At a time when anti-rights movements are gaining strength globally, the Women Deliver Conference, one of the world’s largest gatherings of advocates, policymakers and leaders dedicated to advancing gender equality, serves as a key opportunity to align on action to defend and propel the rights of women and girls around the world.
UNFPA will play a leading role at the conference, positioning sexual and reproductive health and rights at the centre of global efforts to advance gender equality in a rapidly changing demographic landscape.
Guided by its Strategic Plan 2026–2029, UNFPA will underscore how protecting bodily autonomy is fundamental to progress on individual empowerment and also more peaceful and prosperous societies. This includes sustained investment in sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as stronger action to prevent and respond to gender-based violence, child marriage and female genital mutilation, grounded in data, evidence and lived realities. These priorities are critical to enabling gender-responsive climate action, strengthening demographic resilience and driving inclusive, sustainable development.
UNFPA will also amplify the voices and rights of those most often left behind, including adolescent girls and persons with disabilities, while engaging men and boys as essential partners in advancing equality. Across its engagement, UNFPA will highlight the importance of integrated, people-centred approaches that respond to the full spectrum of needs across the life course.
The conference is an opportunity to address these issues together with partners. UNFPA will deepen its collaboration with feminist movements worldwide, recognizing their central role in advancing rights and accountability. UNFPA will also confront emerging challenges such as technology-facilitated gender-based violence and support intersectional, women- and youth-led action that is shaping more just and equitable societies.
Key UNFPA events are below, and will be updated in the coming days. More information on events can be found here.
26 April
Pre-conference
Girls deliver
This event will examine the current realities facing adolescent girls and the urgent need for renewed global action to advance their rights and well-being. It will bring together adolescent girls, youth leaders, advocates and diverse partners. It is co-hosted by UNFPA and partners.
26 April
Pre-conference
Leading our own liberation: A pre-conference for feminist disabled changemakers
This event will bring together women, girls and gender-diverse people with disabilities to strengthen movement building, share knowledge and resources, and develop advocacy strategies to advance gender equality and disability rights at Women Deliver 2026 and beyond. It is organized by Women Enabled International and sponsored by UNFPA and Women Deliver.
27 April
Pre-conference
Convening feminist mobilization for advancing women’s health, bodily autonomy, SRHR and GBV in Asia Pacific
This event will address the growing pushback against sexual and reproductive health and rights and other justice movements. Feminist leaders, youth advocates, government policymakers and grassroots movements will work to reframe the discourse, drive commitments for increased funding and strengthen accountability. It is being organized in collaboration with UNFPA, ARROW, Equality Fund, Fos Feminista and the UN University International Institute for Global Health.
27 April
High-level parliamentary forum
Sexual and reproductive health and rights: Driving equality, ensuring justice
This event will convene ministers, members of parliament, civil society organizations and UN leaders to discuss the role of political leadership and multilateral cooperation in advancing sexual and reproductive health and gender equality, and to strengthen understanding of the intrinsic links between sexual and reproductive health and rights and development justice. Attendance is by invitation only.
28 April
Partner side event
Transforming power, restoring reproductive agency
This event will examine how reproductive agency is undermined across the continuum of sexual and reproductive healthcare. It will bring together researchers, practitioners and advocates to share concrete strategies for transforming clinical practice, policy frameworks and provider training. The session will also mark the launch of the Conceptual Framework on Reproductive Violence to be published by UNFPA in collaboration with MSI Australia. It is organized by the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
28 April
Intergenerational dialogue between policymakers, parliamentarians and youth
This session will bring together Pacific youth and decision-makers to exchange perspectives and create solutions on climate, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and gender equality. It will also see the adoption of a Pacific Youth Communiqué, which calls for transparent and measurable action to integrate sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender-based violence into climate policies. The dialogue will be hosted at the UNFPA booth.
28 April
Concurrent session
Securing girls’ futures through youth-led SRHR, digital and climate action
This session will showcase youth-led innovations tackling climate vulnerability, digital inequality and civic space constraints in Africa. It will highlight initiatives including community-driven models of integrating gender equality, gender-based violence prevention and resilience into digital tools. Organized by the UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Office, UNFPA West and Central Africa Regional Office, UNFPA Burkina Faso, UNFPA Guinea, UNFPA Malawi and UNFPA Zimbabwe.
28 April
Partner side event
No time to lose: Scaling solutions and financing to end child marriage in humanitarian settings and beyond
This event will explore how proven, locally rooted strategies to end child marriage can be integrated into humanitarian, peacebuilding and climate responses. It will bring together governments, humanitarian leaders, civil society and youth- and women-led organizations. It is being co-hosted by UNFPA, UNICEF, OAFLAD, Zonta International, Girls Not Brides, Accelerate Research Hub and the Governments of Australia, Canada, Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom.
28 April
Partner side event
Data-driven change: Closing the data gap to end FGM
This event will explore the urgent need to address female genital mutilation in South Asia and Southeast Asia, where the absence of official data on prevalence continues to render millions of women and girls invisible to policymakers. It will highlight the global and regional landscape and the challenges in advancing change without an institutionalized evidence base. The event will bring together policymakers, civil society, researchers and advocates. It is co-hosted by UNFPA, Orchid Project and UNICEF.
29 April
Concurrent session
Let’s unite: Powering the “Shared Agenda for Action on Menstrual Health and Hygiene”
This session will mobilize Women Deliver participants to align behind the upcoming “Shared Agenda for Action on Menstrual Health and Hygiene,” a coordinated, evidence-driven advocacy initiative launching in May 2026. It will bring together youth leaders, civil society, researchers and policy actors and is co-hosted by UNFPA, UNICEF, Wash United, Girl Up and partners.
30 April
Side event
Boys as allies: Positive masculinity to end GBV and harmful practices in the Pacific
This youth-led event will highlight how engaging adolescent boys as allies is essential in challenging harmful gender norms, preventing violence and advancing gender equality. An interactive session, it will spotlight the diverse voices of Pacific young women and men leaders. It is being co-organized by UNFPA and UNICEF.
30 April
Concurrent session
Safeguarding rights and agency: Adolescent engagement in shrinking civic spaces
This session will elevate adolescent girls’ perspectives on safety in advocacy work, while offering recommendations for how existing safety practices must evolve. Co-hosted by UNFPA, Adolescent Girls Investment Plan and UNGEI, it will bring together young leaders, civil society, governments and donors.
