“It’s about what is happening around the world. She said the Chicago Council event helped her to learn about where she came from. Aba was born in Guatemala but raised in the United States. Toward the back of the room, the 10-person round tables were filled with college and high school students from across Illinois.Įmily Aba, 16, is a student at Josephinum Academy, a private, all-girls high school in Chicago. She tied it in with globalization and the Western demand for cheap labor, stating, “We need to shine sunlight on the chain between our well-being and the health of garment workers abroad.” She went on to talk about how women and children are specifically affected by deficiencies in work place safety. “Rana Plaza was Bangladesh’s 9/11,” Davis said.
According to the economist, BRAC is the largest non-governmental development organization in the world and was started in Bangladesh.ĭavis began by describing the disaster of Rana Plaza, the eight-story building that collapsed in 2013 in Bangladesh. The day came to a close with an insightful panel of speakers discussing “Health and Safety for Women in the Workplace.” On that panel was Susan Davis, president and CEO of BRAC USA. Breakout panel topics ranged from “Global Mental Health” to “Smart Economics: Women’s Reproductive Health.” Throughout the day, big hitters in their respective fields occupied the stage and shared their views of problems affecting women and children throughout the world. The ballroom was decked out in four chandeliers he sound of real silverware knocking against fine china mixed with heels knocking on the hardwood floor to nearly drown out the keynote speaker on “Women’s Health: Rewriting the Goals.” The day started early, with a keynote speaker panel and a beautifully presented breakfast of fresh fruit and berry yogurt. The February event was part of the Council’s ongoing Women and Global Development Forum, which was established in 2009 to “engage Chicagoans in discussions about the role of women in solving global health, international development, and socioeconomic challenges facing the world today.” Speakers from the public and private sectors addressed a crowd of 365 of which nearly half were young people and over three-quarters were women. On a recent Friday, in the main ballroom of the Standard Club in downtown Chicago, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted a half-day International Women’s Day Global Health Symposium.
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