The Network: Towards Unity For Health (TUFH) Presents: WOMEN AND HEALTH Community Approaches - Virtual Expert Symposium March 12, 2019 www.thenetworktufh.org Moderator: Kamayani Mahabal: Activist, Gender, Health & Human Rights Panelists: 1) Amany Refaat: Core Faculty, College of Health Sciences, Walden University 2) Frances Hughes: Senior Fellow, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania 3) Nighat Huda: Professor of Health Professions Education, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College 4) Kennedy Omondi Ogutu: SNO Regional Representative from Africa Panel Questions 1) How can we make community approaches for women's health effective in a collaborative set up of academic institutions, government, and non-government organizations (NGO) working in field? 2) How do we address the ethical, cultural, and local challenges in the community-based participatory research, advocacy, or practice? 3) How can we ensure the government policy makers adopt and mainstream the best practices with a gender sensitive lens? 4) How can we coordinate our efforts across borders and establish a way to learn from each other through the best practices in community approaches for women’s health?