June 6 & 7, July 26, 2022

Virtual

The theme of the Gender Plus Summit 2022 was Power and Partnerships: Centering Equity in Global Development and Humanitarian Programs, and was held on June 6-7 and July 26, 2022. The event had 5 sectoral tracks (Economic Empowerment, Transformational Health, Inclusive Education, Climate Change/Environment and Gender-based Violence) and helped to answer 3 key questions:  

  1. What does an equitable, inclusive, accessible and/or intersectional partnership among institutions look like? 

  2. What are the biggest barriers and approaches to achieving transformational partnerships among institutions? 

  3. What evidence and wisdom is there that more equitable partnerships help catalyze greater gender equality, social inclusion, accessibility, safeguarding and program results?

    Click here to view the recommendations and list of tools that emerged from the Summit.
    Scroll below for links to all video recordings and PowerPoint presentations from the Summit.

FEATURED VIDEOS

General

    • Elise Young, Senior Technical Advisor, GESSI

    • Andrea Bertone, Director, GESSI

    • Habtamu Buli, Disability Inclusion Technical Officer

    • Tessie San Martin, CEO

    • Moderator: Carolyn Kitione, Regional Focal Point, Shifting the Power Coalition, Fiji

    • Wanjiru Maina, Frida Young Feminist Fund, Kenya

    • Alinafe Malonje, Transform Education, Co-founder of Wona Collective, Malawi

    • Reema Nanavaty, Director, Self Employed Women’s Association, India

    • Abia Akram, CEO, National Forum of Women with Disabilities, Pakistan

  • Video

    • Lightning Speaker: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

      • Cherrylin B Casuga, President and Owner, Casuga Integrated Farm School, Philippines

    • Lightening Speaker: Eliminating All Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls

      • Savithri Wijesekera, Executive Director, Women in Need (WIN), Sri Lanka

    • Closeout

      • Sumita Taneja, Director of Country Office Programs, FHI 360, India

Day 1: Welcome and Orientation

    • Elise Young, Senior Technical Advisor, GESSI

    • Andrea Bertone, Director, GESSI

    • Habtamu Buli, Disability Inclusion Technical Officer

    • Tessie San Martin, CEO

    • Moderator: Diana Prieto, Director, Office of Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment, USAID, US

    • Nidhi Goyal, Executive Director, Rising Flame, India

    • Mustafa Kudrati, CEO, Plan International USA, US

    • Tarek Zeidan, Executive Director, Helem, LGBTQIA+ Rights Organization, Lebanon

    • C.D. Glin, Global Head of Philanthropy, PepsiCo Inc. & VP, PepsiCo Foundation, US

    • Carole Ageng’o, Regional Director, Africa, HelpAge International, Kenya

    • Gayatri Malhotra, MEL Specialist, EnCompass LLC, US

    • Catherine Edeh, Executive Director, Voice of Disability Initiative, Nigeria

Day 2: Welcome, Plenary Session & Lightning Speakers

    • Elise Young, Senior Technical Advisor, GESSI, FHI 360, US

    • Habtamu Buli, Disability Inclusion Technical Officer, FHI 360, US

    • Andrea Bertone, Director, GESSI, FHI 360, US

    • Moderator: Bama Athreya, Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Hub and the Inclusive Development Hub, USAID, US

    • Peggie Ramaphane, Executive Director, Women Against Rape, Botswana

    • Joyce Mbataru, Communication and Development Officer, Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association, Kenya

Day 3: Opening Remarks and Fireside Chat Video Recordings

    • Elise Young, asesora técnica principal, GESSI, FHI 360, EE.UU.

    • Habtamu Buli, Oficial Técnico de Inclusión de la Discapacidad, FHI 360, EE.UU.

    • Andrea Bertone, Director, GESSI, FHI 360, EE.UU.

    • Moderator: Bama Athreya, Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Hub and the Inclusive Development Hub, USAID, US

    • Peggie Ramaphane, Executive Director, Women Against Rape, Botswana

    • Joyce Mbataru, Communication and Development Officer, Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association, Kenya

Día 3: Comentarios de apertura & Charla informal

    • Elise Young, Conseillère technique principale, GESSI, FHI 360, US

    • Habtamu Buli, Responsable technique de l'inclusion des personnes handicapées, FHI 360, US

    • Andrea Bertone, Directeur, GESSI, FHI 360, US

    • Peggie Ramaphane, directrice exécutive, Women Against Rape, Botswana

    • Joyce Mbataru, responsable de la communication et du développement, Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association, Kenya

Jour 3: Remarques d'ouverture & Discussion informelle

Track: Economic Empowerment

  • Video

    • Moderator: Aisha Rahamatali, Senior Manager for Women's Economic Justice and Rights, CARE, Ivory Coast

