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Susana Edjang. "Every Woman Every Child: Advancing the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health - Advocacy Themes and Opportunities for 2012." (English)Presentations to the Second Stakeholders Meeting on Implementing the Recommendations of the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health, Ottawa. Session 4A: Advocacy and Outreach (Global Actions) 21-22 November 2011TRANSCRIPT
ADVOCACY THEMES & OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2012
“Delivering Results for Women and Children” Forum
20-22 November 2011
Susana Edjang, Project Manager, Every Woman Every Child
Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General
Every Woman Every ChildAdvancing the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health
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1. Key Advocacy moments in 2011 (I)
Date Event/Issue Outcome
January WEF, Davos Private sector engagement
April WHA, Geneva 16 LMICs commitments
May Secretary-General in Nigeria
and Ethiopia
Engagement of national stakeholders
(MPs, private sector and foundations)
May Launch of COIA report,
Geneva
New model; way forward
June Innovation Working Group,
Oslo
Private sector commitments and
guidance for opps & effective PPPs
September UNGA event, NYC 90 new and enhanced commitments;
launch ERG
November Secretary-General in
Bangladesh, Thailand and
Indonesia
Mobilisation of national stakeholders
(MPs, private sector and CSOs)
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1. Key publications 2011
• May
– Commission on Information & Accountability Report
• September
– Innovation for Every Woman Every Child
– Progress Update
– PMNCH report on commitments
• Strengths:
– Global media outreach
– Maintain momentum
• Lessons learned:
– Better coordination for the release of reports, op-eds, etc
– Need for strategic media alliances – non-specialised media
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1. Overview 2011
• Strengths
– High level engagement (United Nations Secretary-General; LIMCs HoSG)
– Accountability and Innovation
• Weaknesses
– Key events do not take place in high priority countries or regions
– Top-down; perceived as Western-led; role of emerging countries
• Opportunities
– Network of Global Leaders/MDG Advocates/iERG
– Private sector and research & academic community mobilisation
– Coordination with other key issues e.g. gender empowerment, climate
change, nutrition, NCDs, etc
• Challenges
– Maintain credibility and momentum
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3. Advocacy 2012: key actors
Global:• United Nations Secretary-General
• Network of Global Leaders
• iERG
• Head of agencies and other global leaders (civil society)
National and regional:• United Nations Secretary-General (country visits tbc)
• MDG Advocates
• Network of Global Leaders
• UN agencies (H5)
• Commission on Commodities
• Commission on Information and Accountability
• Civil society & media (national, regional, global)
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3. Advocacy 2012 – themes and opportunities
• Themes– Implementation of the commitments by all stakeholders (all year)
– Emerging economies (all year)
– Women’s empowerment (Feb/March)
– Youth & adolescent girls (July Olympics)
– Family planning/Reproductive and Sexual Health (tbc)
– Private sector role and opportunities
– Innovation and technology (June tbd)
• Opportunities– Global research agenda (Jan)
– IPU (March)
– Commission on commodities (April)
– PMNCH-supported national and regional events
– Women Deliver regional consultations (April/May/tbd)
– G8 and G20 (May and June)
– Sustainable development Rio+20 (June)
