Inaugural World Women’s Health and Development Forum - part 1

The World Women’s Health and Development Forum, organised by the Royal Academy of Science International Trust (RASIT) in partnership with the United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs, aims to advance the health, wealth and empowerment of women in all of their diverse communities. The Forum is the first international step towards a collaborative approach to women’s health and wellbeing.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Side Events
• Video Length: 01:53:30
• Production Date: 11 February 2015
• Asset Language: Original
• Personal Subject: BAN KI-MOON
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS - DESA
• Subject Topical: DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WOMEN
• MAMS Id: 1298258
• Parent Id: 1297260

Description

The Forum will take place at a critical time in the Post-2015 process. As the international community strives to achieve the Millennium Development Goals while formulating the Post-2015 Development Agenda including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 2015 is recognised to be a once-in-a-generation opportunity for transformational change, with the potential to shape the future of our peoples and our planet for the better.

Yet, beyond global policy-makers and advocacy groups, most citizens are not fully aware of the contours and importance of this new Sustainable Development Agenda.

The purpose of this Forum is to harness the strategies, expertise and resources across the broadest spectrum of policy-makers, professionals, civil society and the private sector to move women’s health for sustainable development into the mainstream discourse, and spark sustained public demand for lasting political action in support of an ambitious outcome from the Post-2015 Sustainable Development process.

The Forum Planning Committee has made every effort to ensure that perspectives from north/south, gender, youth, older persons, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, global geographic areas, expert constituencies, and international networks are included.

Opening Remarks
Princess Dr. Nisreen El-Hashemite, Executive Director, Royal Academy of Science International Trust, Founder of World Women’s Health and Development Forum

Speakers
Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon
Executive Director, UN Women, Under-Secretary-General Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Executive Director, UNFPA, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
Veronika Skvortsova, Minister of Health, Russian Federation
Dr. Helena Dalli, Minister for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties, Malta
Marta Arsovska Tomovska, Deputy Minister of Information Society and Administration, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Samy Gemayel, MP, Republic of Lebanon
Amir Dossal, Founder and Chairman of the Global Partnerships Forum
Youth Vision: Sigrid Semerdjian