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Download the Agenda Switched n: Sexuality education in the digital space International Symposium: 19 - 21 February 2020, Istanbul, Turkey Agenda With support from @Unesco #SwitchedOn #SexualityEducation WHO Collaborating Centre 1 for Sexual and Reproductive Health DAY 1: Wednesday, 19th February 2020 Setting the scene 8:30 PLENARY 1A: WELCOME TO SWITCHED ON 9:30 Æ Location: Istanbul Grand Ballroom I+II OPENING & WELCOME REMARKS Vibeke Jensen, Director, Division of Peace and Sustainable Development, UNESCO Headquarters; Ian McFarlane, Deputy Regional Director, UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Turkey YOUNG & SWITCHED ON Dr. Bhupendra Sheoran, Director, Youth Tech Health, USA; Ahmed Yasser Al Arabi, Medical Student and Love Matters Peer Educator, Egypt; Beverly Mutindi Chogo, Founder, SophieBot, Kenya; Catherine Harry, Founder, A Dose of Cath, Cambodia; Anastasiia Marchenko (AsyaSay), Social Media Influencer, Ukraine Host Sally Beadle, UNESCO Headquarters 9:30 PLENARY 1B: THE WHOLE WORLD IN THEIR HANDS: UNDERSTANDING HOW YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CONNECTING 10:30 AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING ONLINE Æ Location: Istanbul Grand Ballroom I+II How Switched On? Patterns of connection & digital divides Carla Licciardello, International Telecommunication Union, Switzerland Dr Mariya Stoilova, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Information. Support. Connection. What do young people want from the digital world? Naval Kishor Gupta, Restless Development, India; Daniela Meneses Valle, Restless Development, Ecuador Searching for Sex Ed on Google, Social Media, and Apps Professor Nicola Döring, Institute for Media and Communication Science at Ilmenau University, Germany Host Mallah Tabot, Founder, Ndolo 360, Cameroon 10:30 11:00 BREAK 11:00 SESSION 2A SESSION 2B SESSION 2C SESSION 2D 12:00 Sexuality Education in Sexuality Education Sexuality Education in the Sexuality Education the Digital Landscape in in the Digital Landscape Digital Landscape in Latin in the Digital Landscape Eastern Europe and Central Asia in Asia Pacific America & the Caribbean in Africa Æ Location: Æ Location: Æ Location: Istanbul Æ Location: Istanbul Asia I+II Asia III Grand Ballroom III Grand Ballroom I+II Regional scoping results: Regional scoping results: Regional research: Regional scoping results: Yulia Plakhutina Gerda Binder Paula Klenner Forttes Naval Kishor Gupta UNESCO Institute for Information UNICEF East Asia Pacific UNESCO Santiago, Chile; Restless Development; Technologies in Education, Russia Regional Office; Jenelle Babb, Ricardo Pizarro Schkolnik, Xavier Hospital UNESCO Dakar, Senegal Lightning presentations: UNESCO Bangkok, Thailand Quantus Consultants, Chile Alfya Maksutova, Editor of “DVOR” Lightning presentations: Regional scoping results: Lightning presentations: social media public, Russia; June Low, Founder of Popek Daniela Meneses Valle, Restless Mallah Tabot, Ndolo360, Valiantsin Konan, Founder of Popek, Malaysia; Hay Mar Win, Development, Ecuador Cameroon; Renata Tallarico, UNFPA East and Southern Africa TrashSmash, Belarus; AsyaSay, KoeKoe Tech, Myanmar; Lightning presentations: Regional Office; Kelvin Kinuthia, Founder of KamIn Youtube Anup Adhikari, Nepal Family Lucila Duloup, Ministry of RADA, Kenya blog, Ukraine; Arthur Sarkisov, Development Foundation, Health and Social Development, Coordinator of Media Campaigns, Nepal; Neira Ardaneshwari Argentina; Cecilia Ce, Author and UNAIDS Kyrgyzstan Budioni, Indonesia Social Media Influencer, Argentina; Vanessa Vila, Founder and CEO Papaya Tropical, Puerto Rico 12:00 13:00 LUNCH 13:00 PLENARY 3: WHAT DO WE KNOW: SEXUALITY EDUCATION IN DIGITAL SPACES 14:00 Æ Location: Istanbul Grand Ballroom I+II The times they are a changin’: using technology for ASRHR in the 25 years since ICPD Sahil Tandon, Senior Associate, Program Management and Strategy, Quicksand Design Studio, India Young people, sexuality education, and power in digital spaces: Findings from an evidence review Susie Jolly, Honorary Associate at the Institute of Development Studies, UK The first generation of digital4ASRH – what’s the effect and what can we learn for version 2.0? Lianne Gonsalves, Technical Officer, World Health Organization Host Chris Castle, Chief of Section of Health and Education, UNESCO Headquarters 2 Day 1 sets the scene. What is the state of the digital landscape? How are young people connecting and what do they want to see online? What is the current state of the evidence around sexuality education in digital spaces? By the end of Day 1, participants will have an understanding of the digital landscape and be up-to-date with the latest research and evidence informing best practice in developing digital platforms to deliver sexuality education as well as understanding gaps in the