UUI, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 136: Invitation og program til et møde den 22-21/3-2017 på Malta i WIP (Women in Parliaments) Global Forum under overskriften "Maternal health and refugee woman"

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Dear Pia Kjaersgaard,

It is our pleasure to inform you that The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) will host the WIP Meeting

on Maternal Health and Refugee Women, in Malta, on 20-21 March 2017. The event will take place at the Verdala

Palace, under the patronage of HÆ. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta.

Within the framework of Malta’s Presidency of the Council of the EU and in collaboration with MSD for Mothers,

this meeting will convene selected Parliamentarians from the

WIP Network and other stakeholders to discuss

Maternal Health in Europe. Speakers include H.E. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta, Vytenis

Andriukaitis, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety as well as Hon. Christopher Fearne, Minister for

Health of Malta.

WIP is an independent, international and post-partisan foundation, established with the purpose of building a

network between female Parliamentarians. WIP brings together female leaders and role models from across the

world, to address global challenges and advance society by using the collective strength and ability of women in

Parliaments.

MSD for Mothers is a 10-year initiative from MSD which works with 75 partners in 30 countries to reduce maternal

mortality worldwide and broaden equitable access to quality maternal healthcare for alI women.

The meeting participants will get the chance to visit a refugee open center hosted by the Maltese Agency for the

Welfare of Asylum Seekers (AWAS). The visit will include the possibility to interact with refugee women with

children and infants and to heartheir personal experiences.

lt is an honour for WIP to extend an invitation to you to set up a delegation of female Parliamentarians from

your country to participate

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this highly important event. The draft programme can be found here and to RSVP,

UUI, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 136: Invitation og program til et møde den 22-21/3-2017 på Malta i WIP (Women in Parliaments) Global Forum under overskriften "Maternal health and refugee woman"

please contact WIP Senior Director Alexandra Rosén on [email protected]. Should you have

any questions, please do flot hesitate to contact us at anytime.

We hope that you will accept our invitation and look forward to weicoming you to Malta.

Yours sincerely,

in collaboration with

Silvana Koch-Mehrin

Founder Women in Parliaments Global Forum

Former Vice President European Parliament

MSD for mothers

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DRAFT AGENDA Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP)

Meeting in Malta on Maternal Health and Refugee Women

Under the Patronage of HÆ. Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta

In partnership with MSD for Mothers

20-21 March 2017, Malta (Verdala Palace)

MON DAY, 20 MARCH

09.00-09.30

09.30-10.30

COFFEE AND REGISTRATION

OPEN ING SESSION

H.E. Marie Louise

Coleiro-Preica, President of Malta

Christopher Fearne, Minister of Health, Malta

Vytenis Andriukaitis, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Founder of the Women in Parliaments Global Forum

10.30-11.00

SEHING THE SCENE

Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet, Executive Director, MSD for Mothers

“lmproving access to quality maternal Health as a Global priority”

Dr. Nikitas Kanakis, Secretary

General, Medecins du Monde

“The reality of delivering maternal health cate to the refugee community

and Child Programme, Greece”

—

The Mother

11.00-11.15

11.15-12.00

COFFEE BREAK

HIGH LEVEL PANEL SESSION: “AVISION FOR MATERNAL HEALTH IN EUROPE”

The health of mother and child remains a critical concern

not only in the developing world but

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also in Europe. Despite progress in recent decades, there are still considerable maternal health

inequalities across EU Member States. The panellists of this session will highlight the long term

vision for maternal health in Europe, as well as the lessons learned from the national level. They

will also address the links between the European and the national levels, as well as between health

and human mobility.

Speakers:

H.E. Marie Louise Coleiro-Preica, President of Malta

Christopher Fearne, Minister

of Health, Malta

Vytenis Andriukaitis, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

Linda Lanzillotta, Vice President of the Italian Senate

Kaia Iva, Minister of Social Protection, Estonia ftbc)

Moderator: Ahinara Bascuiiana Lôpez, Communications Director, WIP

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12.00-12.30

BRIEFING

A short introduction to the visit of the Refugee Open Center and a briefing on the procedure for

next day’s interactive sessions.

12.30-13.30

13.30-18.00

LUNCH AT THE VERDALA PALACE

SITE VISIT TO REFUGEE OPEN CENTRE

Malta is the first point of entry for many refugees fleeing across the Mediterranean Sea. The

participants of the meeting will get the opportunity to visit a refugee open center hosted by the

Maltese Agency for the Weifare of Asylum Seekers (AWAS). The visit will include the possibility to

nteract with refugee women with chiidren and infants and to hear their personal experiences.

