Plenary III

Putting women and girls first for humanitarian action, peace and development

Chair: Hon. Irene Mathyssen, MP, Canada and Hon. Issa Mardo Djabir, MP, Chad

Intervention: Luay Shabaneh, Regional Director, ASRO, UNFPA

Keynote addresses:

H.E. Dr. Diene Keita, Minister for Cooperation and African Integration, Guinea
Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister for International Development, Canada
Hon. Khamis Atieh, MP, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jordan

On Video

In Tweets

“For women living in humanitarian setting with often precarious conditions, #SRHR is life-saving work.” Min Bibeau at the #IPCI2018 speaking about needs of #women and #girls in humanitarian settings. pic.twitter.com/SMVcFKcj7y
— Development Canada (@CanadaDev) October 23, 2018

“We need to increase our engagement on sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian settings.

It is our duty as parliamentarians.”

— @mclaudebibeau @CanadaDev #IPCI2018 #SRHR pic.twitter.com/Jdj12Y1n42
— UNFPA (@UNFPA) October 23, 2018

“We believe in the power of girls, in their potential, in what they can become if they’re treated as equal.

We see reproductive rights as central to the empowerment of women.”

— @ShabanehLuay @UNFPA_Arabic #IPCI2018 #SRHR pic.twitter.com/m8dDQjNVRu
— UNFPA (@UNFPA) October 23, 2018

We have the power of choice, the question is how do we intend to use it in order to to zero maternal, zero unmet needs and zero gender based violence #IPCI2018 . Together we can get there @Atayeshe @mclaudebibeau pic.twitter.com/hwAwsPjGr6
— Diene Keita (@diene_keita) October 23, 2018

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