Events preview: This week in development cooperation

A mother brings her child to be vaccinated at a clinic in Pokhara, Nepal. Photo by: Jim Holmes / AusAID / CC BY

Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting April 24:

EVENTS IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS

Internet Inclusion: Advancing SolutionsApril 24-25
Washington, D.C., United States

Women20 Summit 2017
April 24-26
Berlin, Germany

European Parliament Committee Meetings
April 24-27
Brussels, Belgium

High-level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
April 25
Geneva, Switzerland

WHA Policy Scrum
April 25
Online

Aligning National Climate Policy and Sustainable Development in Urban Kenya: Presentation of findings
April 25
Nairobi, Kenya

Impact Capitalism Summit
April 25-26
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Tomorrow’s employment in Africa, what opportunities for youth?
April 25-26
Paris, France

Conference: How business can tackle modern slavery and forced labor
April 25-26
London, United Kingdom

Webinar: Using Tools to Advance Transparency in Land InvestmentsApril 26
Online

Ending Exclusion from Education
April 26
Oslo, Norway

Asia Pacific Humanitarian leadership conference
April 26-28
Melbourne, Australia

WADEM Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2017
April 25-28
Toronto, Canada

Citizen engagement in natural resource governance: stakeholder dialogue series
April 27
Mutare, Zimbabwe

A Gender Perspective on Demography and Conflicts
April 27
Oslo, Norway

EconNet: How Negotiation Skills Can Contribute to Girls’ Education
April 27
Washington, D.C., United States

Did Climate Change Spark the Syrian Civil War?
April 27
London, United Kingdom

SwitchPoint 2017
April 27-28
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

14th World Rural Health Conference
April 29-May 2
Cairns, Australia

INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES

World Immunization Week
April 24-30

World Malaria Day
April 25

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