Gender equality and economic empowerment are at the forefront of the global agenda. Investing in women and girls spurs universal gains, yet today women still earn less, hold fewer leadership positions, and do twice as much unpaid work as men. How are global networks paving the off-ramp, cracking the concrete ceiling and battling gender stereotypes? What solutions are expanding opportunity, creating impactful change and galvanizing action?
The 2017 Global Health Symposium brought together leaders, the next generation, and stakeholders from across sectors to explore how innovation, storytelling, and immersive technologies are improving the lives of women and children globally.
The 2016 International Women’s Day Global Health Symposium explored the health of the next generation for women and girls locally, nationally, and internationally. Together with a network of the international thought-leaders, the Council on Global Affairs put together a series of keynotes and break-out sessions exploring new advances in women’s health, what is working, and where more effort is needed.
On March 6, 2015, the Council partnered with 25 organizations to host its third annual Global Health Symposium dedicated to exploring many of the inter-related challenges facing women at the local, national, and international level. More than 400 attended the event in honor of International Women’s Day, where development and health experts and advocates discussed a wide variety of ideas on improving global women’s health.
On March 6, 2014, the Chicago hosted the second half-day International Women’s Day Global Health Symposium under the auspices of the Women and Global Development Forum. This symposium examined the economic, political, geographic, and cultural factors involved in addressing global women’s health and explored the theme of how women are affecting change in the health field–locally and globally.
In honor of International Women’s Day, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted a half-day Global Health Symposium under the auspices of the Council’s Women and Global Development Forum. The purpose of this symposium was to examine the complex economic, political, geographic, and cultural factors involved in addressing global women’s health, and the symposium seeks to be a culmination of the Council’s programming on women and health issues. Women’s health issues are interdisciplinary in nature and significantly impact the lives and productivity of women, their families, and communities around the world. The topics to be discussed include: maternal mortality and health, family planning, infectious diseases, indoor air pollution, food security, and health equity.