Conference Programs and Recordings
Conference Information and Recordings
Small Actions, Huge Solutions: Reducing Poverty for Women and Girls
This year's Fordham University conference will be held virtually on Friday, March 15, from 4-6 PM Eastern Time.
This event will focus on the intricate relationship between promoting gender equality, empowering women and girls, and the reduction of poverty around the world in the areas of Education, Health, Food Insecurity, and Climate Justice. Speakers will articulate insightful strategies employed in the eradication of poverty within their communities.
Annual Spring Conference 2024 was held Friday, 3/15/24 via Zoom
Closing the Digital Divide
When was the last time you left home without your phone? In our world access to digital technology is critical to everyday activities like work, school, health care, and socializing. However, despite the importance of technology many across the globe have little or no access creating a digital divide. Today Closing the Digital Divide is of increasing importance especially for those of us in the social work and health professions. For this conference the Fordham Institute of Women and Girls (FIWG) and the International Health Awareness Network (IHAN) selected global speakers from business, health, schools, libraries, IT, and social work to address this issue and offer some solutions.
Annual Fall Conference 2023 was held Friday, 11/17/23 via Zoom
Conference Program with Speaker list and Bios
Conference Recording
Annual Spring Conference 2023 was held Friday, 3/10/23 via Zoom
Conference Program with Speaker list and Bios
Conference Recording
The Many Faces of Resilience - Girls and Women of All Ages Leading the Fight Against Climate Change
This conference centered around climate change, featuring women from around the world who are advocating for the future of our planet.
"As the threat of climate change has grown, women leaders have risen to the challenge and launched numerous new initiatives to help reduce our environmental impact. Featuring an overview of the science of climate change and speakers from across the globe, we hope you will leave our meeting inspired, informed, and ready to join these fearless female leaders in standing up for our planet."
Annual Spring Conference 2023 was held Friday, 3/18/23 via Zoom
Conference Recording
The Many Faces of Empowerment
This conference focused on “women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.
Annual Spring Conference 2021 was held Friday, 3/20/2021
Fordham University News Article
Women and Girls on the Move
The conference aimed to shine a light on the intensifying struggles of women and girls who are fleeing their homes in the midst of violence, persecution, and disaster.
Annual Spring Conference 2019 was held Friday, 3/16/2019
Fordham University News Article
Why the U.N. Matters
"Thirty years ago, the United Nations held the “Convention of the Rights of the Child.” The event produced an international agreement on the rights and protection of children, which has become regarded as “the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history” and helped inspire governments to implement laws and policies to protect children and invest in their care, according to UNICEF.
A look at that convention as well as three other U.N.-related anniversaries—the first for the Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees, the 20th for the passage of the Security Council Resolution 1325, which addressed the specific impacts of armed conflict on women and girls and the 23rd of the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace held in Beijing, were the major themes at a conference."
Annual Fall Conference 2019 was held Friday, 11/25/2019
Fordham University News Article
Women in Charge: All It Takes is One Girl
This conference aimed to help women network and discover how they can make change in their own lives and the world around them. The event included panels on social change through activism, through business, and through personal wellness.
Annual Fall Conference 2018 was held Friday, 11/17/2018
Fordham University News Article
Impact of Violence on Health and Education
The conference placed special emphasis on gun violence, school violence, and sexual and gender-based violence.
Annual Fall Conference 2018 was held Friday, 10/22/2017
Fordham University News Article
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Economic and Health Issues for Girls and Women of All Ages Around the World
This conference centered around gender equality, health, and economic empowerment.
Annual Spring Conference 2015 was held Friday, 3/14/2015
Fordham University News Article
Empowering Rural Women of All Ages Through Urban and Rural Partnerships
This conference highlighted the severe hardships rural women face globally, such as poverty, discrimination, and violence.
Annual Spring Conference 2012 was held Friday, 3/3/2012
Fordham University News Article
Social Work and the Arts for Women and Girls: Innovations from the Field
The conference looked at new outcomes from arts-based care and creative social work for women and girls.
Annual Spring Conference 2011 was held Friday, 3/23/2011
Fordham University News Article