WOMEN’S HEALTH CONFERENCE | EXPLORING TRENDS IN WOMEN’S HEALTH

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Women’s Health Conference 2023 is the first conference in Nepal looking broadly at women’s health. Disparities, discrimination and development challenges put so many women at extreme risk. In order to address this, we need to consider the multifaceted nature of women’s health conditions and explore trends in this sector for a well informed and evidence guided future course of action.

Hence, in the Leadership of Family Welfare Division, Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Population, organizations working in the sectors of Women’s Health have taken up this endeavor to organize a Women’s Health Conference in Nepal, seeking to explore trends in this area.

The Conference aims to promote and strengthen the interconnectedness of research, training, policy making, practice and advocacy evidence to expand women’s health agenda in Nepal. To that end, it will provide a platform for participants to discuss and disseminate evidence on what works and what doesn’t work and how successful programs can be expanded to reach different groups in society.

Specifically, the conference aims to:

• To provide a platform for researchers to disseminate their training, research, policy and practice
  engagement approaches and outcomes to a wider audience.
• To showcase innovations and successes in women’s health training, education, practices, research
  and policy engagements from other intervention programmes and projects across Nepal.
• To strengthen partnerships and collaboration among policy makers and practitioners in the areas of
  women’s health.
• To identify priority women’s health areas to inform policy and practice to improve universal health
  status and services among women.

WHERE

Kathmandu, Nepal

WHEN

9^th – 10^th March 2023

Important Dates:

Conference Launch Event:	Abstract Submission Deadline:	Press Meet:	Registration Deadline:	Conference Days:	Post Conference Action Plan Development:
12th January 2023	12th Febraury 2023	8th March, 2023	1st March, 2023	9th – 10th March 2023	30th March 2023

For details about Program, Scroll down:

Context:
Health, without doubt, is a matter of concern for all genders. However, as with other issues pertaining to women, it is high time that women’s wellbeing is defined beyond just their reproductive roles and associated conditions. As stated by WHO, being a man or a woman has a significant impact on health, as a result of both biological and gender-related differences. The health of women and girls is of particular concern because, in many societies, they are disadvantaged by discrimination rooted in sociocultural factors (as; unequal power relationships between men and women; social norms that decrease education and paid employment opportunities; an exclusive focus on women’s reproductive roles; and potential or actual experience of physical, sexual and emotional violence.) Conditions that affect both men and women, such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, also manifest differently in women.

The overall “health of women” includes medical conditions which are not just directly related to their biology but also gender-differentiated access to medical treatment and other socioeconomic factors. Therefore, while part of the issues in women’s health is due to their reproductive and sexual health needs, they also have more chronic non-reproductive health issues such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, mental illness, diabetes and osteoporosis, etc.

This conference has attempted to bring forth the following list ((suggestive but not limited to) of issues pertaining to Women’s Health in the discourse for overall “Health of Women”:
1. Cancer
2. Reproductive health (Lifecycle perspective including infertility care)
3. Maternal Health
4. HIV/STI
5. Violence against women
6. Mental Health
7. Noncommunicable diseases
8. Child and Adolescent and Elderly Health
9. Nutrition

Conference Theme: Exploring Trends in Women’s Health

SUB THEMES:

To achieve the above objectives, the conference will be structured around the following five sub themes pertaining to Women:

1. Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
2. Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
3. Child, Adolescent, Elderly Health
4. Women’s Health in Humanitarian Setting
5. Nutrition
   Each of the sub-themes will cover programs in research, curricula, training modalities, policy engagement, practice, advocacy etc. The following are the suggested broad themes that could be covered under the above sub themes:
   a. Innovations and approaches in women health.
   b. Socio-economic, cultural, and religious systems and women’s health.
   c. Rights based approaches (HRBA) to women’s health services.
   d. Leadership, Governance, Human Resources for Health, and Empowerment.

Conference Information

Exhibition Area: An exhibition area will feature stalls and booths from key organizations. Please contact us if you would like to apply for a space.
Accessibility: Interpreter services will be available for multiple languages. Sign Language will also be available.

Program Schedule

(Tentative)

Conference Day 1

9th March 2023

Time	Agenda	Remarks
8:00-9:00 A:M	Registration
9:00-10:00	Opening Ceremony	Welcome Speech MoHP Remarks from EDPs Remarks from AIN
10:00-10:15	Tea Break
10:15-12:15	Plenary Session	2 Sessions 1 hour each
12:15-12:45	Poster Presentation	Designated spots within the venue. 10Spots
12:45-1:30	Lunch
1:30-4:00	Parallel Sessions	Hall 1 & Hall 2 5 sessions in each hall 10 sessions in a day
4:00-5:30	Satellite Sessions	Two Sessions 45 Minutes each

Conference Day 2

10th March 2023

Time	Agenda	Remarks
8:00-9:00 A:M	Registration/Sign Up
9:00-10:00	Plenary Sessions	1st Session 1 hour each
10:00-10:15	Tea Break
10:15-11:15	Plenary Session	2 Sessions 1 hour each
11:15-11:45	Poster Presentation	Designated spots within the venue. 10Spots
11:45-12:45	Parallel Session	Hall 1 & Hall 2 1 sessions in each hall
12:45-1:30	Lunch
1:30-4:00	Parallel Sessions	Hall 1 & Hall 2 5 sessions in each hall total 12 sessions in a day (includes 11:45 program of hall 1 and hall 2)
4:00-4:45	Satellite Sessions	1 Sessions 45 Minutes
4:45-5:45	Closing Session