UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCED TODAY THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE HIGH-LEVEL ADVISORY GROUP FOR EVERY WOMAN EVERY CHILD

Davos, 21 January 2016 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the first members of the High-level Advisory Group for Every Woman Every Child who will help provide leadership and inspire actions for women, children adolescents’ health as we transition from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the universal Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda.

The High-level Advisory Group will advise the Secretary-General and guide the transition of the Every Woman Every Child movement and the newly launched Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, and will link to other advocacy or advisory groups to encourage collaboration and integration with relevant areas of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health provides a new road map, under the Every Woman Every Child movement, to end all preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents by 2030 and ensure their well-being and to support the achievement of the SDGs

The initial members announced today will be expanded with additional key leaders to make up to 15 members and two co-chairs and two alternate co-chairs. With initial appointments lasting for one year, the group will meet twice yearly to report on progress, key challenges and provide recommendations on issues such as financing, accountability and implementation of Every Woman Every Child and the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health.

The High-level Advisory Group include:

Co-Chairs

- H.E President Michelle Bachelet, Chile
- H.E Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Ethiopia

Alternate Co-Chairs

- H.E President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Former President Tanzania
- H.E President Tarja Halonen, Former President Finland

Members

- H.E Ms. Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie of Canada
- H.E Mr. Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic of India
- H.E Mr. Børge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway
- H.E Dr. Awa Marie Coll Seck, Minister of Health of the Republic of Senegal
- Mrs. Graça Machel, Board Chair, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Founder, Graça Machel Trust
- H.E Dame Meg Taylor, DBE, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
- Mr. Robert Collymore, CEO Safaricom
- Ms. Jovana Rios Cisnero, Vice President of APLAFA’s Board (Panamanian Family Planning Association), Member of the Board of Directors of IPPF Western Hemisphere
- Mr. Kevin Jenkins, CEO World Vision
- H.E Mr. Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- H.E Mr. Saber Chowdhury MP, President, Inter Parliamentary Union
- Head of Agency Chair of the H6 (formerly known as H4+) - The H6 is a joint effort by UNFPA, UNAIDS, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO and the World Bank, to address reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health. The H6 serves as the lead technical partners for the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent Health.