ethiopia
Francesca Adeola Abiola, Rise Up Champion for Change Leader, Program Officer,
Action Health Incorporated
15:00 16:00
Room B5-2
Fueling Economic Empowerment through Holistic Health (HIV) Care
Sponsored by
Procter & Gamble
MODERATOR
Allison Tummon Kamphuis, Leader, Childrens Safe Drinking Water Program
Women living with HIV/AIDS encounter huge challenges to leading a positive

and productive life. Attendees will explore holistic approaches from women-led
organizations that have successfully scaled grassroots initiatives into best-in-class
programs that advance the health and empowerment of women in the most
vulnerable communities.
SPEAKERS
Pasquine Ogunsanya, Executive Director, Alive Medical Services
Alie Eleveld, Country Director, Safe Water and AIDS Project
Annah Sango, Women Deliver Young Leader, Zimbabwe
15:00 16:00
Room B4-4
Breaking the Silence Around Missteps, Mistakes, and Failures

The public health community is risk averse. Funders see initiatives that falter as
bad investment decisions. Researchers write papers about successful interventions,
not the unsuccessful ones. Implementers cover up failures, which only leads to
repeated mistakes. Its time to for us to embrace failure for what it isan invaluable
learning experience.
SPEAKERS
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Researcher, Adolescents and At-Risk Populations Team, Department of
Reproductive Health and Research, WHO
Gwyn Hainsworth, Senior Program Officer for Adolescents and Youth, Family Planning,
Julio Pacca, Director, Technical Services Unit, Pathfinder International
Amelia Peltz, Senior Gender Advisor, Acting Team Lead, Gender and Sexual Diversity,
Office of HIV/AIDS, Bureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development
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Scaling Up Obstetrics to Improve Health Systems

For many women and adolescents, access to quality health services is constrained by
the availability of qualified health professionals, especially for pregnancy, birth, and
newborn care. Explore strategies to educate, develop, recruit, and retain an obstetric
workforce able to meet the growing needs of women and adolescents.
15:00 16:00
Room B3-3
MODERATOR
Jerker Liljestrand, Senior Program Officer, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health,
SPEAKERS
Pius Okong, Chairperson, Health Service Commission, Uganda
Sangeeta Mishra, Head of Department, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nepal
Nadia Cobb, Director, Office for the Promotion of Global Healthcare Equity,
Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah
Otobo Ujah, Resident in obstetrics and gynecology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria,
Ipas Nigeria
Zika Part II
health workers.
Accelerating Digital and Financial Inclusion for Women

In an increasingly connected world, women are being left behind. Today, 200 million
fewer women than men who own a mobile phone in low- and middle-income
countries. Preventing them from accessing critical mobile money services and
trapping households in cycles of poverty. The panel will focus on bridging the gender
gap in digital inclusion and digital financial inclusion.
15:00 16:00
Room B5-1
15:00 16:00
Room B4-5
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Plenaries
08:30 10:00
Plenary Hall A
Look to the Future

Part 1: Transformation, Innovation, and Partnership
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created
them.Einstein. Were often hearing the same talking points, from the same
spokespersons, in the same places, with the same people in the audience. Rather
than trying to convert the already converted, we need to convince new audiences
that girls and women are the worlds most important resource. Its time to look
at things in a new way; to develop innovative ways of communicating; and to
develop partnerships with sectors and organizations weve never even considered.
MODERATOR
Wadah Khanfar, President, Al Sharq Forum, Editor, Huffington Post Arabi
Social Transformation and Values
Visionary voices in conversation about the future.
Innovative Strategies for Social Transformation through Communication
Highlights of new strategies to change hearts and minds.
Pam Scott, Founding Partner, The Curious Company

Raj Kumar, President and Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Thembisa Fakude, Head of Research and International Relations, Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Partnerships: The Expanding Community
Governments, private companies, and NGOs coming together to achieve

common goals.
Kathy Calvin, President and CEO, United Nations Foundation
Naveen Rao, Lead, MSD for Mothers
Vijayanathan Thusandra, Technical Specialist/Advisor, ChildFund Sri Lanka,
2013 Women Deliver Young Leader
The Women Deliver Award for Courage:

Presented to Cecile Richards by Darren Walker
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Look to the Future

Part 2: The State of Philanthropy
10:30 12:00
Plenary Hall A
What is philanthropys role in ensuring there are enough financial resources to

