Obligatory for SDG Gender Equality students, open for all

Samantha Turner (she/her) is a career civil servant, an intrepreneur, and professional facilitator that most recently served as a Senior Advisor at the US Agency for International Development in Washington DC, and prior to that the Command Gender Advisor at the US European Command, Stuttgart Germany. A civil engineer by training, her current work in the Women, Peace, and Security space consists of simplifying the intricate as she works to educate national security leaders on the benefits of inclusive leadership and promoting diversity. She has become a go-to practitioner within the US Government, and a thought leader on the future of human-centered design in diplomatic development and military operations.

We know gender equality is key to our collective future but what does equality have to do with event planning, project design and execution? How do we as future leaders account for and integrate these considerations? Join us for “Gender Perspective: It’s not extra, it’s essential!” a session that will give you the basics of how to account for and integrate gender equality into your everyday life! In this session you will learn:

• What is gender equality and why should we care?

• An overview of the UN sustainable development

goals relating to gender.

• A basic process that will help you assess, connect, and design gender considerations into any project.

• Tools and Techniques for implementation that will help you make whatever you are planning better.