    • Malini Patel, Senior Associate, Banyan Global, US

    • Jennifer Hansel, Team Lead and Senior Advisor, Women's Economic Empowerment, Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Hub (GenDev) - WEE Portfolio, USAID, US

    • Wendy Cruz, Coordinadora, Plataforma 25 de Noviembre, Honduras

    • Dalila de Jesús Vásquez y Vásquez, Asociación de Mujeres Madre Tierra, Guatemala

  • Video Powerpoint

    • Moderator: Julie Noble, New Business Director, IESC, US

    • Anjana Kulasekara, Founder & CEO, CareerMe, Sri Lanka

    • Nicole Goldin, Global Head, Inclusive Economic Growth, Abt Associates, US

    • Fatima Adamu, Nana Women and Girls Empowerment Initiative, Nigeria

    • Aida Cherkaoui-Piro, GESI Advisor, ISED-BMK, FHI 360, Morocco

  • Video Powerpoint

    • Moderator: Kristin Wilcox, Chief of Party, USAID CLEAR, Global Communities

    • Elena Ratoi, Program Officer, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Moldova

    • Doina Postica, Staff Attorney, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ROLI), Moldova

    • Mabel Bejarano Cobo, Technical Advisor for Savings Groups and Women´s Empowerment, Global Communities, Guatemala

    • Tsolmontuya Altankhundaga, Deputy Program Manager for Women’s Economic Empowerment Program, The Asia Foundation, Mongolia

  • Video Powerpoint

    • Moderator: Jenn Williamson, Vice President, Gender and Social Inclusion, ACDI/VOCA, US

    • Larissa Schneider, Especialista Senior, Marketshare Associates, US

    • Carolina Blackburn, Directora Ejecutiva, Fundación ACDI/VOCA América Latina, Colombia

    • Adriana Ramos, Gerente de Gestión del Talento y Desarrollo, Banco Popular, Colombia

Economic Empowerment (English)

  • Video

    • Moderator: Jenn Williamson, Vicepresidenta, Género e Inclusión Social, ACDI/VOCA, EE.UU.

    • Larissa Schneider, Senior Specialist, Marketshare Associates, US

    • Carolina Blackburn, Executive Director, Fundación ACDI/VOCA Latin America, Colombia

    • Adriana Ramos, Talent Management & Dev Manager, Banco Popular, Colombia

Empoderamiento económico (Español)

  • Video

    • Modératrice : Julie Noble, Directrice des affaires nouvelles, IESC, États-Unis

    • Anjana Kulasekara, Fondatrice et PDG, CareerMe, Sri Lanka

    • Nicole Goldin, directrice mondiale, Croissance économique inclusive, Abt Associates, États-Unis

    • Fatima Adamu, Nana Women and Girls Empowerment Initiative, Nigeria

    • Aida Cherkaoui-Piro, Conseillère GESI, ISED-BMK, FHI 360, Maroc

Autonomisation économique (Français)

Track: Inclusive Education

  • Video Powerpoint

    • Moderator: Elise Young, Senior Technical Advisor, GESSI, FHI 360, US

    • Sujata Bordoloi, Education and Gender Specialist, UNGEI Secretariat, US

    • LeAnna Marr, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator and Acting Senior Coordinator of United States International Basic Education Assistance, USAID, US

    • Ngô Ngọc Nga, Co-Coordinator, Mirror Mirror Vietnam Youth Organization, Member of Transform Education, Viet Nam

  • Video Powerpoint

    • Moderator: Maegan Shanks, Faculty and Program Assistant for International Development M.A. Program Gallaudet University

    • Gloria Diamond, Policy Advocacy and Evidence Lead, UNGEI Secretariat, UK

    • Madho Lwango, GESI Advisor, CYERA, FHI 360, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    • Grace Ilori, Voice of Disability Initiative, Nigeria

  • Video Powerpoint

    • Moderator: Marla Chaneta, International Project Associate, Education Development Center, US

    • Donatilla Kanimba, Executive Director, Rwanda Union of the Blind, Rwanda

    • Catherine Edeh, Executive Director, Voice of Disability Initiative, Nigeria

    • Mugarira Ntazika Eleazar, Mon Bamboo Company, Rwanda

  • Video

    • Moderator: Jonathan, Youth Leader, US

    • Khadijah Turner, Campaigns Officer, Plan International Global Hub, UK

    • Lucia, Equality Accelerator, Guatemala

    • Leidy, Youth Leader, Champions of Change, El Salvador

    • Hellen Alobo, Gender Specialist, Plan International, South Sudan

Inclusive Education (English)

  • Video

    • Moderator: Elise Young, Senior Technical Advisor, GESSI, FHI 360, US

    • Sujata Bordoloi, Especialista en Educación y Género, Secretaría de UNGEI, US

    • LeAnna Marr, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator and Acting Senior Coordinator of United States International Basic Education Assistance, USAID, US

    • Ngô Ngọc Nga, Co-Coordinator, Mirror Mirror Vietnam Youth Organization, Member of Transform Education, Viet Nam

  • Video

    • Moderador: Jonathan, Líder Juvenil, EE.UU.

