WHIS - 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

World Health Innovation Summit #whis

Our story: In 2015 the World Health Innovation Summit CIC was founded by Mr Gareth Presch. Based in the heart of Cumbria [UK] with an international career in healthcare systems, Gareth identified that people in the community would be better supported if they had more access to holistic solutions, in their locality. This is what we call community based person-centred care.

Taking a Good Health & Wellbeing (SDG3) approach to person centred health, Gareth recognised that there were four key cornerstones (Pillars) of which all needed to be supported, at the same time, by the same people: Economy, Education, Environment and Ecosystems.

Gareth felt if people were more aware about how each Pillar impacted their daily lives, and ways in which to better understand them, then this could: 1. Help grow our economies (globally, nationally and locally) 2. Take pressures off our health and social services (staff and resources) 3. Create healthier & happier populations (improve people’s health & wellbeing) 4. Restore the balance to the environment 5. Create equal and safe opportunities 6. Support the most vulnerable people in our society These are now the WHIS Goals.

Gareth also identified a serious gap when it came to the progress of innovation. Many local enterprises and voluntary organisations were already providing exemplar services in their localities - but were working in isolation.His idea was to bring together like-minded people, with the same values, to deliver evidence based solutions across the globe. Collaboration: The key to achieving these goals.

A new movement was born: #TogetherWeInspire

WHIS and the UN SDGs - In September 2015, 193 heads of state pledged their commitment to implement the 17 Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations. The UNGSII Foundation was created to assist and accelerate the implementation process, with the mission to ensure that the world reaches its goal, at the latest, by 2030. WHIS is a partner with UNGSII for the SDG Cities 25+5 Leadership platform (www.ungsii.org www.sdg-cities.org www.citiesinvestmentfacility.org www.whis.world ).

UNGSII was initiated by UN Director General Michael Moller to provide scientific data and know how for SDG Implementation in 2014. The SCR500 Index was presented at the UN in New York on April 17th 2017. It illustrates that within the largest 500 stock listed corporations from around the world that the global goals has been accepted as a new guiding principle, it also demonstrated that being invested in those stocks and companies supporting SDGs brings competitive returns: the cumulative return after 4 years is 53%. www.whis.world

WHIS - 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.

The United Nations is marking the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence from 25 November to 10 December 2021, under the global theme set by the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE campaign: “Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!”

Nearly 1 in 3 women have been abused in their lifetime. In times of crises, the numbers rise, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic and recent humanitarian crises, conflicts and climate disasters. A new report from UN Women, based on data from 13 countries since the pandemic, shows that 2 in 3 women reported that they or a woman they know experienced some form of violence and are more likely to face food insecurity. Only 1 in 10 women said that victims would go to the police for help.

WHIS is supporting with a LIVE interactive webinar that will be solution focused on "ACTION" Moderator: Gareth Presch, CEO, WHIS Deirdre Carbery, WHIS, Chair Expert Group, Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Professor, Dr. Phoebe Koundouri President-Elect European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Co-Chair UN SDSN Europe (and Greece), Director EIT Climate KIC HUB Greece, Director Sustainable Development Unit, ATHENA RC Sofia Karadima, Investment Monitor Holly Milburn-Smith - Los Angeles, Barcelona, Freetown, London, Mexico City and Tokyo (City Hub and Network for Gender Equity (CHANGE) Susanne Baars, Global Thought Leader, Siemens Healthineers Anca Del Rio, EIT Alumi President Dr Amir Hannan, MBE Chairman, WHIS Terisa Tamang, Dhairya Cancer Foundation www.whis.world Jennifer Kitenge, WHIS, London