implement the SDGs in ways that benefit girls and women? Philanthropy is in the
process of transformation, placing greater emphasis on the effectiveness of grantees;
exploring new models of giving; and courting individual high-dollar donors.
How does funding for girls and women fare in this new environment? Are donors
narrowing the lens through which they define what a valuable investment? Do we
need to take a closer, more critical look at ourselves as potential grantees if we
are to increase support for girls and women?
MODERATOR
Frances Kissling, President, The Center for Health, Ethics and Social Policy, Co-founder,
The Global Fund for Women
PANEL
Charlie Bresler, Executive Director, The Life You Can Save
Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation
Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics, Yale University, author,
More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics is Helping to Solve Global Poverty
Regional Caucuses and Networking Time
10:30 12:00
Building on successful caucuses at the 2010 and 2013 global conferences, Women
Deliver and PATH are hosting eight regional caucuses at WD2016. Each caucus will
bring together diverse stakeholders to discuss major priorities and strategies for
strengthening political and financial commitments to girls and womens health and
wellbeing in their region/sub-region: Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Central/Middle
Africa, Southern Africa, Middle East/North Africa, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Asia,
Central Asia/Eastern Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean. While the
regional caucuses provide an important platform for developing commitments and a
shared advocacy agenda, ultimately, the caucuses are meant to catalyze continued
momentum upon return home.
The regional caucuses will be capped at 100 participants and pre-registration is
required via WD2016.org. For those who are not able to join the regional caucuses,
you can attend the simultaneous plenary session or leverage the time for networking.
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Lunch Served
Men with Power: Delivering for Girls And Women

Womens support of each other is powerful and successful. But women are not alone.
They have been joined by men who are using their power to improve girls and
womens lives.What drives these men to stand with girls and women?How do they
assess the progress women have made in the past decade, and what is still needed as
we move forward?Are men from Mars and women from Venus, or are we more alike
than we think? What has the movement for womens rights meant for men, and who
are the women they most admire?Well explore these and other questions with a few
great men who have made delivering for girls and women one of their passions.
MODERATOR
Shereen El Feki, Co-Principal Investigator, International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES),
Middle East and North African Region
PANEL
Arthur Erken, Director, Division of Communications and Strategic Partnerships, UNFPA
Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General, United Nations
Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development
in the Juncker Commission
Willie Parker, Physician, Jackson Womens Health Organization
The Women Deliver Award for Perseverance:
Presented to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus by Jill Sheffield
13:30 14:30
Plenary Hall A
To The Point
TED-style talks with Women Deliver flair. In one short hour well present five smart,
insightful, human stories about the issues that challenge convention and change the
way we see the world. This final set will focus on womens sexuality, reproduction,
and rights.
MODERATOR
Michelle Goldberg, Journalist and Author
SPEAKERS
Fulata Moyo, theologian, World Council of Churches
Amama, I Think Im in Love: Navigating Healthy, Holy Sexuality as a Divine Gift
Lambert Grijns, Ambassador for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights & HIV/AIDS, The Netherlands
Linking and Integrating: SRHR Diplomacy for the SDGs
Leslie Cannold, author, The Book of Rachael
If Men Got Pregnant
Michele Goodwin, Chancellors Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
Whats Love Got to Do with It: The Politics of Renting Wombs
Tewodros Melesse, Director-General, International Planned Parenthood Federation
Away from the Abstract: Abortion and a Womans Life
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Be The Change You Want to See

Be The Change, a phrase attributed to Gandhi, and never more important. The
conference closes with reflections from famous changemakers who envision a better
future for girls and women. This is the perfect time to celebrate progress, renew your
commitments, and dream bigger.
15:00 16:30
Plenary Hall A
MODERATOR
for Human Rights
OPENING REMARKS
Mogens Lykketoft, President, United Nations General Assembly
A Purpose-Driven Life
A thought-provoking video from Former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham

Clinton, on womens rights as human rights, and how to translate that vision from
the 1995 World Conference on Women in Beijing to action in the 21st century.
Be the Change
What happens when we get home? How do we stay motivated to keep delivering
the change we wish to see?
Changemakers Speak Out
Words of wisdom, songs of triumph, and a spirited goodbye you will never forget.
Jessica Biel, Actress and Ambassador for WomanCare Globals If You Dont Tell Them,
Then Who Will campaign
Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Performing Artist and Humanitarian
Abelone Melese, Hip-Hop Artist, UNICEF National Ambassador, Ethiopia
and MORE!
THE VERY LAST WORD
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TIME
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ROOM
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The Global Strategy for Womens, Childrens

and Adolescents Health: Focusing on Accountability
B5-2
104
Compassionate and People-Centered Care:

Why We Need It
C1-M0
104
Breaking Barriers to Breastfeeding:

Supporting Families in Todays Economy
B3-2
104
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

of Women with Disabilities
B3-3
105
The Need for New Contraceptive Methods for Women and Men
C1-M3
105
Safe Abortion as a Human Right
B3-4
105
Engaging Youth for a Healthier Future:

The NCD Perspective
B3-5
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Beyond Victimization: Women as First Responders
C1-M2
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No Girl Overlooked: Ending Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
B4-1
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Technical and Vocational Education:

What Works for Young Women?
B5-1
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Economic Justice for Womens Financial Security
B4-2
107
Women Leading Change in Parliaments
B3-1
107
Zika Part III
B4-5
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Innovative Means to Collect and Use Data
B4-3
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Using Accountability to Deliver Services
C1-M1
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Best Practices to Increase Philanthropy for Girls and Women
B4-4
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All Speakers Corner Stage sessions are located in Center Hall E (see page 15).
TIME
Anne Birgitte Albrectsen
1 0:10 10:25
Chief Executive Officer, Plan International
Because I Am a GirlBuilding a Strategic Movement for Girls Rights in the Era

of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
Bob Mwiinga Munyati
Researcher, AIDS Accountability International
1 0:30 10:45
The Story of an African Youths Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health:

