Tues 8 Sep, 11-13hrs: Maternal & Menstrual Health dialogue

Gender Links, Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance and SAFAIDS will host a cyber dialogue on Maternal and Menstrual Health in Southern Africa based on the recently launched SADC Gender Protocol Barometer 2020.Date: 8 September 2020.Time: 11h00 – 13h00 (SA Time).Where: Cyber dialogue (Gender Links Zoom meeting).To join the dialogue please sign up or login to the Southern Africa Gender Community (SGC). After logging in, click on the Cyber Dialogues icon. Click the “Join Meeting” button on the meeting details presented. Please note that only members of the SGC can join the Cyber Dialogue. So please register by signing up. If any queries on signing up and logging in call Thato Phakela 076 291 9277.

• Read the Sexual Reproductive Health Chapter.
• Listen to the Maternal and menstrual Health radio spot.
• Read the  Barometer Executive Summary in English, French and Portuguese.
• Read more on the Barometer here.

For more information contact Sifisosami Dube on alliance@genderlinks.org.zaFollow the conversation on Facebook on @GenderLinks and twitter @GenderLinks.ProgrammeModerators: Bonang Modise (BOCONGO) & Charmaine Picardo (SAfAIDS).

TIME	ITEM	WHO
11.00 – 11.10	Welcome and overview of dialogue	Bonang Modise (Moderator)
11.10 – 11.15	Introduction of panel	Charmaine Picardo  (Moderator)
Maternal Health
11.15 – 11.25	Local government perspectives on maternal health in times of COVID – lessons from Eswatini	Thobile Jele – Lavumisa Town Board, Eswatini
11.25 – 11.35	Policy and legal framework of maternal health	Mpho Maema – Women Law Clinic, Lesotho
11.35-11.45	Teenage pregnancy and maternal health	Silvia Diwili – MovFemme, Mozambique
11.45 – 11.55	Are we there yet in achieving maternal health care in SADC?	Sifisosami Dube – Gender Links, South Africa
11.55 – 12.05	Drivers of maternal mortality	Edinah Masiyiwa – Women’s Action Group, Zimbabwe
Menstrual Health
12.05 – 12.15	Pink tax and menstrual health	Mpho Mayema
12.15 – 12.25	Beyond distribution of pads – where are we with the stigma/taboo issues , COVID-19 impact	Edinah Masiyiwa
12.25 – 12.30	Mapping of regional achievements on menstrual health and COVID-19 impact	Sifisosami Dube
12.30 – 12.40	The impact of COVID-19 on youth’s access to menstrual health	Silvia Diwili – MovFemme, Mozambique
12.40 – 12.45	Winning the battle and the war – local level interventions of menstrual health during COVID-19	Thobile Jele
12.45 – 12.55	Q and A session	Bonang Modise and Charmaine Picardo
12.55 – 13.00	Next steps