A virtual launch event to unveil a first-of-its-kind study highlighting the experiences, insights, and perspectives of adolescents and youth on the gendered impact of COVID-19 on SRHR.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on girls and women, in all their intersecting identities, and has exposed and exacerbated gender inequalities worldwide, critically undermining progress across every measure of development, including safeguarding sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). How do we move forward to ensure that progress made on gender equality and toward realizing SRHR is not lost?
Led and conceptualized by youth advocates, this event will center Women Deliver’s recent research exploring the effects of the pandemic on access to SRHR services, information, and products in low- and middle-income countries, with a particular focus on India, Kenya, and Nigeria. This study is one of the first of its kind to directly highlight the first-hand experiences, insights, and perspectives of adolescents and youth on the gendered impact of COVID-19 on SRHR. Youth advocates were engaged in all phases of this research: design, data collection and provision, the validation of findings, and policy recommendation formulation.
This event will feature a multi-stakeholder, intergenerational discussion on global and country-level perspectives on the research’s key findings and policy recommendations. We are excited to hear from:
Barbara Warui Nyaga (she/her), Director of the Standing Committee for Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS 2021/2025, International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA)
Dr. Deepa Prasad (she/her), Chief of Programmes, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) India Office
Dr. Ian Askew (he/him), Advisor, Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization (WHO)
Kinza Hasan (she/her), Manager, Policy and Advocacy, Women Deliver
Maliha Khan (she/her), President and Chief Executive Officer, Women Deliver
Margaret Bolaji-Adegbola (she/her), Executive Director and Founder, Stand With A Girl (SWAG) Initiative
The event will be moderated by Eglė Janušonytė (she/her), Women Deliver Young Leader, Resident Doctor in Dermatology, and Vice-chair of the Healthcare Constituency at the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH).
Additional speakers forthcoming.
Live interpretation will be available in English, French, and Spanish. International Sign Language will also be provided. This event will be recorded.