Why is it still an issue?
Marissa Kokkoros
Executive Director, Aura Freedom International
1 0:50 1 1:05
Camp SisterhoodStrength, Community, and Laughter in Post-Earthquake, Nepal

Megan Dunbar
Senior Vice President of Research and Policy, Pangaea Global AIDS
1 1 : 10 1 1 :25
The Potential of PrEP as a Game Changer in Young Womens Sexual

and Reproductive Health
Robin Gorna
Executive Director, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
1 1:30 1 1:45
Driving Accountability for Womens, Childrens and Adolescents Health

Doris Mawuse Aglobitse
National Programme Analyst, UNFPA Ghana
1 1:50 12:05
Mobilizing Funding for Maternal Mortality Reduction Programming:

TheSuccess Story of Catalyzing Political Will in the Implementation of CARMMA in Ghana
Gilda Sedgh
Principal Research Scientist, Guttmacher Institute
1 2:10 12:25
Abortion Worldwide: New Data on Incidence and Consequences

Beverly Winikoff
President, Gynuity Health Projects
1 2:30 12:45
Time for New Thinking and Novel Approaches to Addressing PPH? New Findings
from India and Egypt Support Secondary Prevention/Early Treatment as a Comparable
Alternative to Universal Prophylaxis Programs
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12:50 13:05
Hauwa Shekarau
Country Director, Ipas Nigeria
Partnering with Police to Improve Abortion Access
13: 10 13:25
Janneke Hartvig Blomberg

Senior Manager, Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition, GAIN
Influencing the Behavior of Adolescent Girls to Improve Nutritional Status

Insights from Formative Research in East Java Province, Indonesia
13:30 13:45
Caren Grown
Senior Director, Gender, World Bank Group
Getting to Equal: The World Bank Groups New Gender Equality Strategy 20162023
13:50 14:05
Gary Cohen
Executive Vice President, Becton Dickinson
Together for Girlsand Other Examples of How Companies Are

Advancing the Health and Human Rights of Women and Girls Globally
14: 10 14:25
Alison Hill
Managing Director, Water, Vestergaard
Engaging Women in Each Step of the Design Process for Health Interventions Can
Break Down Social Barriers and Become Synergistic in Achieving Program Impact
14:30 14:45
Carole Sekimp
Country Director, Marie Stopes Uganda
How Can We End Unsafe Abortion? The Latest Solutions from Marie Stopes International
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FILM
TIME
Elia
1 0:15 10:45
Cecilie Nrgaard (Denmark)

An existential portrait of Elia, an 85-year-old transgendered and lesbian woman who struggles
with the fact that the action that finally made her whole, halved her relationships.
Like Other Girls Do

Melissa Hilliard Potter (Serbia/USA)
In old Balkan custom, a daughter became a son in order to keep the home she would otherwise
leave after marriage. But in a nearby city, five women live far from such traditions.
Where is My Mothers House

Selma Nayebi (Iran)
Despite having been abandoned by their children, elderly people in nursing homes look
forward to seeing their families.
1 0:45 1 1: 15
Minding Our Own

Inaya Graciana Yusuf (USA)
A compassionate portrayal of two families and their quest to understand the world of caregiving.
Waiting in Urfa
Mitra Bonshahi & Anna Barsan (USA/Turkey)
Animated illustrations that chronicle the lives of seven refugee women who escaped
the civil war in Syria.
1 1 : 15 1 1:45
Syria: The Hidden War on Women

Sharron Ward, Katalyst Productions Ltd (UK)
As the Syrian war enters its fifth year, pressures on displaced families have caused a dramatic
rise in violence against women.
Nadia and Cassandane

Micah Garen & Marie-Helene Carleton, Four Corners Media (Greece/USA)
A young woman and her daughter flee Afghanistan and arrive by boat on island of Lesvos.
Home
Panita Chanrasmi-Lefebvre, Bark (ft. Talibah Safiya) (USA)
Music video: A young girl confronts her abuser and discovers how empowering freedom can be.
1 1:45 12: 15
Promise Me
Kevin Machate, Whos That? Productions (USA)
A once-flourishing woman, now at the end of her life, struggles to ensure that her recently
reconciled son does not make the same mistakes that she did.
Speak Now (Or Forever Hold Your Peace)

Juan Miguel Pea, Respirando Clsico Producciones (Spain)
Maria, a battered woman, decides to leave her marriage.
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12:00 13:30
12:15 12:45
FILM
WORKSHOP: Conversations with Creatives
Come hear from the filmmakers and artists who are participating in the Arts and Cinema Corner
about their creative processes and the impact their art has on creating a more equitable world
for women and girls.
Women Take Charge in Malaria Prevention

Colby Gottert, Abt Associates, The PMI AIRS Project (USA/Benin)
One woman in Benin is leading the fight against malaria.
Ensuring Healthier Futures for Mothers and Children in Nicaragua

