{"id":7917,"date":"2016-09-26T18:44:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T18:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equimundo.org\/?p=7917"},"modified":"2022-06-07T13:32:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:32:54","slug":"putting-women-girls-center-global-zika-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equimundo.org\/fr\/putting-women-girls-center-global-zika-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting Women and Girls at the Center of the Global Zika Response"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Zika spreads across Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States, a growing number of advocacy organizations, policymakers, and other stakeholders are concerned that women and girls are being left out of the global Zika response. On Thursday, September 29 at 2:30 PM<\/strong> advocates and experts will gather to discuss existing Zika responses and how to prioritize women\u2019s health and human rights in global efforts to address the Zika virus.<\/p>\n

Equimundo, alongside the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), Anis – Instituto de Bio\u00e9tica, and International Planned Parenthood Federation\/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF\/WHR), in partnership with the Embassy of Sweden, will hold a panel discussion titled, \u201cA Rights-Based Approach To Zika: Putting Women and Girls at the Center of the Global Response.<\/strong>\u201d Ambassador Bj\u00f6rn Lyrvall will speak about Sweden\u2019s feminist foreign policy and the importance of advancing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls.<\/p>\n

Event co-sponsors will also call on governments, the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and other donor entities to adopt measures so that women and girls affected by the Zika crisis can access and afford all necessary reproductive health services to avoid unwanted pregnancy, maintain or terminate pregnancies, and ensure safe childbirth.<\/p>\n

WHAT:<\/strong><\/span>
\nA Rights-Based Approach to Zika: Putting Women and Girls at the Center of the Global\u00a0Response<\/p>\n

WHEN:<\/strong><\/span>
\n2:30 p.m. \u2013 4:00 p.m. Thursday, September 29, 2016<\/p>\n

WHERE:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Maison de Su\u00e8de<\/strong>, 2900 K Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20007<\/p>\n

WHO:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Oscar Cabrera, <\/strong>Executive Director, O\u2019Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law
\nMagaly Marquez,<\/strong> Deputy Director of US Programs, Equimundo
\nDebora Diniz,<\/strong> Founder, Anis – Instituto de Bio\u00e9tica
\nAmbassador Bj\u00f6rn Lyrvall<\/strong>, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States
\nCarla Saenz<\/strong>, PhD, Bioethics Regional Advisor, Pan American Health Organization
\nSerra Sippel,<\/strong> President, Center for Health and Gender Equity\u00a0(CHANGE)
\nEsther Vicente<\/strong>, Board Member of Profamilia Puerto Rico and President of International Planned Parenthood Federation\/Western Hemisphere Region (IPFF\/WHR)<\/p>\n

RSVP:<\/span>
\nTala Haikal <\/strong>at\u00a0thaikal@genderhealth.org or\u00a0202.393.5930<\/p>\n

#NoZika Twitter Chat:
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

In advance of the panel discussion, Equimundo is co-hosting a\u00a0multilingual\u00a0Twitter\u00a0chat about\u00a0Zika, in partnership with\u00a0CHANGE and IPPF\/WHR, on\u00a0Thursday, September 29 at 10:30am EDT.<\/p>\n

The 45-minute chat will work to raise awareness about why women and girls must be part of the global\u00a0Zika\u00a0response. The chat will be conducted in English, Spanish, and Portuguese with the hashtag\u00a0#NoZika.<\/p>\n

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