Taryn Russell

Deputy Executive Director

Results Canada

Event Schedule

DAY 1

20 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
07:00 am EET	08:30 am EET	People Power! Investing in Community Health Workers for Health Equity Side Event Kigali Convention Center - Room AD 11	Around the world, community health workers (CHWs) – the majority of whom are women- are making health care accessible to millions of people every day. However, due to a Read More Around the world, community health workers (CHWs) – the majority of whom are women- are making health care accessible to millions of people every day. However, due to a lack of effective integration within health systems structures, CHWs are not always properly identified or recognized as a key part of the health workforce and the vast majority remain underpaid, or altogether unpaid. This session will make the case for why we must make smart and sustainable investments in the people in communities who are the very foundation of effective and resilient health systems. Breakfast 7:00-7:30. Panel 7:30-8:30 Organizer: Results Canada and UNICEF Canada Read Less Speakers Stella Anyangwe End Polo Now Coordinator Rotary International Taryn Russell Deputy Executive Director Results Canada Rafiat Akinokun Young Leader Women Deliver Megan Aikens Director, Strategic Partnerships & Gender Equality Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health (CanWaCH) Julianna Lindsey Country Representative UNICEF

Speakers

Deborah Nyirenda

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Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki

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Magdalene Dorto

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Stella Anyangwe

End Polo Now Coordinator Rotary International

Taryn Russell

Deputy Executive Director Results Canada

Rafiat Akinokun

Youth Advorate and cub's health nurse

Claude Mambo Muvunyi

Director General Rwanda Biomedical Center

Melania Chiponda

Gender and Climate Advisor The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)

Dr. Lisa Avery

Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba; Director Africa Initiatives

Kathryn Toure

Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office IDRC

Anis Farid

Research Project Manager Women's Aid Organisation

Tawakkol Karman

Nobel Peace Price Laureate Tawakkol Karman Foundation

Yashmin Fernandes

Director Women's Digital Financial Inclusion Hub, Women's World Banking

Blandine Umuziranenge

Founder and CEO Kosmotivr

Djeinaba Kane

Advocacy & Partnership Lead AfricaNenda

Aries Setiadi

Managing Director Fintech Association Indonesia

Hanna Lemma

Co-founder & Contributor Addis Powerhouse

Carmen Correa

CEO Pro Mujer

Patricia Elias

Every Woman International Lawyer; Chief, Global Diplomatic Campaign

Lipi Rahman

Executive Director, Badabon Sangho Every Woman Indrani Fellow

Kigali Convention Center - KG 2 Roundabout, Kigali, Rwanda

contact@wd2023-conference.org

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