Beth Murphy, Population Services International (PSI) & Principle Pictures (Nicaragua/USA)
Addressing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) as a public health issue in Nicaragua helps
cast light on a global problem.
Helping Babies Breathe in Malawi and Uganda

Neal Broffman & Elisa Gambino, One Production Place, Johnson & Johnson and Save the Children
(Malawi/Uganda)
Service providers in resource-limited settings are trained and supported to take immediate action
and resuscitate babies who are born unable to breathe at birth.
Break Barriers to Maternal Health and Rights

Heather Roymans, Center for Health and Gender Equity (USA)
A 90-second animated video showcasing the ways that women from across the world receive
respectful maternity care, and where there are still barriers.
Raising The Score

Various Filmmakers, CARE (Malawi/USA)
Filmmakers from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication document
the impact of CAREs Community Score Card approach in improving maternal healthcare services
in Ntcheu, Malawi.
Managing Postpartum Hemorrhage in Home Births

Dina Abbas, Gynuity Health Projects & Sibtain Shabbir/Red Rabbit Productions (Pakistan/USA)
A new service delivery model to prevent and treat PPH in home births through the use of
misoprostol in the remote mountainous setting of Chitral, Pakistan.
12:45 13:15
Spilled Water
May May Tchao, Tchao Films, LLC (China/USA)
Explore the lives of four Chinese women as their countrys rapid economic transformation shifts
their roles, rights, and status as mothers, wives, and daughters.
Women Are The Answer

Fiona Cochrane, f-reel pty ltd (Australia/India)
The global population has passed the 7 billion mark, and India will soon overtake China as the
most populous nation in the world, but one state in southern India has found the solution.
Voice of Visit
Mitra Roohimaneshz (Iran)
Roya is a small rural girl who wishes for a family reunion between her father, a coal miner,
and her painstaking mother.
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TIME
The Ripple Effect
1 3:15 13:45
Sarah Khan (Pakistan)

See how access to safe water has transformed the lives of rural women in Pakistan.
My Fat Baby
Ami Vitale, Ripple Effect Images (Benin)
Women in rural Benin used to watch helplessly as food sources dwindled and children went
hungry during the annual dry season, but solar power and a drip irrigated garden from the
Solar Electric Light Fund helped change that.
Mindful Vineyards
Kari Birdseye & Chris Jordan-Bloch, Earthjustice (USA)
Meet the new heroes of sustainable agriculture, from farm-to-table they call for justice in
agriculture to protect some of the most vulnerable workers in the nation.
Mothers Cry
Lisa Russell, I Sell the Shadow (USA)
Comparing the demise of our Mother Earth to the struggles of women facing domestic violence,
neglect, chaos, and loneliness.
BLACK INSIDEThree Womens Voices

Rodney Rascona, Rascona Film + Phil Tidy//Post Producer-Squire London (USA/UK/Kenya/India/Peru)
Three women living in Kenya, India, and Peru share a common voice in raising awareness about the
over 4 million women and children who lose their lives each year from unclean cookstoves.
13:45 14:15
Cooking With Love

Sukunya Wangsomnuk (USA/Thailand)
Follow four Thai women into their humble kitchens as they share fond memories and show us
how cooking from the heart can bond a family together.
Enemies to Allies
Julie Winokur, Talking Eyes (USA/Kenya)
In Kisumu, Kenya, sex workers are transforming the police force into their strongest ally
in the fight against HIV.
1 4:15 14:45
Body Team 12
David Darg & Bryn Mooser, RYOT Films, Paul G. Allen & Olivia Wilde/Vulcan Productions (Liberia/USA)
Go on the ground in Monrovia, Liberia through the eyes of the only female member of the team, who
reveals the heartbreaking, lifesaving work of removing bodies from loved ones in order to halt
transmission of Ebola.
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TIME
DESCRIPTION
10:00 10:30
High-Level Dialogue on Meaningful Youth Engagement
10:30 12:00
Walking the Talk: Meaningful Youth Engagement Strategies That Work
13:30 14:30
Youth Take Charge: Leading Accountability for Development
14:30 15:00
Youth Zone Sendoff
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Youth Health and Rights Coalition, UNAIDS, Restless Development, Women Deliver
Commonwealth Youth and Gender Equality Network (CYGEN), Uganda Youth Coalition
on Adolescent SRHR and HIV (CYSRA-Uganda), Dance 4 Life
Career Fair in the Exhibit Hall

Thursday, 19 May, 12:1513:30
Career Fairis for individuals who want to learn more about working
in the field of international development or make connections with
potential employers. What better place than Women Deliver 2016 Global
Conference, at which more than 2,000 organizations are attending?
Attendees of the Women Deliver 2013 Conference

in Malaysia enjoying a lively Career Fair
CAREER FAIR LUNCHES
Branding Yourself for Success
Skills to Match Your Passion
Time: 12:15 13:30