    • Khadijah Turner, Oficial de Campañas, Plan International Global Hub, Reino Unido

    • Lucia, Acelerador de Igualdad, Guatemala

    • Leidy, Líder Juvenil, Campeones del Cambio, El Salvador

    • Hellen Alobo, Especialista en Género, Plan International, Sudán del Sur

Educación inclusiva (Español)

Track: Transformative Health

  • Video

    • Moderator: Elizabeth Stones, Senior Gender and Inclusive Development Specialist, EnCompass LLC, US

    • Heran Abebe Tadesse, Senior Gender Advisor, EnCompass and USAID Transform: Primary Health Care Activity, Ethiopia

    • Joy Angulo, Gender, Youth, and Adolescents Specialist, EnCompass and USAID Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Activity, Uganda

    • Tayechalem Girma Moges, Assistant Professor, University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda

    • Elsie Nzale Sang, Project Coordinator, Nairobi Programmes, Save the Children, Kenya

    • Yvette Alal, Technical Manager, Violence Against Women Prevention Team, Raising Voices, Uganda

  • Video

    • Moderator: Diane Kingston, Social Inclusion Technical Lead, Sightsavers, UK

    • Nidhi Goyal, Executive Director, Rising Flame, India

    • Sumrana Yasmin, Global Technical Lead for Eye Health, Sightsavers, Pakistan

    • Esenam Drah, Project Coordinator, Mental Health Society of Ghana, Ghana

    • Lois Auta, President, Network of Women with Disabilities, NigeriaTrack: Climate Change and Environment

  • Video Powerpoint

    • Moderator: Myra Betron, Director of Gender, JHPIEGO, US

    • Rafael Valdizón, Coordinador Regional, ASECSA, JHPIEGO, Guatemala

    • Dr. Blandine Aveledi Nanga, Save the Children

    • Bhekizitha Sithole, Asesor Técnico, EPiC, FHI 360, Eswatini

  • Video

    • Moderator: Hadiza Khamofu, Country Director, FHI 360, Nigeria

    • Alfred Yeboah, Regional Director Africa, Grameen Foundation, WAGE, Ghana

    • Daniel Mensah, Executive Director, Healthkeepers Network, WAGE, Ghana

    • Makplang Milaham, Senior Technical Advisor, AHNi, Nigeria

    • Fatima Adamu, Chair, Nana Women and Girls Empowerment Initiative, Nigeria

  • Video

    • Bonita Qio, Coordinator, Pacific Rainbows Advocacy Network, Fiji

    • Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls, Regional Manager, Shifting the Power Coalition, Fiji

    • Nicha Rongram, Technical Officer, EPiC, FHI 360 Thailand

Transformative Health (English)

  • Video

    • Moderator: Myra Betron, Directora de Género, JHPIEGO, EEUU

    • Rafael Valdizón, Regional Coordinator, ASECSA, JHPIEGO, Guatemala

    • Dr. Blandine Aveledi Nanga, Save the Children

    • Bhekizitha Sithole, Technical Advisor, EPiC, FHI 360, Eswatini

Salud transformadora (Español)

  • Video

    • Moderator: Myra Betron, Director of Gender, JHPIEGO, US

    • Rafael Valdizón, Regional Coordinator, ASECSA, JHPIEGO, Guatemala

    • Dr. Blandine Aveledi Nanga, Save the Children

    • Bhekizitha Sithole, Technical Advisor, EPiC, FHI 360, Eswatini

La santé transformative (Français)

Track: Climate Change and Environment

  • Video Powerpoint

    • Moderator: Kelly Perry, Senior Technical Officer, Strategy and M&E, FHI 360, Thailand

    • Prakash Tyagi, Executive Director, GRAVIS, (HelpAge Network Member), India

    • Raquel Fratta, Program Director, Moises Bertoni Foundation, Paraguay

  • Video

    • Opening Remarks: Luis Felipe Duchicela, USAID Senior Advisor for Indigenous Peoples' Issues, US

    • Moderator: Rita Spadafora, Program Lead for Capacity Development & Inclusion at Indigenous Peoples Alliance for Rights & Development (IPARD), Colombia

