Giving Compass' Take:

• Katja Iversen, President & CEO of Women Deliver, explains how her conference will showcase how to shift power dynamics, create meaningful youth engagement, and bring people together across generations, geographies, and sectors. 

• How can donors help support gender equality on a global scale? 

• Here's a practical guide on creating a women's fund to benefit communities everywhere. 

Every three years, delegates from around the world gather at the Women Deliver Conference to drive forward progress for girls and women. Over three and a half days, thousands of decision-makers and influencers from civil society, governments, the private sector and international agencies join advocates, activists and journalists to identify solutions to bring us closer to a gender equal world.

And in 2019, at a time when conservative winds are blowing around the world and threatening to set back gender equality, we’re putting a special emphasis on power. To keep action top-of-mind for every participant, we’ll ask: “How will you use your power?”

So it’s only fair to hold ourselves accountable and ask ourselves the same question: how has Women Deliver used its power as the host of the largest conference in the world on gender equality?

First, we didn’t keep that power to ourselves. We started with a global listening tour, where we spoke to and heard from more than 1,500 individuals to better understand the global landscape—trends, opportunities and challenges—facing girls and women today. And we asked what people would like to see happen at the conference and who they wanted to hear from.

Read the full article about using your power to help women across the globe by Katja Iversen at PSI.