Day: Tuesday, 17 May
Location: C1-MO
Time: 12:15 13:30

Day: Wednesday, 18 May
Location: C1-M0
Feel stuck in your current role? Having trouble

finding a position that really excites and
challenges you? Not getting the interviews or
follow-ups you deserve? Perhaps your professional
persona needs a refresh. Learn from a panel of
professionals how to brand yourself for future
employers and future success.
The world is changing every day, and so is

process of planning your career. During this
session a panel of professionals will give you top
tips when it comes to finding the perfect graduate
school, the road to internships, and landing your
dream job!
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Room B5-2
The Global Strategy for Womens, Childrens and Adolescents Health:

Focusing on Accountability
The Global Strategy for Womens, Childrens and Adolescents Health (2016-2030)
MODERATOR
Gogontlejang Phaladi, Youth representative, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
SPEAKERS
Nana Taona Kuo, Senior Manager, Every Woman Every Child, Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General
Tim Evans, Senior Director, Health, Nutrition and Population, The World Bank
Peter Singer, Co-chair, Innovation Working Group, Every Woman Every Child, CEO,
Grand Challenges Canada
Robin Gorna, Executive Director, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
13:30 14:30
Room C1-M0
Compassionate and People-Centered Care: Why We Need It

Respectful maternity care is a womans right, not a luxury. Ensuring that women are
not only satisfied with their care but have a positive birth experience can be the
catalyst to ensuring they survive and thrive.
MODERATOR
Soo Downe, Professor Midwifery Studies, University Central Lancashire UK
SPEAKERS
Megan Bohren, Research Consultant, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO
Hermine Hayes Klein, Founder and Executive Director, Human Rights in Childbirth
Bushra Al Makaleh, Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program, Yemen
Charity Ndwiga, Program Officer, Pop Council, HESHIMA project, Kenya
Helena Mula, Medical Director, Xai-Xai Provincial Hospital, Mozambique
13:30 14:30
Room B3-2
Breaking Barriers to Breastfeeding:

Supporting Families in Todays Economy
How much do you know about the benefits of breastfeeding? This panel will
showcase the universality of breastfeeding as well as the common challenges that
breastfeeding women face. Get ready to test your knowledge and be part of the call
to increase investment in breastfeeding.
MODERATOR
Geeta Rao Gupta, Deputy Executive Director (Programmes), UNICEF
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SPEAKERS
Hessa Khalfan Alghazal, Public Health Consultant, Maternal and Child Health, Ministry of Health,
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Hollie McNish, Poet, Author of Nobody Told Me: Poetry and Parenthood
Joseph Ogutu, Director, Strategy and Innovation, Safaricom
Rara Santoso Sudiro Dethan, Quality Improvement Coordinator, Health Alliance International,
Women Deliver Young Leader, Timor-Leste
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women with Disabilities

Women with disabilities (WWD) are the worlds largest minority. In the session,
presenters will share strategies to link WWDs with SDGs implementation and build
a transformative cross-sectoral advocacy platform to advance sexuality, disability,
and human rights.
13:30 14:30
Room B3-3
MODERATOR
Rupsa Mallik, Director, Programmes and Innovation, CREA
SPEAKERS
Nidhi Goyal, Programme Director, Point of View and Stand Up Comedian
Stephanie Ortoleva, Founder and President, Women Enabled International
Katrina Anderson, Senior Human Rights Counsel, Center for Reproductive Rights
Tanzila Khan, Founder, Creative Alley, Women Deliver Young Leader, Pakistan
The Need for New Contraceptive Methods for Women and Men
The time for new contraceptive methods is now. In a fishbowl discussion, this
session will explore the perceived needs for new contraceptives from audience
members of diverse ages, geographies, and professional backgrounds and what
is needed for new products to emerge.
13:30 14:30
Room C1-M3
MODERATOR
John Townsend, Vice President, Population Council
SPEAKERS
Maggie Kohn, Director, Womens Health Contraception, Marketing, MSD
Klaus Brill, Vice President, Global Healthcare Programs, Bayer Pharma AG
Eleanor Levine Gebauer, Global Health Institutions, Pfizer
Safe Abortion as a Human Right

Access to safe abortion is critical for womens survival and to ensuring their personal
agency. This session will cover the importance of reliable data in promoting evidence-driven policies and programs, position safe abortion as a moral obligation to
women, and stress the importance of safe abortion in achieving economic stability.
13:30 14:30
Room B3-4
MODERATOR
Nozer K. Sheriar, Former Secretary General, Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India
SPEAKERS
Gilda Sedgh, Principal Research Scientist, Guttmacher Institute
Ann Furedi, Chief Executive, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)
Catherine Nyambura, Dandelion Kenya, Women Deliver Young Leader
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Engaging Youth for a Healthier Future: The NCD Perspective

Dramatic global economic and social transitions are leading to an increase in
non-communicable diseases (NCDs), especially among young people. In this session,
international young leaders will present solutions and best practices in order to
reverse this trend.
MODERATOR
Adebisi Adenipekun, Lighthouse Global Health Initiative, Women Deliver Young Leader, Nigeria
SPEAKERS
Vivien Davis Tsu, Associate Director, Reproductive Health Global Program, PATH
Mychelle Farmer, Senior NCD Advisor, Jhpiego
Marina Hilaire-Bartlett, Executive Director, Population Services International/Caribbean
Joseph Kibachio, Head of NCD Control Unit, Ministry of Health, Kenya
Bente Mikkelsen, Head of the Secretariat, Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention
and Control of NCDs, WHO
13:30 14:30
Room C1-M2
Beyond Victimization: Women as First Responders

