Symposium
“Gender Discrimination and its Impact on Health Equity”
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Geneva, October 24, 2014
Scientific Coordination: Dr. Eduardo Missoni
9:00 – 9:30 – Welcome address and introduction of participants
- Dr. Tayeb Alhafez, President and founder of GHEF
tayeb.alhafez@ghef.org
9:30 – 12:30 – Morning session
9:30 – 10:45
- Gender discrimination and its impact on health equity: a framework for discussion (20min)
- Presenter: Dr. Eduardo Missoni, Coordinator, Global Health and Development, Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management and GERGAS at Universita Bocconi, Milano, Italia – GHEF Scientific Coordinator
Eduardo.missoni@ghef.org
- Presenter: Dr. Eduardo Missoni, Coordinator, Global Health and Development, Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management and GERGAS at Universita Bocconi, Milano, Italia – GHEF Scientific Coordinator
- Gender related impacts on health and common intersecting equity variables (20min)
- Presenter: Joanna J. Vogel, World Health Organization (WHO)
vogelj@who.int
- Presenter: Joanna J. Vogel, World Health Organization (WHO)
10:45 – 11:00 – Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30
- Gender inequities and health protection: Some critical observations (max. 20min)
- Presenter: Xenia Scheil Adlung, International Labour Organization (ILO)
scheil@ilo.org
- Presenter: Xenia Scheil Adlung, International Labour Organization (ILO)
- The economic and health costs of violence against women and girls (20min)
- Presenter: Nata Duvury, Co-Director, Global Women’s Studies and Leader of Gender and Public Policy Cluster in the Whitaker Institute at National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
nata.duvvury@nuigalway.ie
- Presenter: Nata Duvury, Co-Director, Global Women’s Studies and Leader of Gender and Public Policy Cluster in the Whitaker Institute at National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- The commodification of health and its impact on women’s health rights (20min)
- Presenter: Nicoletta Dentico, Co-Director Health Innovation in Practice, former coordinator Democratizing Global Health Coalition, and founder of SeNonOrgQuando, Italy
nicolettadentico@libero.it
- Presenter: Nicoletta Dentico, Co-Director Health Innovation in Practice, former coordinator Democratizing Global Health Coalition, and founder of SeNonOrgQuando, Italy
12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch break
Afternoon session
14:00 – 15:30
- Gender equity and the HIV pandemic (20min)
- Presenter: Prof. Lesley Doyal, Emeritus Professor of Health and Social Care at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK
l.doyal@bristol.ac.uk
- Presenter: Prof. Lesley Doyal, Emeritus Professor of Health and Social Care at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK
- Gender inequity caused by cultural and religious practices aimed at ensuring a girl’s virginity (20min)
- Presenter: Lesley Lever, Author, former CEO World Association of Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGS), UK
lesley@lesleylever.co.uk
- Presenter: Lesley Lever, Author, former CEO World Association of Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGS), UK
- Possibilities and pitfalls for gender mainstreaming. Lessons from mental health programmes in England (20min)
- Presenter: Dr. Karen Newbigging, Senior Lecturer at the Health Services Management Centre at University of Birmingham, UK
KNewbigging@uclan.ac.uk
- Presenter: Dr. Karen Newbigging, Senior Lecturer at the Health Services Management Centre at University of Birmingham, UK
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 17:00
- Navigating the gender minefield: An IPV prevention campaign sheds light on gender gap (20min)
- Presenter: Dr. Sarah Keller, Professor, Department of Communication and Theatre, Montana State University Billings, US
skeller@msubillings.edu
- Presenter: Dr. Sarah Keller, Professor, Department of Communication and Theatre, Montana State University Billings, US
- Conflicts and gender discrimination in health (20min)
- Question & Answers session with Dr. Kasturi Sen, Wolfson College (CR) University of Oxford, UK
Conclusions
17:00 – 17:30
- Where do we go from here? Collaborative projects: challenges and opportunities
- Discussants: Prof. Christopher Heginbotham, Visiting Professor at the University of Cumbria, UK
chrisheginbotham@btinternet.comDipl.-Vw. Ines Weinhold, Research Associate, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany
ines.weinhold@tu-dresden.de
- Discussants: Prof. Christopher Heginbotham, Visiting Professor at the University of Cumbria, UK
- Concluding remarks
- Tayeb Alhafez, President and founder of GHEF
Dinner
19:00
Participants are invited to the Restaurant Chateu de Penthes
Restaurant is adjacent to the campus of the Geneva School of Diplomacy, where the symposium will be held.