Women Deliver 2023 Conference
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Population Council experts and our partners will attend Women Deliver (WD2023) in Kigali, Rwanda from 17 to 20 July 2023 to share how we can collectively build evidence-based solutions to achieve gender equality and equity. The Council will lead the Girls Deliver: Pre-Conference on Adolescent Girls and key high-profile events on the sidelines of WD2023, and participate in concurrent sessions and side events during the conference to advance global discourse of the linkages between gender equality with pressing issues such as adolescents, climate, economic empowerment, education, female genital mutilation and cutting, and sexual and reproductive health.
As one of the largest multi-sectoral convenings to advance gender equality, WD2023 will convene 6,000 people in Kigali and 200,000+ people online through the virtual Conference. WD2023 will enable inclusive and co-created spaces that foster solidarity for sustainable solutions on gender equality.
Our press release and list of Council experts and featured speakers are available here.
Sessions & Speakers
Sunday 07/16
Pre-conference | 8:00 am–5:00 pm | Lemigo Hotel
Monday 07/17
Parallel session | 9:00–11:00 am | Lemigo Hotel and Livestreaming
Creating Radical Possibilities for Girls’ Education and Civic Participation
Co-hosted by National Democratic Institute (NDI) and Population Council
Wednesday 07/19
Women Deliver Side Event | 11:30 am–1:00 pm | Room MH 1-2
Gazing into the Future: What Do the Next 5 Years Look Like for Gender Equality?
Fatima Zahra, panelist
Women Deliver Side Event | 11:30 am–1:00 pm | Room AD 10-2
Girls at the Center: The Power of Partnering with Communities to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Dennis Matanda, presenter and panelist
Women Deliver concurrent session | 1:30–3:00 pm | Room AD 10-2
Education Zone Session | 2:30–2:45 pm | Akagera Tent, Exhibition Hall
Free for All: The Evidence for Gender and Education Resource— Sharing Out and Listening In
Nicole Haberland, presenter
Thursday 07/20
Women Deliver concurrent session | 9:30–11:00 am | Room MH 4-2
Growing Up in an Uncertain World: Adolescents and the Climate Crisis in LMICs
Karen Austrian, moderator