evidence. Networks will be emerging and strengthening between the different stakeholders in the room. 14:00 SESSION 4A SESSION 4B Session 4C SESSION 4D 15:00 Love Matters - ‘because The intersection of gender, From research to practice - Behaviour change theories young people matter’: sexuality and the internet Online sexuality education as a launch pad for building building a global network Æ Location: Asia I+II based on the needs of young effective platforms - Lessons of localised online sexuality people and scientific evidence learned Archismita Choudhury, education platforms Point of View, India; Rasmus Æ Location: Istanbul Grand Æ Location: Istanbul Grand using a pleasure-positive Malm, RFSU, Sweden; Eldana Ballroom I+II Ballroom III approach Satybaldieva, Elanda Foureyes, Dr. Christoph Aluttis, BZgA, Julia Bennett, Planned Parenthood Æ Location: Asia III Kyrgyzstan; Gerda Binder, Germany; Prof. Nicola Federation of America, USA; UNICEF EAPRO, Thailand Abir Sarras, RNW Media, Döring, Institute of Media and Genevieve Martínez-García, Netherlands; Ramy Metwali, Chaired by: Communication Science at the Healthy Teen Network, USA; Love Matters Arabic, Egypt; Ge Professor Kath Albury, University of Ilmenau, Germany; Renata Tallarico, UNFPA East and Wu, Love Matters China; Vithika Swinburne University, Mathilde Chanfreau, IPPF EN, Southern Africa Regional Office Yadav, Love Matters India; Le Planning Familial, France Australia Chaired by: Charlotte Petty, RNW Media, Chaired by: Nicole Ippoliti, Y-Labs, USA Netherlands Laura Brockschmidt, Federal Chaired by: Centre for Health Education/ Ahmed Yasser, Youth BZgA, Germany; Drashko Advocate, Egypt Kostovski, International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network/IPPF EN, Belgium 15:00 BREAK 15:30 Visit the market place to network and learn about digital platforms around the world delivering sexuality education. Platforms on stage: Lovelogs, Android App, Russia & Ukraine + Sautiplus, multiple platforms, Uganda 15:30 SESSION 5A SESSION 5B SESSION 5C SESSION 5D 16:30 AMAZE’s 32 Million+ Privacy and confidentiality Effective audience engagement AI-powered Chatbots Story: Leveraging new in a digital world: Building and sustainability, World cafe of for sexuality education - technologies to empower platforms that young lessons learned what have we learned? adolescents with sexuality people can and will trust Æ Location: Istanbul Grand Æ Location: Istanbul Grand education locally and Æ Location: Asia I+II Ballroom I+II Ballroom III globally June Low, Founder of Popek Steven de Graw, Rutgers, Julia Bennett, Planned Parenthood Æ Location: Asia III Popek, Malaysia; Ramy Metwali, Netherlands; Luis Sagaon Teyssier, Federation of America, USA; Ed and Jane Miller, Love Matters Arabic, Egypt; Institut de Recherche pour le Maria Medvedchikova, UNESCO Westwind Foundation, USA; Tatiana Slobodian, Woman Développement, Senegal; Katya Institute for Information Anthony Wayment-Nel, TV Health & Family Planning Myachina, Vpershe, Ukraine; Technologies in Education, Russia; Smiths, South Africa; Maria Foundation, Ukraine; Sahil Ibrahim Waiswa Batambuze, Reach Beverly Mutindi Chogo, Co- Bakaroudis, UNFPA East and Tandon, Quicksand Design a Hand, Uganda; Catherine Harry, founder of Sophiebot, Kenya; Studio, India A Dose of Cath, Cambodia; Yana Pablo Torres Aguilera, Mexico Southern Africa Regional Office Chaired by: Pafilova, Teenergiser, Ukraine Chaired by: Chaired by: Salimatou Fatty, Salimatou Chaired by: Isabelle Amazon-Brown, Dr. Bhupendra Sheoran, Foundation for Education & Mallah Tabot, Ndolo 360, Service Design Consultant, YTH, USA Doortje Braeken, UK Cameroon Chatbots & AI, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office 16:30 SESSION 6A SESSION 6B Marketplace in action 18:00 Design Challenge Part 1 Design Challenge Part 1 Visit the market place to network and learn about digital platforms around the world delivering sexuality education. Æ Location: Asia I+II Æ Location: Istanbul Grand Ballroom III Platforms on stage Facilitator TuneMe, Website & Facebook, East and Southern Africa Region; Dvor Dr. Bhupendra Sheoran, Youth Facilitator Media, VKontakte social media network, Russia; PopekPopek, YouTube Tech Health, USA Laiah Idelson, Youth Tech Health, USA Channel, Malaysia; Can you fix it? Online game, Netherlands This session has limited numbers and requires you to sign up This session has limited numbers and requires you to sign up 3 DAY 2: Thursday, 20th February 2020 Opportunities and challenges 8:30 PLENARY 7: POWERFUL INFLUENCERS 9:30 Æ Location: Istanbul Grand Ballroom I+II Hannah Witton, Influencer UK; Dr Malik Haruna King, Influender, Nigeria; Hayden Royalty, Influencer, Republic of Korea; Cecilia Ci, Influencer, Argentina; Eldana ‘Foureyes’ Satybaldieva, Influencer, Kyrgyzstan Host Remmy Shawa, UNESCO Johannesburg,
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