Plenary I 2018

Where have we come from?

Moderators:  Baroness Jenny Tonge, U.K., and H.E. Frederick Stephenson, MP, Minister of National Mobilisation, Social Development, Family, Gender Affairs, Persons with Disabilities and Youth St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Keynote address: Rachel Snow, Chief Population and Development Branch, UNFPA

Panel Discussion: Example(s) of how respective region orcountry has made progress since IPCI 2014 in terms of laws, policies andfunding

• Africa: Hon. Marie-Rose Nguini-Effa, MP, Cameroon, President, African ParliamentaryForum on Population and Development (FPA)

• Americas: Hon. Martha Lucia Micher, MP, Mexico

• Arab: Hon. Hala Abou Ali, MP, Egypt

• Asia: Hon. Ermalena Muslim Hasbullah, MP, Indonesia

• Europe:Hon. Ulrika Karlsson, MP, Sweden, President, European ParliamentaryForum on Population and Development (EPF)

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In Tweets

So many good friends and great champions on #SRHR together on stage at this 7th #IPCI2018 conference: @EPF_Pop_Dev president @Ulrika_Uppsala @NguiniEffa @MaluMicher @HalaAbouAli @jennytonge pic.twitter.com/Pk7bSe24C1

— Petra De Sutter (@pdsutter) October 22, 2018

So impressed and honoured to have Baroness Jenny Tonge to moderate a panel at the #IPCI2018 She was here in Ottawa 16 years ago at the first IPCI. Thank you for your wisdom! @actioncanadashr

— Darrah Teitel (@Darrahteitel) October 22, 2018

Fascinating panel about the progression of the status of women in several regions around the world! Highlights: new pregnancy legislation in Mexico City and some amazing steps made in Egypt to end child marriage, sexual harassment, and dangerous pregnancies. #IPCI2018 pic.twitter.com/Tg5blp6SA4

— IPCI (@IPCI_Conference) October 22, 2018