Women s Empowerment and Reproductive Health Stocktaking Roundtable after G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany 2017 Agenda and Participants Berlin, 14 July 2017 Following the G20 Summit meeting in Hamburg, Germany (July 7-8), the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and the (EMSD / GIZ), in partnership with Global Health Strategies (GHS), host this one day roundtable in order to take stock of current global as well as country-level dynamics regarding women s rights, both in socio-economic terms as well as in fundamental sexual and reproductive health and rights. Friday, July 14, 2017 09:00 09:30 Registration, Tea & Coffee GIZ Offices Berlin Room Buenos Aires Köthener Straße 2-3, 10963 Berlin, Germany 09:30 09:45 Welcome Remarks and Introduction Antje Uhlig, Lead Sustainable Economic Policy,, Berlin Ashok Malik, Head of Neighbourhood Regional Studies Initiative, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Delhi Anjali Nayyar, Executive Vice-President, Global Health Strategies (GHS) Africa and Asia, Delhi 09:45 10:00 Round of Introductions All participants 10:00 11:00 Overview and Setting the Scene Gender equality is still an elusive goal in most countries around the globe. This is not only highlighted by the difficulties to find to unequivocal messages in global bodies in this regard, but also starkly illustrated by persisting inequalities and the success of reactionary movements in countries where equality of men and women has long been constitutionally and/or legally embraced. The first session will provide a context from global perspective, also highlighting the role of the G20 in this context and prospects for the upcoming Argentinian presidency. Chair: Ashok Malik, Head of Neighbourhood Regional Studies Initiative, ORF, Delhi Kick-off Presentations (7 min) and Open Floor Discussion (30 min) Anjali Nayyar, Executive Vice-President, GHS Africa and Asia, Delhi Angela Bähr, Program Director, German Foundation for World Population (DSW), Berlin Gülden Türktan, W20 Founding President and Chair W20 Turkey, Women s Entrepreneur Association of Turkey (Kadiger), Istanbul Open Floor Discussion (30 min)
11:00 11:15 Coffee / Tea 11:15 12:45 Session 1: Women s Reproductive Health and Rights in Emerging Economies 12:45 13:30 Lunch This session is an opportunity to highlight diverse challenges around reproductive health and rights specifically including the area of safe abortion through case studies of at least four emerging economies within the G20. As the 2017 G20 president, Germany has actively championed global health and reproductive care, but the state of reproductive health and rights in a rapidly evolving global environment calls for more international efforts in this space. The session will: Provide an overview of the full range of issues that make up reproductive health; Emphasize the context-specific challenges encountered by select emerging economies, including legal, economic, cultural/religious stigma and gender-based violence Chair: Barkha Dutt, Former News Anchor, New Delhi Television Limited, Delhi Kick-off Presentations (7 min): Context Setting: Sushma Kapoor, Vice President, GHS; Former Deputy Regional Program Director, UN Women, South Asia Country Case Analyses: Brazil - Margareth Arilha, Senior Researcher, University of Campinas, Campinas India - Kalpana Apte, Executive Director, Family Planning Association of India, Mumbai South Africa - Tlaleng Mofokeng, Vice-Chair, Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition; Medical Columnist, Sunday Times, Johannesburg Kenya - Catherine Nyambura, Advocacy Programme Associate at the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), Nairobi Open Floor Discussion (45 min) 13:30 14:45 Session 2: Women s Social and Economic Empowerment From reproductive health to overall social and economic empowerment for women: what are the legal and policy challenges that need to be overcome? And how to do so? How can civil society further drive social and economic empowerment from grassroots reproductive rights campaigning to policy recommendations? To achieve the desired empowerment and equality, private actors need to step up, too. What are good examples of voluntary corporate actions that positively influenced policy processes? Chair: Antje Uhlig, Lead Sustainable Economic Policy, EMSD, Berlin Kick-off Presentations (7 min) and Open Floor Discussion (30 min) Policy Challenges for Legal Empowerment: Gala Diaz Langou, Social Protection Program Director, Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), Buenos Aires Civil Society Perspectives: Sonja Birnbaum, Head Berlin Office, Plan International Germany, Berlin Anand Sinha, India Country Director, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Delhi Entrepreneurship Opportunities: Gülden Türktan, W20 Founding President and Chair W20 Turkey, Women s Entrepreneur Association of Turkey (Kadiger), Istanbul Reflection on the presentations: Sridhar Venkatapuram, Senior Lecturer, Global Health and Philosophy, Kings College London, London 2 EMSD-ORF-GHS Roundtable Berlin
14:45 15:00 Coffee / Tea Open Floor Discussion (30 min) 15:00 15:45 Session 3: Priorities for G20 From Germany to Argentina: How can we take the learnings of the developed and emerging markets perspectives on reproductive health, social and economic empowerment as discussed today and feed them into the G20 process? Which avenues does the G20 process provide, what was discussed during the German G20 presidency particularly looking at W20 and B20, and what can (or should?) Argentina contribute? Chair: Nina Roth, Senior Advisor, EMSD, Berlin Juliane Rosin, Head, W20 Germany, National Council of German Women s Organizations, Berlin Susana Balbo, Entrepreneur, Special Advisor, W20 Argentina, Buenos Aires 15:45 16:00 Wrap-Up and Conclusion Ashok Malik, Head of Neighbourhood Regional Studies Initiative, ORF, Delhi Daniel Taras, Global Programme Director EMSD, Berlin 16:00 16:30 Networking: Coffee, Tea and Snacks 3 EMSD-ORF-GHS Roundtable Berlin
List of Speakers and Participants No Argentina Name Institution Title 1 Susana Balbo W20 Argentina Special Advisor 2 Gala Diaz Langou CIPPEC Brazil Social Protection Program Director 3 Margareth Arilha University of Campinas Senior Researcher Germany 4 Angela Bähr German Foundation for World Population Program Director 5 Sonja Birnbaum Plan International Germany Head of Berlin Office 6 Juliane Rosin 7 Nina Roth 8 Katharina Stahlecker 9 Daniel Taras 10 Antje Uhlig 11 Astrid Valentiner India National Council of German Women s Organizations German Foundation for World Population Head, W20 Germany Senior Advisor Project assistant Global Program Director Lead, Sustainable Economic Policy Advocacy Officer 12 Kalpana Apte Family Planning Association of India Executive Director 13 Barkha Dutt New Delhi Television Limited Former News Anchor 14 Sushma Kapoor Global Health Strategies Vice President 15 Ashok Malik Observer Research Foundation 16 Vidisha Mishra Observer Research Foundation Head of Neighbourhood Regional Studies Initiative Lead Gender/Junior Research Fellow 17 Anjali Nayyar Global Health Strategies Exec Vice President 18 Anand Sinha David and Lucile Packard Foundation India Country Director Kenya 19 Catherine Nyambura South Africa 20 Tlaleng Mofokeng Turkey African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition Advocacy Programme Associate Vice Chair 4 EMSD-ORF-GHS Roundtable Berlin
UK 21 Gülden Türktan Kadiger / W20 Turkey Chair 22 Robin Gorna She Decides Support Unit Co-Lead 23 Sridhar Venkatapuram USA Senior Lecturer, Global Health and Philosophy Kings College London 24 Alex Kendall Global Health Strategies Director 5 EMSD-ORF-GHS Roundtable Berlin