The countdown to Women Deliver 2023 — the largest global conference to advance gender equality — in Kigali, Rwanda has officially begun. This month, a powerful delegation of Rise Up Leaders from Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Guatemala will participate in Women Deliver and will be joined by members of the Rise Up global team.
Rise Up Leaders will share their expertise on urgent issues such as family planning, maternal health, girls’ education, women’s economic opportunity, disability rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, and girl-led advocacy. We will spotlight Rise Up’s participation at Women Deliver, highlight key speaking engagements featuring Rise Up Leaders, and share real-time insights from our global team. Stay tuned for more updates!
Read about Rise Up Leaders attending Women Deliver here.
Women Deliver Events Featuring Rise Up
Girls Deliver: Preconference on Adolescent Girls
Speaker: Rise Up Leader Margaret Bolaji, Executive Director of Stand With A Girl (SWAG) Initiative
Details: Sunday, July 16, 11:00am-12:00pm at the Lemigo Hotel
YOU(R) VOICES, YOU(R) POWER: YOU(TH) PRE-CONFERENCE
Speaker: Rise Up Leader Saro Imran, Founder of Pink Center
Details: Monday, July 17, 8:00am-2:00pm at the Serena Hotel
Education Zone, “Equitable Education Access through Girl-Led and Girl-Centered Advocacy”
Speakers: Rise Up Leader Margaret Bolaji, and Rise Up India Country Lead Vidhu Prabha
Details: Tuesday, July 18, 9:00am-9:30am at the Education Zone stage in the Akagera Tent in Exhibition Hall
Panel on Research on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (supported by Oxfam)
Speaker: Rise Up Leader Saro Imran, Founder of Pink Center
Details: Tuesday, July 18, 11:30am-1:00pm at the Kigali Convention Centre
Equity Means Everyone: Expanding the family planning movement to achieve SDGs
Speaker: Rise Up Leader Tanzila Khan, Founder of Girlythings.pk
Details: Tuesday, July 18, 5:30pm-7:00pm at the Kigali Convention Centre, Room MH 1.2
Addressing the Multiple Burden of Youth and Gender: International Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (Hosted by Pathfinder International)
Speaker: Rise Up Leader Saro Imran, Founder of Pink Center
Details: Wednesday, July 19, 3:30pm-5:00 pm at the Kigali Convention Centre, Register here
Women Deliver Side Event, “Tracing change that happens by youth: Crowdsourcing the success of youth advocates in SRHR”
Speaker: Rise Up Leader Dr. Dagmawit Workagegnehu, Founder Safer-SRHR
Details: Wednesday, July 19, 7:00am-8:30am at the Ubumwe Grande Hotel, Register here
Digital Discrimination & Censorship Toward Female Health: Changing Big Tech
Speaker: Rise Up Leader Tanzila Khan, Founder of Girlythings.pk
Details: Thursday, July 20, 9:30am-11:00am at the Kigali Convention Centre, Room MH 2-2
