GDM-ImpactBECOMING THE MINISTER OF HEALTH IN OUTER SPACE: Women’s Education for Equity and Innovation for All

Université d’Ottawa/University of OttawaLorna Jean Edmonds PhD

Approach

• Instead of thinking

‘outside the box’lets think

‘inside ourselves’

about a subject so very close to us all • Health• The Health of the Global Population• Health Human Resources• Health of Canada

• Models of development • charity, medical , social, and citizenship

Maybe not quite for all..

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the PASSION to reach for the stars to change the world.

Harriet Tubman

Girls in underprivileged communities

These girls have dreams too

She wantsto be a doctor

She was shot in the head for sharing her dream

Malala YousafzaiPakistan

The most impactful trends in the 21st century

• Information technology and communication• Globalisation• Climate change is looming large• Outer Space is the next frontier• ONE Knowledge economy

The problems today are the problems of the world

Where is the real power to address these challenges ?

TALENT

Those who master the talent challenge will dominate the markets in the 21st century

Deloitte, 2009

Talent is Mobile Brain drain, gain, chain…

Why migrate?Control, Opportunity - choices

Wouldn’t you – that is thinking inside our selves

Global Tension for Innovation, Talent and Partnerships

It is not only Africa that needs science… Science itself needs researchers from Africa

Wired, August 12, 2012

Research in a Globalized World- Canada and the University of Toronto -

Problem

• Global instability

• Disengaged community

• Notwithstanding LIFE in Outer Space, it is a playground of unregulated activity impacting on all of us

• Less than 10% of all astronauts are women

• Current Research and Innovators need help!

Strategy

Is this approach working ?

Growth Strategy for Vulnerable Communities

International Development??

• Millenium Development Goals • Goal 2: by 2015, children everywhere, boys and

girls, will complete primary schooling• Goas 4,5,6: Child and Maternal Health and

HIV/AIDS: Primary health care

• The (Global Health) Development Industry: • Foundations, Development Banks, NGOs,

Charities, Consulting• Education and research institutions??

• Remittance

Is this approach working?

Pillars of an international development strategy

MDGs

• Access to primary education• Access to health• Access to human rights

• IMPLICATIONS…. before innovation growth and (good governance)

Strategy: Educating women for equity for innovation

GLOBAL DIVIDEND FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT: GDM –I

Quality human capital – educated people – drives excellence

Strategy: equity for innovation

Pillars of Global Dividend for Maximum Impact

• Access to quality• higher education and research capacity• Scholarships for women• Internships and mobility opportunities

for men and women

• Signature competitions to engage students from all over the world to solve global issues

• Gender policies and MENTORSHIP

Why focus on women ?

GDM-IResult: Gender Equality

• Women support girls and boys, men and women and communities

• Women are in supportive roles influencing leaders• Women are in leadership roles• Women and men are partners

and • If you invest in women you can be certain that men will

make sure investments are also for them.

• Equal investments in, and gains for women equate to equal gains for men and women

Where is the real power in decision making and development?

GDM-IResult: Flat Global Platform for Talent

the real power comes from the diversity of women and men from all corners of the world and all disciplines working together and using their experience to solve complex problems and accelerate innovation and create stability and security

Integrated Strategy for fair global competition

The pillars of a global innovations agenda

•MDG + GDM-I

Malala Yousafzai, PhDMinister of Health for Outer Space