We, at the Lancet Youth are very proud to announce the appointment of two Commissioners, Carmen Barroso and Dakshitha Wickremarathne (@dakki_16) onto the Every Woman Every Child’s Independent Accountability Panel (IAP).
Last September, the UN Secretary-General launched the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health to further help the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda. The strategy builds on 15 years of progress under the Millennium Development Goals and the Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) movement. A key strategic priority for EWEC is the development of an updated accountability framework to ensure strong implementation of the SDGs.
The Panel will produce its first report before the end of 2016. The report will provide an independent assessment of progress and challenges to help strengthen the response from the international health community and countries. In subsequent years, the annual report is expected to coincide with the relevant SDGs follow-up and review processes, such as the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
The IAP is comprised of the nine distinguished panellists (see below) from diverse regions and backgrounds that range from human rights experts to humanitarian leaders to statisticians. These panellists are empowered to command attention from the global community across the full range of the updated Global Strategy’s accountability framework – to monitor, review and act – and across the spectrum of issues that comprise the Global Strategy’s “Survive, Thrive, and Transform” themes.
Panellists
Sania Nishtar [Chair], Pakistan
Carmen Barroso, Brazil
Pali Lehohla, South Africa
Elizabeth Mason, UK
Vinod K. Paul, India
Giorgi Pkhakadze, Ukraine
Jaime Sepulveda, Mexico
Dakshitha Wickremarathne, Sri Lanka
Alicia Ely Yamin, USA
The IAP will undertake their roles on a pro bono basis.
The full announcement from EWEC is available here.