SEPTEMBER 15-30
75th United Nations General Assembly
Conference
Details: Year in year out, every September, Member States have met in the General Assembly Hall at Headquarters in New York for the annual session and its highly visible general debate. The modalities of the 75th session differ this year in light of the global health crisis.
SEPTEMBER 16
Reimagining Method Choice in the Era of Self Care
Evidence to Action Webinar
Time: 8-9:15am EST
Details: A webinar on two important areas for ensuring women and couples can make decisions about contraception that are voluntary, client-centered, informed, and supported.
SEPTEMBER 17
Using the Right to Health to Restore Dignity
The Graduate Institute Geneva Webinar
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm EST
Details: People in vulnerable situations deserve to have their rights respected, protected, and fulfilled. And all of the solutions that we are coming up with—law reform or policy updates, procurement or services, or public health, communication, philanthropy—have to be centered around restoration of dignity. The new UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, will give her first talk at the Graduate Institute on 17 September 2020 and explore the right to health as a tool to restore dignity.
SEPTEMBER 18-26
Global Week to Act For SDGs
Global Week of Action
Details: A week for people and organizations everywhere to come together in a joint call to make UNGA 75 a turning point for people and the planet, and to use the next ten years to deliver on the SDGs.
SEPTEMBER 23
An Intergenerational Dialogue: Girls’ Rights in the COVID-19 Crisis
Plan International’s UNGA75 Flagship Event
Time: 7am-8.30am EST
Details: A dialogue between girls, young women, and global leaders focused on girls’ priority agendas and recommendations for a better normal.
SEPTEMBER 24
The Health System after the COVID Pandemic: Policies and Investments Needed to Support Frontline Health Workers
Webinar
Time: 10:30-12:00 pm EST
Details: This event will bring together diverse stakeholders in conjunction with the 75th UN General Assembly to galvanize countries to make and uphold commitments to the frontline health workforce, and discuss how investments in the workforce now can set countries up to manage their populations’ health needs in a post-pandemic world.
SEPTEMBER 26
World Contraception Day
World Health Day
Details: The day’s mission is to improve awareness of all contraceptive methods available and enable young people to make informed choices on their sexual and reproductive health. Stay tuned for a social media toolkit and more.
SEPTEMBER 29
Accountability Breakfast 2020: Advancing Women, Children and Adolescent Health During Covid-19
Conference Side Event
Time: 8:00-9:00am EST
Details: Hosted by The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), White Ribbon Alliance and Every Woman Every Child, the event brings together stakeholders from governments to grass-roots organizations — people with power to make changes and people calling for those changes to be made.