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DESCRIPTION: When: Thursday, June 25, 2026\nWhere: Zoom. Reminder emails with the zoom link will be sent a day before and two hours before the event takes place.\nThis panel brings together women working in and around health across three regions to \nsurface a simple but powerful truth, that regardless of our geography, women and girls \nacross the globe face strikingly similar barriers to their health. The conversation will move \nfrom personal story to structural analysis to collective action. It will be grounded always in \nthe lived realities of the women and girls we serve and represent. The dialogue should be \neducational but also permit sharing of personal stories so that the audience feel seen, \ninformed, and motivated.\n\nNote: The following are recommended throughout the discussion:\n. Disclaimers about medical advice where necessary.\n2. Plain, clear language.\n3. Sharing of personal stories, and \n4. Concrete calls to action. \nThe event seeks to achieve the following goal:\n. To increase awareness and enhance education surrounding women’s health. \n2. To create an environment that supports network building, advocacy & policy \ninfluence, and community follow-up action.\n\nThe dialogue will cover three Thematic Pillars, including\nPillar 1 - Economic & Access\nConversations surrounding economic and structural barriers to healthcare access, unpaid \ncare burden and women’s self-neglect, as well as health system failures and gaps in \nservice delivery.\nPillar 2 - Social & Cultural\nConversations surrounding social and cultural norms shaping health behaviour, \nreproductive myths, taboos and harmful practices, and the silence around reproductive \nand sexual health.\nPillar 3 - Mental Health, Disability & Marginalized Groups\nConversations surrounding mental health stigma and the invisibility of mental illness in \nwomen, disability-inclusive approaches to reproductive and sexual health, ensuring \nmarginalized women are not left out of health conversations and policy.\nEvent Format & Timing\nActivity Time Notes\n\nWelcome & context setting 10 minutes\nPanelist introductions 5 minutes \nIcebreaker:Panelists give brief remarks and share one defining moment that led them to this work\nModerated discussion:\n\nRound 1 Economic & structural barriers 15 minutes \nRound 2 Social, cultural & family dynamics; mental health & disability 15 minutes\nRound 3 Change, power and what’s possible 15 minutes \n\n\nLive audience Q&A 25 minutes \nClosing reflections & calls to action 5 minutes\n\nParticipants\nBiography - Kimmette Robertson \nKimmette Robertson is a social entrepreneur, mental health professional, and passionate \nwomen’s health advocate dedicated to driving gender equality and community \nempowerment. A cross-cultural leader, she is a 2026 Young Leaders of the Americas \nInitiative (YLAI) Fellow committed to designing innovative, ecosystem-led solutions for \nmarginalized groups. She serves as the Vice President of the SVG Association of \nEndometriosis, Adenomyosis, and PCOS, championing women’s health education; and is \nthe founder of MindTHRIVE Co., a wellness enterprise providing vital mental health support \nacross St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Additionally, Kimmette champions creative \nentrepreneurship and circularity with sustainable product designs through KP Artistry 784.\nBiography - Angela Elizabeth Ledon Maduro\nAngela Elizabeth Ledon Maduro is a Legal Practitioner, Conveyancer, and Notary Public at\nMatutu and Mureri Legal Practitioners in Zimbabwe. She is a civic leader and advocate for\nSexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), disability rights, gender equality, and\ncommunity development. Angela is a BridgeUSA Ambassador Scholar and an alumna of \nthe U.S. Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI) for Student Leaders on Civic Engagement. She \nhas led and participated in initiatives promoting inclusion, legal empowerment, and \naccess to justice for marginalized communities. Her work focuses on the intersection of \nlaw, human rights, disability inclusion, and SRHR, with a commitment to advancing \nequitable policies, strengthening community engagement, and fostering social change \nacross Zimbabwe.\n\nBiography - Dr. Pauline Samson Shallangwa\nDr Pauline Samson Shallangwa is a girl child activist, educator and a US Department of \nStates Alumna. She is a Nigerian and a person living with albinism. She is a veterinary \ndoctor by training but has spread her tentacles of learning and experience to leadership, \nhumanitarian work and girl child advocacy. Her life is guided by principles principal among \nwhich is the Christian faith. She goes all out for the girl child.\n\nFor details, click here: https://fiuts.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/component/events/event/1763
SUMMARY:One Conversation, Shared Realities: A Cross-Regional Dialogue on Women’s Health
ORGANIZER;CN=Foundation for International Understanding Through Students:MAILTO:noreply@picnet.net
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