Whose Voices are Missing?
Breaking Language Barriers in SRHR
- Date: Tuesday, 8 April 2025
- Time: 9:00–10:30 AM ET | 8:00-9:30 Bogotá | 13:00-14:30 Dakar
- Bidirectional interpretation in English, French, and Spanish provided
Within the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) community, English language dominance often excludes key voices. How can we move beyond defaulting to English and towards greater language inclusivity? Why is it critical to address this issue now?
Hosted by the ICFP 2025 Power Shifting subcommittee, this interactive webinar will explore how English language dominance impacts many SRHR professionals and share concrete approaches for greater inclusion.
Bidirectional interpretation in English, French and Spanish will be provided.
What to Expect:
- Peer Perspectives: Through the experiences of Francophone and Hispanophone SRHR professionals, learn how English language dominance negatively impacts many in our community.
- Best Practices for Language Inclusion: Learn simple, low-cost approaches to make our work more linguistically inclusive.
- Hands-On Practice: Join breakout sessions to try tools like DeepL and a language inclusion checklist for event planning.
Register now to be part of this important conversation!
✓ Date: Tuesday, 8 April 2025
✓ Time: 9:00-10:30 AM ET | 8:00-9:30 Bogotá | 13:00-14:30 Dakar
Speakers
- Marie Ba, Director, Ouagadougou Partnership Coordination Unit
- Mohamed Ly, Regional Director for West and Central Africa, EngenderHealth
- Ami Diop, Former Independent Translator & Interpreter
- Ángela León Cáceres, Global Coordinator, Women4GlobalFund
- Elizabeth Arlotti-Parish (Panel Moderator), Technical Director for Gender and Adolescent and Youth Health, Jhpiego
- Marième Fall, Public Health Professional, Independent Consultant in Research and M&E
- Shani Turke, Senior Francophone Technical Writer, Pathfinder International
Small Group Facilitators
- Dr. Elizabeth Larson, PhD, MSPH; Postdoctoral Fellow; Center on Gender Equity and Health at University of California San Diego
- Sarah Nehrling, Learning Strategist
- Elizabeth Arlotti-Parish, Technical Director for Gender and Adolescent and Youth Health, Jhpiego
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