QoG-Lancet Policy Day 2024: Policy pathways to sustainable well-being and peace
“Policy pathways to sustainable well-being and peace: How do we protect or even improve institutional quality, health equity and gender equality under crisis and conflict?”
Welcome to the Policy Day organized by the Quality of Government Institute and the Lancet Commission on Peaceful Societies through Health Equity and Gender Equality on the theme: “Policy pathways to sustainable well-being and peace: "How do we protect or even improve institutional quality, health equity and gender equality under crisis and conflict?"
We are excited to announce that a Policy Day co-organized by the Quality of Government Institute at the University of Gothenburg and the Lancet Commission on Peaceful Societies through Health Equity and Gender Equality will be held in Gothenburg on November 26th, 2024. During this day, academics and practitioners will discuss the findings and policy implications of the Lancet Commission Report on Peaceful Societies through Health Equity and Gender Equality (The Lancet Commission on peaceful societies through health equity and gender equality - The Lancet) and build on this foundation by looking more deeply into how we protect or even improve institutional quality, health equity and gender equality under crisis and conflict.
This Lancet Commission was launched to understand the interaction between SDG 3 on Good Health and Well-Being, SDG 5 on Gender Equality and SDG 16 on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. The commission’s research established an empirical foundation for the mutually beneficially reinforcing relationship between health equity, gender equality, and peace and the mutually harmfully reinforcing relationship between health inequity, gender inequality and violence. The report also contributed to international global policy development by providing practical and actionable guidance and recommendations to communities, civil society groups, states and international institutions on how to transition societies from the harmful to the beneficial cycles as depicted in the figure below.
Join us for this Policy Day that will engage with and develop this framework for informing policy pathways to sustainable well-being and peace!
Preliminary Program
9.30am – 10am Registration and Coffee
10am – 12pm Opening Session
Presentation of the Lancet Commission Report on peaceful societies through health equity and gender equality by Commissioners, by Amy Alexander (Associate Professor, University of Gothenburg) and Sara Causevic (Postdoctoral Fellow, Stockholm University)
Presentation from World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (WHO EMRO) by Moa Herrgård on health emergencies in the Region and the ongoing work to address those health emergencies and by Dr. Arturo Pesigan on the case of Yemen.
Presentation by Karin Tegmark Wisell, Sweden’s Ambassador for Global Health
After each presentation, there will be time for questions and discussion.
11.45am – 1pm Lunch
1pm – 4pm Parallel Panel Sessions Organized by Topics Below with Presenters Listed
After each presentation, there will be time for questions and discussion.
Policy pathways to health and peace through women’s inclusion under fragile contexts
Gunilla Backman (Policy Specialist, The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)) on fragility and crises as a window of opportunity for gender equality and the right to health
Valeriya Mechkova (Assistant Professor University of Gothenburg) on the influence of women’s political representation on health-care outcomes
Kristen Kao (Associate Professor, University of Gothenburg) on women’s inclusion in post-conflict reconciliation in the Middle East
Health system resilience and health as a bridge to peace under fragility and crisis
Abeer Ahmad (Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research (SIPRI)), on how health system resilience mitigates the impact of conflict on healthcare access
Daniel Carelli (Postdoctoral Researcher, Chalmers University) on global health governance and the case of antimicrobial resistance under Conflict/Crisis
Mathilde Boddaert, Technical Officer for the Global Health and Peace Initiative (GHPI), World Health Organization, Title TBA
Espen Bjertness (Professor, University of Oslo), Title TBA
Development cooperation in fragile contexts
Anna Svensson (Senior Public Health Advisor, Swedish Red Cross), on humanitarian assistance before, under and after crisis
Transparency International’s Global Health Programme, Title TBA
Anna Persson and Hayden Buker (Quality of Government Institute, Gothenburg University), on the evaluation of Swedish Development Cooperation
Protecting children, refugees, and SRHR under fragile contexts
Annika Sandlund (Representative to Nordic and Baltic countries, UNHCR, and UN Refugee Agency), on Refugee health – from humanitarian action to inclusion
Dr. Saidkasim Sakhipov, (UNFPA Emergency Coordinator), on Building a Foundation: Protecting the Vulnerable When It Matters Most.
Policy pathways to institutional quality through the engagement of civil society and citizens under fragile contexts
Monika Bauhr (Professor, University of Gothenburg) on social bargaining, transparency, and the quality of public service provision
Marcia Grimes (Professor, University of Gothenburg) on civil society and bottom-up accountability
Annekatrin Deglow (Assistant Professor, Uppsala University) on conflict, political violence, and citizens’ willingness to accept restrictions on their political and civil rights
Nicholas Charron and Victor Lapuente (Professors, University of Gothenburg) on trust, polarization, populism and COVID-19 deaths across European regions
Concluding Session 4-4.30pm
Mingle: 4.30-5.15pm
Drinks and light finger food will be served