When crises occur, lives change in an instant. As a result, death, injury, displacement, and the destruction of infrastructure impact entire communities. The role of
women as first responders to these situations of crisis means we need to address
their specific needs to ensure lasting peace and security.
MODERATOR
Her Royal Highness Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, Convenor, Humanitarian Workstream,
Every Woman Every Child
SPEAKERS
for Human Rights
Sandra Krause, Director, Reproductive Health Program, Womens Refugee Commission
Kyung-wha Kang, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, UN Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Rand Jarallah, Co-founder and Deputy Director, Youth to End Sexual Violence,
Women Deliver Young Leader, Palestine
Sue England, Director, MNCH, World Vision
13:30 14:30
Room B4-1
No Girl Overlooked: Ending Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

An estimated 133 million girls and women around the word have undergone female
genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). This panel will center around an approach that
simultaneously works to end the practice while also addressing the health needs of
women and girls living with the effects of FGM/C.
MODERATOR
Beirne Roose-Snyder, Director of Public Policy, Center for Health and Gender Equity
SPEAKERS
Fatoumata Dem, Facilitator, Tostan
Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan, Project Director, FGM/C Research Director, Population Council
Abir Sarras, Coordinator, Love Matters Arabic
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SCHEDULE
Thursday Schedule
Concurrent Sessions
Technical and Vocational Education: What Works for Young Women?

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems are effective at
bringing more young women into labor markets, yet are not optimally used by
women. This participatory fishbowl session will explore innovations for increasing
young womens access to TVET.
13:30 14:30
Room B5-1
MODERATOR
Delores McLaughlin, Senior Policy Advisor Economic Security, Plan International
SPEAKERS
Emanuela Pozzan, Gender Specialist, International Labor Organization
Celine Gratadour, Skills Focal Point, Agence Franaise de Dveloppement
Annick Fabienne Thiobiano, AIESEC, Women Deliver Young Leader, Burkina Faso
Economic Justice for Womens Financial Security

It is time to challenge the economic policies and institutions that put women
at a disadvantage. Economic justice begins with addressing gender equality.
Learn how women are active agents in social and economic transformation,
not merely beneficiaries.
13:30 14:30
Room B4-2
SPEAKERS
Tessa Khan, Program Officer, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
Alejandra Scampini, Lead Advocacy Associate, Association for Womens Rights in Development
Francoise Girard, President, International Womens Health Coalition
Women Leading Change In Parliaments

What does successful parliamentary activism by women look like and how
do we enhance it? Explore the ways women parliamentarians have promoted
gender equality and sexual and reproductive health issues in the political
decision-making processes.
13:30 14:30
Room B3-1
MODERATOR
Jotham Musinguzi, Director General, National Population Council, Uganda
SPEAKERS
Hon. Marie Rose Nguini-Effa, MP, Cameroon, President, African Forum of Parliamentarians on Population
and Development / Member of the Pan-African Parliament
Hon. Bertha Sanseverino, MP, Uruguay, President, Inter-American Parliamentary Group on Population
and Development
Mtisunge Kachingwe, Young women leader, YWCA of Malawi
Chandra-Mouli, Researcher, Adolescents and At-Risk Populations Team, Department of Reproductive
Health and Research, WHO
Zika Part III

health workers. Please refer to the WD2016 mobile app for speaker details.
13:30 14:30
Room B4-5
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Thursday Schedule
Concurrent Sessions
13:30 14:30
Room B4-3
Innovative Means to Collect and Use Data

Data is essential to understanding problems and monitoring progress. Hear from
experts about new, creative methods of data collection to help governments and
NGOs provide the necessary aid to hygiene, reproductive health, and protection of
adolescent girls.
MODERATOR
Angel Chelwa, Project Manager, mPharma and Women Deliver Young Leader, Zambia
SPEAKERS
Linnea Zimmerman, Faculty member, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Assistant Scientist, PMA2020
Omar Robles, Senior Program Officer, Womens Refugee Commission
Laura Malajovich, Senior Advocacy Officer, International Planned Parenthood Federation/
Theresia Moyo, Head of Education, CAMFED
13:30 14:30
Room C1-M1
Using Accountability to Deliver Services

Quality of care is crucial for ensuring women and girls access sexual, reproductive
and maternal health services that meet their needs. Explore how advocates are using
innovative tools to monitor and hold providers accountable for quality services to the
populations they serve.
SPEAKERS
Catharine Taylor, Vice President, Health Programs Group, Management Sciences for Health
Maria Antonieta Alcalde, Director of Advocacy, International Planned Parenthood Federation/
Margaret Nyandoro, Deputy Director, Directorate of Reproductive Health, Ministry of Health
and Child Care, Zimbabwe
Sujoy Roy, State Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance and citizen journalist
Amy Boldosser-Boesch, Senior Director, FCI Program of Management Sciences for Health
Marinella Matejcic, Libela.org, Women Deliver Young Leader, Croatia
13:30 14:30
Room B4-4
Best Practices to Increase Philanthropy for Girls and Women

