Gender, Development, and Health Panel, Oct 20th, 2006 -Ottawa
HealthBridge (formerly PATH Canada)
Invites you to attend a Panel Session on
“Gender, Development, and Health”
Friday, October 20, 2006
9:00 – 12:00
Oxford Room, Holiday Inn
111 Cooper Street , Ottawa
The Panel Session will explore global issues around Gender,
Development, and Health, featuring speakers from around the world.
The Panel speakers will address the interface of Gender and HIV and
AIDS, reproductive health, nutrition and agriculture, and tobacco
control, engaging men and women in gender equality, and how gender
equality can lead to reduced vulnerability.
• Seating is limited. RSVP to
Pamela Lee [log in to unmask]
no later than October 13, 2006
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The objectives of the Panel Session are to explore the following
questions:
* What is understood by “Gender Equality”, and what is its
relationship with health in development?
* How does gender influence vulnerability in development and health,
and how can the impact of gender vulnerability be reduced?
* What is Canada’s development policy on gender and development,
particularly related to health? And how are these policies translated
into programs?
* What are some opportunities and challenges of engaging men and women
in working towards gender equality?
PROGRAM
9:00 – 12:00
Moderator: Maureen Law, Board Member, Past Director General, Health
Sciences, IDRC
Panel:
1. Louise Holt, Director, Social Development Policies, CIDA: The
Importance of Gender Equality in Advancing CIDA's Health Sector
Investments.
2. Cate Hankins, Associate Director, Strategic Information & Chief
Scientific Advisor, UNAIDS: Gender Dimensions of HIV and AIDS.
3. Paula Johns, REDEH, Brazil: Gender and Smoking in Brazil: Trapped
Between Lure and Guilt.
4. Shoba John, Program Director, HealthBridge, India: Engaging men in
Reproductive Health: Experiences from Bangladesh, India, and Vietnam.
5. Renaud DePlaen, Senior Program Specialist, ECOHEALTH, IDRC:
Nutrition, Agriculture, and Health: Why is Gender Important?
AGAIN......
HealthBridge (formerly PATH Canada)
Invites you to attend a Panel Session on
“Gender, Development, and Health”
Friday, October 20, 2006, 9:00 – 12:00
Oxford Room, Holiday Inn
111 Cooper Street , Ottawa
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