Adolescent Girls in Crisis: Voices from the Sahel

Date: Jun 30, 2020
Time: 9:30 pm New York
Address: Online
Organizer: Plan International

Plan International is hosting a webinar that explores the ways in which adolescent girls experience and navigate the crisis in the Sahel based on research conducted by Plan International, the Institute for Risk and Disaster and United Nations Population Fund.

The research seeks to amplify the voices of girls and their perceptions of life under the crisis and presents their recommendations on how the international community might respond.

A panel discussion will be hosted by Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen (CEO Plan International), and engage the following speakers:

  • Professor Maureen Fordham and Dr Virginie le Masson, Directors at the Centre for Gender and Disaster at the Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction, University College London
  •  Yaouba Kaigama – Country Director – Plan International Burkina Faso
  • Auguste Kpognon – Country Director -United Nations Population Fund Burkina Faso.
  • Lazare Charle Djibode – Interim Country Director – Plan International Mali
  • Lotte Claessens – Technical Advisor: Adolescents in Emergencies – Plan International Sweden

 

Register here.