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Maternal Mortality Rate

One Mother Dies Every Second Of Every Day: Learn The Facts

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Global Voices Online, Unicef, The White Ribbon Alliance, Maternal Mortality Rate, Maternal Mortality, Impact News

Can you imagine a world in which one mother goes missing every minute of every day? According to UNICEF, we're living in it. More than 500,000 women...

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Sakena Yacoobi's Vision for Afghanistan

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Sheryl DuWunn, Afghanistan Infrastructure, Omega Women and Power Conference, Hijab, Women in Afghanistan, Sakena Yacoobi, Maternal Mortality Rate, Obama, Afghanistan, Nicholas Kristof, Creating Hope International, Koran, Education in Afghanistan, Impact News
Marcia G. Yerman

Sakena Yacoobi is on a mission to bring education to Afghanistan, a country that has a 70 percent illiteracy rate. Her organization, the Afghan Institute of Learning, seeks to empower women in a troubled society.

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Build for Mothers and You Build for Everyone

Sarah Brown | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Women's Healthcare, Africa, First Ladies Summit, Women's Health, Women Mortality Rate, Disease, Maternal Mortality Rate, Childbirth Death, Sarah Brown, Maternal Mortality, Childbirth, Usdfa, New York-New York, Los Angeles-California, Tanzania, Italy, United Kingdom, World News
Sarah Brown

We will make progress on HIV/AIDS, education, nutrition, health care, on immunization, even, I believe, on the environment, if we reduce the number of mothers dying needlessly in childbirth.

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