    • Laddie Vernaza, Leader and Activist of the Consejo Comunitario Rio Patia Grande Sus Brazos Y Ensenada Acapa (ACAPA) Community Council, Colombia

    • Winsthon Abadía, Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Sivirú, Usaragá, Pizarro and Pilizá (SUPP) Coordinator at the USAID/Chemonics Paramos & Forests Activity, Colombia

    • Esneda Saavedra, Governor of the Yukpa Indigenous Reserve, Colombia

    • Jorge Lotero, Protected Area Conservation Lead at the USAID/Chemonics Natural Wealth Activity, Colombia

  • Video Powerpoint

    • Moderator: Betty Barkha, Environment & Climate Change Technical Advisor, FHI 360, Australia

    • Carolyn Kitione, Regional Focal Point, Shifting the Power Coalition, Fiji

    • Prakash Tyagi, Executive Director, GRAVIS (HelpAge Network member), India

    • Nguyễn Trần Thuỷ Tiên, Psycho-Education and Applied Research Center for the Deaf (PARD), Vietnam

    • Audrey Cooper, Associate Professor & Program Director, International Development MA Program, Gallaudet University, US

Climate Change and Environment (English)

  • Video

    • Moderator: Kelly Perry, Senior Technical Officer, Strategy and M&E, FHI 360, Thailand

    • Prakash Tyagi, Executive Director, GRAVIS, (HelpAge Network Member), India

    • Raquel Fratta, Directora de Programas, Fundación Moisés Bertoni, Paraguay

  • Video

    • Discurso de apertura: Luis Felipe Duchicela, Asesor Principal de USAID para Asuntos de los Pueblos Indígenas, EE.UU.

    • Moderador: Rita Spadafora, Responsable del Programa de Desarrollo de Capacidades e Inclusión de la Alianza de Pueblos Indígenas por los Derechos y el Desarrollo (IPARD), Colombia

    • Laddie Vernaza, líder y activista del Consejo Comunitario Río Patia Grande Sus Brazos Y Ensenada Acapa (ACAPA), Colombia

    • Winsthon Abadía, Coordinador de la Reducción de Emisiones por Deforestación y Degradación de los Bosques (REDD+) Sivirú, Usaragá, Pizarro y Pilizá (SUPP) en la Actividad de Paramos y Bosques de USAID/Chemonics, Colombia

    • Esneda Saavedra, Gobernadora del Resguardo Indígena Yukpa, Colombia

    • Jorge Lotero, Jefe de Conservación de Áreas Protegidas en la Actividad de Riqueza Natural de USAID/Chemonics, Colombia

Cambio climático y medio ambiente (Español)

Track: Gender-based Violence

  • Video

    • Moderator: Andrea Bertone, Director, GESSI, FHI 360, US

    • Marianne Kajokaya, Country Director, Women for Women Intl, South Sudan

    • Grace Dorong, Executive Director, Root of Generations, South Sudan

    • Mariam Abualatta, Fundraising and International Relations Officer, Aisha Association for Woman and Child Protection, Palestine

  • Video

    • Anne Eckman, GBV Technical Expert (consultant), EnCompass LLC, US

    • Annet Namunane, GEYSI Advisor, MarketShare Associates, Uganda

    • Jenn Williamson, AWE Gender and Agriculture Systems Advisor and Vice President of Gender and Social Inclusion, ACDI/VOCA, US

  • Video

    • Moderator: Michele Lanham, Gender-based Violence Technical Advisor, FHI 360, US

    • Margaret Greene, Founder and Executive Director, GreeneWorks, US

    • Festus Kisa, Director, Q-Initiative, Kenya

    • Edgar Bernardo, Program Director, HOPEM, Mozambique (MenEngage Alliance)

  • Video

    • Moderator: Andrea Bertone, Director, GESSI, FHI 360, US

    • Misti Ashrafun, Executive Director, Women with Disabilities Development Foundation, Bangladesh

    • Ibrahim Aqel, Director, Institute for Family Health, King Hussein Foundation, Jordan

    • Zhyldyz Abdyldaeva, GESI Manager, Active Communities, FHI 360, Kyrgyzstan

    • Sushmita Mukherjee, Director, Gender and Adolescent Girls, PCI, India

Gender-based Violence (English)

  • Video

    • Moderator: Andrea Bertone, Director, GESSI, FHI 360, US

    • Marianne Kajokaya, Country Director, Women for Women Intl, South Sudan

    • Grace Dorong, Executive Director, Root of Generations, South Sudan

    • Mariam Abualatta, Fundraising and International Relations Officer, Aisha Association for Woman and Child Protection, Palestine

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