19.00-21.00

DINNER RECEPTION HOSTED BY

H.E.

THE PRESIDENT OF MALTA fVERDALA PALACE)

Weicome remarks by H.E. Marie Louise Coleiro-Preica, President of Malta

Exclusive talk with Vytenis Andriukaitis, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

TUESDAY, 21 MARCH

09.00-09.15

OPENING AND RECAP OF DAY ONE

Member of Parliament, WIP (Name tbc)

09.15-11.45

INTERACTIVE PARALLEL SESSIONS: “WORKING TOGETHER FOR MATERNAL HEALTH”

The purpose ofthis highiy interactive session will be to answer the question: What concrete policy

steps should the EU institutions and national governments take to ensure that every woman in

Europe has the equally high quality and affordable access to maternal healthcare? The

participants will get the change to join one out of five different parallel discussions which will

address different topics and focus an providing concrete solutions and recommendations to

improve the current status:

TABLE

“SAFETY,

QUALITY AND 5JAN DARDS”

How do we ensure that national policies and compiementing EU action work hand in hand

to identity best practices and benchmarks for safety, quality and standards that will serve

to improve the health and welibeing of ali women across Europe?

Table Facilitator: Mary-Ann Etiebet, Executive Director, MSD for Mothers

TABLE

“TIMELINESS AND ACCESSIBILITY”

Why is Europe also the target of the SDGs? While maternal morbidity is an issue of global

importance, in Europe, many women are still unabie to gain access to timely and quality

healthcare. How to ensure that migrant and refugee women, having to face new systems

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access the proper knowiedge and information in order to receive the

services and treatments required?

Table Facilitator: Member of Parliament (Name tbc)

TABLE 3

“RE5ILIENcE AND EFFicIENcY”

Maternal health and women’s health represent the broader issue of resilient and efficient

healthcare systems and healthcare systems in Europe are increasingly interacting with each

other, facing challenges such as the economic crisis and ageing demographics. How to

create stronger, effective health systems, capable of facing common challenges through a

doser cooperation?

Table Facilitator: Francois FiNe, European Advocacy Coordinator, Medecins du Monde

“EQuITY”:

Today, many migrant and refugee women are unable to access quality care, due to a number of

reasons, from linguistic barriers to difficulty reaching their healthcare provider. Maternal

health is an issue of equity how do we make the healthcare system work for ali women?

Table Facilitator: Michelle LeVoy, Director, PICUM

TABLE

5 “PERSON-CENTRIC APPROACH”

Maternal health must be at the heart of people-centred healthcare. However, many women

are stil! subjected to outdated practices and stigmatisation when

comes to maternal health.

How do we place women in the centre of ali policies and solutions?

Table

Facilitator: Marija Kutajar,

President,

Malta

Union

of Midwiues and Nurses

11.45-12.00

BREAK AND VOTE

Participants will get the chance to vote on the main issues emerging from the different table

discussions which will form the basis of the meeting’s outcome report.

12.00-12.15

WRAP-UP OF PARALLEL SESSIONS

Reports from Parallel Sessions

12.15-13.00

PANEL DISCUSSION:

“THE WAY FORWARD

—

P0LIcY MAKERS

RESPONSE TO IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTH IN EUROPE”

Building on the outcomes of the discussions held at this WIP meeting, the panellists will outline the

way forward, by connecting actions needed between the EU and the national level. They will share

best

practices and instruments that can be applied for the improvement of maternal health in

Europe. The speakers will continue to address the need for a joint approach on maternal health,

highlighting that this an issue that concerns everyone and which needs to be tackled by ali.

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Speakers:

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Claudette Buttigieg, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister for

Health, Malta

Monika Haukanömm, Member of Parliament, Deputy Chairwoman of Committee on Social

Affairs, Estonla (tbc)

MEP

(Name tbd)

Jose Carreira, Executive Director, European Asylum Support Office ftbc)

Dr. Elena Grech, Head of European Commission Permanent Representation in Malta (tbc)

Moderated by Dr. Paul Robinson, Executive Director, Scientific Medical & Patient Perspective, MSD

13.00-13.15

CONCLUDING REMARKS AND NEXT STEPS

Silvana

Koch-Mehrin, Founder ofWomen in Parliaments

Global Forum

Dr Justyne Caruana,

Member of Parliament, WIP Ambassador, Malta

13.15-14.15

FAREWELL LUNCH

14.15-

PARTICIPANTS DEPART

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