Partner's Forum 2018 will bring together 1,200 partners dedicated to the Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) movement and to the achievement of the UN Secretary General’s Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (Global Strategy) on 12 and 13 December 2018 in New Delhi, India. It shall be inaugurated by Hon. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (The Partnership, PMNCH) is an alliance of more than 1000 organizations in 192 countries from the sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health communities, as well as health influencing sectors.
MAIN THEMES People at the centre
The voices and realities of women, children and adolescents will be featured throughout the two-day event. Focusing on individuals, families and communities is central to the SDGs and the Global Strategy – it is their needs, priorities and perspectives that matter most. Cross-sectoral action to bend the curve for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health The evidence is clear: achieving the SDGs and the Global Strategy’s objectives requires more effective collaboration and joined-up action across sectors (health, nutrition, environment, education, infrastructure, labour and others), especially at national and local levels.
Every Woman Every Child priority areas
EWEC partners have agreed to focus their attention from 2016–2020 on six priority areas: adolescent health and well-being; early childhood development; empowerment of women, girls and communities; humanitarian and fragile settings; quality, equity and dignity in services; and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
The power of partnership as an accelerator for action
With strong representation from all 10 PMNCH constituencies, the Forum will address how partnerships need to evolve to meet the demands of the SDG era, how to work more effectively across sectors, and how to engage new partners.