You Are Invited, February, 27 2012:
Women's Health: Key to Climate Adaptation Strategies
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Environmental Change and Security Program
Monday, February 27, 2012, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC
5th Floor Conference Room
RSVP Agenda Directions Webcast
Kathleen Mogelgaard, Consultant, Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center
Kavita Ramdas, Executive Director for Program on Social Entrepreneurship, Stanford University
Daniel Schensul, Technical Specialist, Climate Change, Population and Development Branch, UNFPA
At a side event on “Healthy Women, Healthy Planet” in Durban, South Africa, Mary Robinson, chair of the Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health, said they saw more female leadership at this year’s UN climate change conference (COP-17). But Robinson, who is also chair of the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice, said there needs to be more explicit gender language in the COP-17 text to ensure that green climate funds support gender equity and money gets to women on the ground for adaptation.
Can family planning and reproductive health be recognized as a legitimate climate adaptation method?
Kavita Ramdas, Executive Director for Program on Social Entrepreneurship at Stanford University will focus on why international climate negotations matter for women. Daniel Schensul, a technical specialist with UNFPA, will discuss the social and human dimensions of climate change and family planning as an adaption mechanism. Kathleen Mogelgaard, a consultant with ECSP, will give an overview of latest policy dialogues emerging from COP-17 in Durban on NAPs (National Action Plans), assessing adaptation opportunities presented by integration of reproductive health and family planning interventions.
If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington DC, USA ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th floor conference room. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Due to heightened security, entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.
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