The Women Deliver 2023 Conference (WD2023) will take place in-person in Kigali, Rwanda, as well as virtually, from 17-20 July 2023. It is one of the largest multi-sectoral convenings to advance gender equality. The Women Deliver 2023 Conference and Global Dialogue are co-created by grassroots advocates, multilateral governments, the private sector, philanthropies, and youth, including from and representing communities facing systemic discrimination.
NCD Alliance and partners at Women Deliver 2023
Visit us at our booth (K77) in the NGO exhibition space. Other relevant side-events and events are listed below:
Beyond Coverage: Gender-responsive UHC is a right
Tuesday 18 July; 15:30-17:00 Kigali time
Room-AD12-2
Co-hosts: The Fred Hollows Foundation, The Alliance for Gender Equality and UHC
Universal Health Coverage for Gender Equality: Lessons from Civil Society and Communities
Tuesday 18 July; 9:30-11:00 Kigali time
Room-AD10.2
Co-hosts: CSEM, Success Capital Organization, Living Goods, NCD Alliance, United for Global Mental Health
A future without cervical cancer: Engaging communities for HPV vaccination
Tuesday, 18th July; 11:30 - 13:00 Kigali time
Room-MH 2.2
Co-hosts: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, GAVI, UICC
Taking Stock Towards Building a More Equitable, Non-Communicable Disease-Ready Health Care System
Women Deliver 2023 Concurrent Program
Tuesday, 18th July; 13:30 - 15:00 Kigali time
Room-MH 3.2, Kigali Convention Center, Rwanda
Co-hosts: Taskforce on Women and Non-Communicable Diseases, NCDI Poverty Network, Rwanda NCD Alliance, The George Institute for Global Health
Feminist solutions to addressing gender inequities in NCD prevention and control
Wednesday, 19th July; 10:45 - 12:00 Kigali time
Virtual Programme
Co-Hosts: WHO NCD Department + GNP/GCM, George Institute for Global Health
Igniting intergenerational power: advancing health and gender equality for women of all ages
Wednesday, 19th July; 15:45 - 17:00 CEST
Solidarity space
Co-hosts: HelpAge International, NSINDAGIZA, WHO, Equality Now, AARP
Useful Resources
Support progressive realisation of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) with a gender lens
- Paying the Price: A deep dive into the household economic burden of care experienced by people living with noncommunicable diseases [Publication]
- NCD Alliance Advocacy Priorities For the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) [Publication]
- Stregthening the health system to addres NCDs in Women: Opportunities to meet women's comprehensive health needs using a life-course approach [Infographic]
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Women and NCDs: A call to action [Factsheet]
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Say no to inter-generational transmission
Integrate NCDs into existing donor funding for women:
- Combining Care to Save Lives [Video]
- FROM SILOES TO SYNERGIES: Integrating noncommunicable disease prevention and care into global health initiatives and universal health coverage [Publication]
- Global Declaration to Eliminate Cervical Cancer
- A discussion about the Lancet Commission on Women and Cancer - Dr Ophira Ginsburg and Dr Carinna Hockham [Podcast]
- MESSAGE: Medical Science Sex and Gender Equality [Project Factsheet]
Find out more about the NCD movement
- https://actonncds.org
- About the Taskforce on Women and NCDs [Brochure]
- Promoting lifelong health among women and girls - the George Institute [Brochure]
- Learn more about the Union for International Cancer Control [Video]