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.

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

 
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

Please RSVP by Monday, September 19
to [email protected] 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.