Fed Event: Invitation--Weathering Change: Stories About Climate From Around The World

Weathering Change: Stories about climate and family from women around the world

Thursday, September 22, 2011, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 6th Floor Flom Auditorium, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC

Weathering Change takes us to Ethiopia, Nepal and Peru to hear the stories of women as they struggle
to care for their families, while enduring crop failures and water scarcity. The film shows how women
and families are already adapting to the climate change challenges that threaten their health and their livelihoods.

Weathering Change documents how family planning, girls' education, sustainable agriculture
and environmental conservation are part of the solution. As the world's population hits 7 billion in 2011,
the film calls for expanding access to contraception and empowering women to help families and
communities adapt to the effects of climate change.



Introduction to Weathering Change
Suzanne Ehlers, President and CEO, Population Action International

Panel Discussion on climate change, gender, and family planning
Ellen H. Starbird, Deputy Director, USAID Office of Population and Reproductive Health
Tonya Rawe, Senior Policy Advocate, CARE USA
Esther Kelechi Agbarakwe, Atlas Corps Fellow, Population Action International
Geoff Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, moderator


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Please RSVP by Monday, September 19
to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.

Location: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line)
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
6th Floor Auditorium. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions.
Note: picture ID is required to pass through security.