Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at Work: The New Frontier for ESGs

Tuesday, 16 January, 2024, 15:00-17:00 CET

Approximately 190 million women work in global supply chains concentrated in countries with high unmet needs for women’s health services. Businesses can be a key ally for delivering sexual and reproductive health information and services to millions of women across the world.

This session will focus on the implementation of women’s health and wellbeing in the workplace. Specifically, it will serve to launch the first of their kind, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights metrics for ESG reporting that will measure the impact of reproductive health programmes and services in a company’s day-to-day operations. It will convene business leaders, policymakers, foundations and philanthropic organizations, academia, civil society organizations among others with the goal to discuss the metrics and look at already existing relevant practices from the private sector, including concrete investments towards achieving inclusive workplaces.

Welcoming remarks by UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem

Moderated by Andrew Jack, Global Education Editor, Financial Times

With

• Sanda Ojiambo, CEO, UN Global Compact
• Kelly Clements, Deputy High Commissioner, UNHCR
• Per Falk, President, Ferring Pharmaceuticals
• Lorenzo Bertelli, Executive Director, Prada
• Jan-Willem Scheijgrond, Vice President Government & Public Affairs at Royal Philips
• Sahil Tesfu, Senior Vice President, Global Strategy & Business Development, Essity
• Peter Paul van de Wijs, Chief External Affairs Officer, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
• Dr. Roopa Dhatt, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Women in Global Health
• Marijn Wiersma, Director of Community & Innovation, 2X Global
• Shannon Cohn, Executive Producer, Below the Belt
• Natasha Sunderji, Global Health Lead, Accenture
• Khushbakht Shah Jillani, Founder of KSJ Legal and Global Shaper, Karachi Hub

Contact: Bame Modungwa at modungwa@unfpa.org for more information.