Let’s Talk About Sex
Bodily Autonomy and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights – A Corner Stone of Gender Equality
3 June
14.30-15.30 CET/ 8.30-9.30am EST
Register now and join this exciting, high-level, virtual Nordic Talk: Let’s Talk About Sex: Bodily Autonomy and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights – A Corner Stone of Gender Equality.
A woman’s right to decide on her own life and body is a corner stone of gender equality and of sustainable development. However, despite this being the 21st century, women’s right to choose is still a battle field.
Every two minutes a woman dies from complications in pregnancy or childbirth, many from unsafe abortions; every week thousands of girls are going through female genital mutilation; every year more than 225 million adolescent girls and women of reproductive age have an unmet need for family planning.
This Nordic Talk will be discussing why it is important not to shy away from talking about sex, rights and bodily autonomy, if we want a gender equal and sustainable future. It will talk about finances, politics and personal commitment – and about what actions individuals, states and multilateral organizations can and must take.
Eminent and inspiring Emtithal (Emi) Mahmoud – the two time World Champion Poet, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR and one of BBC’s 100 Most Inspirational Women – will kick us off with some enticing spoken-words, which will be followed by a fast forward, action focused panel
Speakers:
Dr. Natalia Kanem,
Executive Director, UNFPA;
Flemming Møller Mortensen,
Danish Minister for International Development and Nordic Cooperation;
Dakshitha Wickremarathne,
Issues expert and Co-Founder of Youth
Advocacy Network, Sri Lanka.
Moderator
Katja Iversen,
Executive Advisor, Gender Equality Advocate and Dane of the Year (2018)
The event is aligned with the Generation Equality Forum and its action coalition of Bodily Autonomy and SRHR.It is sponsored by Nordic Council of Ministers, and organized by Business Owner Henrik Schramm Rasmussen (www.mind-your-business.dk) and Executive Advisor, Author and Gender Equality Advocate, Katja Iversen in partnership with UNFPA, UN Women, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, and Sex & Samfund.
More information and registration here: https://bit.ly/33iBiCa