What does philanthropy look like in the SDG era? Speakers will share best
practices and tools in major donor engagement for girls and womens issues.
Learn about funding opportunities and challenges in the context of the new
global development agenda.
MODERATOR
Lisa Anderson, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Women Moving Millions
SPEAKERS
Musimbi Kanyoro, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women
Jessica Houssian, Consultant, Women Moving Millions
Sarah Soysa, Advisor, FRIDA Feminist Fund, Women Deliver Young Leader, Sri Lanka
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SCHEDULE
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Exhibitors
Exhibitors
by Organization
Organization
Booth
Organization
Booth
3F in Cooperation with FIU-Ligetilling
C3-008
EngenderHealth
C4-024
Abt Associates
C3-001
Evofem, Inc
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
C3-037
Family Planing NSW
C3-016
ACTION
C3-086
Female Health Company
C2-050
Adventist Development and Relief Agency
C3-033
FHI 360
AECOM International Development
C4-049
FIGO
Aflatoun International
C3-007
Family Planning Voices
Amplify Change
C2-044
Gaumard Scientific
C2-051
Amref Health Africa
C3-074
C2-002
Ariadne Labs
C4-034
Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership

to End Child Marriage
ARPAN
C2-049
Global Affairs Canada
Asian-Pacific Resource and Research

Centre for Women (ARROW)
C3-006
Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
Ayzh
C3-027
Bayer Pharma
C4-037 & 038
C3-021, 022, 023 & 024

C2-060
C3-A15 & 16
C3-072 & 073

C3-084
Global Partnership for Education
C3-075, 76, 77, 90, 91 & 92
C3-078 & 079
Global Poverty Project
C3-080
Greenmash Ltd
C2-014
Be Girl
C4-060
GSMA Foundation
C2-069
BioMed Central
C2-076
Guides and Scouts of Denmark
C2-043
BMB Mott MacDonald
C3-081
Guttmacher Institute
Boulder Abortion Clinic
C2-010
Health Partners International
C3-012
Canadian Network for Maternal,

Newborn and Child Health
C2-070
Helping Mothers Survive
C2-063
C2-064
Catalysts for Change
C3-060 & 061
Hindustan Latex Family Planning

Promotion Trust (HLFPPT)
CARE
C2-018 & 019
Holland House
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Center for Health and Gender Equity
Center for International Reproductive
Health Training
C4-032
C3-011
C3-013 & 014
Center for Reproductive Rights
C3-035
Concern Worldwide
C2-020 & 021
C2-067, 68, 81 & 82
The Fred Hollow Foundation
C3-015
IDA Foundation
C3-005
Institute for Reproductive Health,

Georgetown University
C2-034
C3-020
International Confederation of Midwives

(ICM) 10,000 Happy Birthdays
Confederation of Danish Industry C3-050, 051, 052 & 053
International Network of Womens Funds
The Danish Association of Midwives
International Olympic Committee
C2-077 & 078
International Planned
Parenthood Federation
C3-082 & 083
Danish Red Cross
C3-045
C2-074 & 075
Deliver for Good (Women Deliver)
C3-A10, 11, 12 & 13
Dignity Dreams
C3-059
Doctors Without Borders Denmark
C2-032
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EXHIBITORS
C2-061 & 062

C3-085
International Working Group on Women and Sport C2-016

IntraHealth International
C3-002
Ipas
C3-054
Exhibitors
Organization
Booth
Organization
Booth
Jhpiego
C2-056
RNW Media
C3-036
Royal College of Obstetricians

and Gynecologists
C2-003
Johnson & Johnson
C3-065, 66, 67 & 68
Laerdal Global Health
C2-055
Lederne
M4ID
C3-003 & 004

C2-036, 37, 38, 39, 40 & 41
Madaworks
C2-027
Management Sciences for Health
C2-028 & 029
Marie Stopes International
C2-012 & 013
Maternity Foundation
Meabco
Mdecins du Monde
Royal Philips
C3-043 & 044
Save the Children
C4-025 & 036
SickKids Centre for Global Child Health

SIDA
Simavi
C2-004
Soroptimist International
C4-061
Svizera Europe BV
C3-025 & 026
Team Finland
C4-039 & 040
Metropolitan University College
C3-028
The Lancet
Micronutrient Forum
C3-049
The Partnership for Maternal,

Newborn & Child Health
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Denmark
C2-011
C2-080
C2-007 & 008
Micronutrient Initiative
C4-035
C3-057 & 058

C2-030, 31, 46 & 47
C3-017
C4-012
C3-009 & 010
Together for Girls
C2-005
UN Women
C3-031
MissionPharma
C2-058
UNFPA
MobileODT
C4-013
UNICEF Canada
C3-047 & 048
C3-062 & 063
United Nations Foundation
C3-069 & 070
MSD for Mothers
C2-072 & 073
UNOPS
C2-071
Norad
C2-066 & 083
Urgent Action Fund for Womens Human Rights
C3-071
Novo Nordisk
C2-048 & 065
USAID
MSD
C2-015, 24, 25 & 26
C2-053 & 054
One Goal
C4-031
USAIDs Maternal and Child Survival Program
Partners in Population and Development
C4-043
Vestergaard
PATH
C3-055, 56 & 64
C2-057
C4-045, 46, 47 & 48
Vital Strategies
C3-046
C2-033
Pathfinder International
C2-006
Water Aid
Pfizer
C2-079
Water Supply and Sanitation

Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
C4-029 & 030
Plan International
C4-041 & 042
Population Council
C3-019
Women and Health Initiative

& Maternal Health Task Force
C3-018
Population Foundation of India
C3-032
Women and NCDs
C4-033
Population Services International (PSI)
C2-022 & 023
Wonderful Copenhagen
C2-009
Procter & Gamble
C3-029 & 030
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
C3-034
PRONTO International
C2-045
World Health Organization
Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition
C2-052
World Vision
C4-011
Rise Up
C2-017
Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
C3-041
C3-038, 039 & 040
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Keep the momentum going!
10 things to do
when you get home:
1. Be a catalyst for change. Take action to get girls
and womens health, rights, and wellbeing solidly
placed in national SDGs (and other) plans. Join with
colleagues and other organizations in your country.
2. Sign on to the Deliver for Good Campaign.
If you havent already, sign on yourself or your
organization at deliverforgood.organd get
others to do so as well.
3. Seize the day. Follow up with new connections and
potential partners after the conference to explore
synergies and collaboration.
4. Reach across the aisle. Work with new people
from different issues and different sectors to
make even more change happen for girls and
women everywhere.
5. Share what you learnedand learn some more.
Set up a briefing session with colleagues. Give
people handouts that you collected.Screen key
moments from the conference through the virtual
conference archive at womendeliver.org/WDLive.
Discuss how to put inspiration into action.
6. Use the Solutions Panorama in your program

planning. Utilize the 300+ solutions presented here
at the conference via our Solutions Panorama
publication, available on womendevlier.org by
September, the first anniversary of the SDGs.
7. Spread the word. Share key facts and lessons
learned about girls and womens health, rights, and
wellbeing on your website, in your newsletter, in
your conversations, and via your social network.
8. Work with the media. Give interviews, write an
op-ed, or provide an open letter to your local media
outlets with examples of how to invest in girls and
women so everybody wins.
9. Sign-up for the Monthly Delivery. Keep up to date
on the issues you heard about at the conference
via Women Delivers monthly newsletter. Subscribe
at bit.ly/WDmail.
10. Tell us what you think. Within a month, we will send
you a post-conference survey. Take a few minutes to
fill it out and give feedback so we can make the next
Women Deliver conference even better!
Girls and women are drivers of development.

Make the Sustainable Development Goals matter for them.
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Contents

Opening Ceremony and Plenary

Letter from Her Royal Highness

Concurrent Sessions at a Glance

Speakers Corner Stage

Arts and Cinema Corner

Concurrent Sessions at a Glance

Speakers Corner Stage

Arts and Cinema Corner

Social Enterprise Challenge

General Information, Services, and Amenities

Bella Center Floor Plan

Special Events Overview

Arts and Cinema Corner

Concurrent Sessions at a Glance

Speakers Corner Stage

Arts and Cinema Corner

Social Enterprise Challenge

Session Key Icons

e are thrilled to welcome you to the Women

Although much has been achieved, much remains

Crown Princess Mary

s patron of the Women Deliver 2016 Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, I am honored

By the year 2030, my children will have come of age.

Your voice matters. Join the conversation!

With Our Thanks

Women Deliver 2016 could not possibly have been

Petra ten Hoope-Bender, who was the lead organizer

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary, for

The Bella Center, for providing such a magnificent

The current and former Prime Ministers of Denmark,

Idette Swetye, who has searched the world for excellent

The former Minister of Development, Mogens Jensen,

Lisa Russell, for her unerring recognition of valuable films.

The staff in the Danish Foreign Ministry, not only but

Mark Tuschman, for his sense of power through photographs.

Global Health Strategies

Petra ten Hoope-Bender

Advisory Group and

Thank you to our Advisory Group and Concurrent Session

Global Partnership for Education

Rooms 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

Safety and Security

Please wear your name badge at all times during the

Please do not leave your belongings or conference

Exhibition Hall Hours

An ATM machine is located in the lobby of the Hotel AC

General Information, Services, and Amenities Cont.

Location and Transportation

Room 28 located off of the main lobby foyer on the ground

Bella Center Copenhagen features a central location in the

The Medical Room is located on the ground level off the

Principles and Expectations

Procedures Involving Disruptions

Code of Conduct Cont.

Join our culture night at the famous Tivoli Gardens

A miniature version of the Danish political dialogue festival Folkemoedet,

Left: Tivoli Gardens entrance

Night view of Tivoli Gardens. Photo: Cees van Roeden

Social Enterprise Challenge

Time: 17 May, 17:3018:30 (page 42)

Time: 18 May, 10:1513:00 (page 74)

The Appy Houris an evening reception event with food and