MFAN Partner Events: Women Thrive - May Gender Roundtable, 5/3; GHTC and Research!America - Saving Lives and Creating Impact (updated flier), 4/27

From: Mary Deering [mailto:mdeering@modernizeaid.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 9:27 AM
To: Mary Deering
Subject: MFAN Partner Events: Women Thrive - May Gender Roundtable, 5/3; GHTC and Research!America - Saving Lives and Creating Impact (updated flier), 4/27

Dear Colleague:

Please join us for Women Thrive Worldwide’s May Gender Roundtable event:

All Development is Local: Making U.S. Assistance Work for Women

Thursday, May 3rd
3:30 - 5pm
Bread for the World
425 3rd Street, SW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20024

Featuring:

  • Ritu Sharma, Co-Founder and President, Women Thrive Worldwide
  • Littleton Tazewell, Senior Advisor for Implementation & Procurement Reform, US Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Jill Miller, Deputy Director, Civil Society Development Division, IREX
  • Sharon Williams, Director, Gender Practice, Development & Training Services, Inc. (dTs)
  • Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe, Executive Director, Karen Women Action Group (KWAG)

USAID is undertaking an historic set of reforms to implement its development programs through a wider and more varied set of contractors and grantees, with a particular focus on working with local in-country partners. As part of this effort, USAID is investing in building the capacity of local civil society and the private sector to improve aid effectiveness and sustainability.

The May Gender Roundtable will take a closer look at USAID’s strategies and its impact on women-led local groups from the perspective of both USAID and women’s civil society. We hope you will join us for this important discussion.

Light Refreshments will be served.

If you have not done so already, please RSVP here if you plan to attend the event on May 3rd.  We look forward to seeing you then!

Best,

Women Thrive Worldwide

Women Thrive Worldwide
1825 Connecticut Ave NW • Suite 600 • Washington, D.C. 20009 • USA
(202) 884-8396 • thrive@womenthrive.orgwww.WomenThrive.org

The Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC)

and Research!America invite you to:

 

Saving lives and creating impact:

Why investing in global health research works

 

 

Friday, April 27, 2012
12:00–1:30 p.m.

Barbara Jordan Conference Center, Kaiser Family Foundation
1330 G Street, NW, Washington, DC

 

 

Lunch will be provided.

 

 

The US Government has long played a role in research and development (R&D) for new global health products that have transformed communities in the poorest countries in the world and saved the lives of millions. From the eradication of smallpox to the development of game-changing HIV drugs, American efforts have been central to many global health success stories throughout history. As infectious diseases continue to impact millions of people each year, the US Government has maintained this commitment and its position as the pre-eminent funder of global health R&D in the world.

 

In this constrained fiscal environment, new evidence on the benefits of global health R&D and the cost-effectiveness of past funding is critical. In addition, new actors are increasingly engaging in global health R&D, forming a key partnership across the public, philanthropic, and private sectors. Join us for the launch of a new report from the GHTC and Policy Cures that addresses these issues by analyzing the impact of past US Government investments, and reviewing the role of ongoing US investments in global health R&D. A high-level panel representing the US Government, private industry, and philanthropic sector will discuss key issues in global health R&D in light of the report’s findings.

 

Speakers:

 

Mr. Eric Easom, Program Leader, Neglected Diseases, Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Dr. Javier Guzman, Director of Research, Policy Cures

 

Dr. Lee Hall, Chief of the Parasitology and International Programs Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease

 

Ms. Heather Ignatius, Senior Manager, Policy, Global Alliance for TB Drug Development

 

Moderator:

 

Mr. Don Joseph, CEO, BIO Ventures for Global Health

 

 

To RSVP, please contact Nick Taylor at info@ghtcoalition.org or 202.822.0033.  

 

 

 

 

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Mary Deering

Outreach Associate

MFAN|Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network

425 3rd Street SW | Suite 1200 | Washington, DC 20024

T: 202.688.1107 | C: 202-509-1040

www.modernizeaid.net

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