Women Deliver

Who Would You Add to Women Deliver List of 100 Heroes?

Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Health, Michelle Bachelet, Women Deliver, Women's Rights, International Women's Day, Amy Coen, James Oppenheim, Impact News

Women Deliver today released the Women Deliver 100, a list of the one hundred most inspiring people who have delivered for girls and women.

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UNGA Week in NY: What Will it Bring for Women?

Jill Sheffield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UN General Assembly, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Women Deliver, Maternal Health, Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, Girls, World News

This week can be a moment in history for the world's women, where leaders put words into action -- stop the planning and mapping, and start the doing. We all have a role to play in ensuring that.

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Tragedy in Uganda and a Rare Opportunity to Deliver for Africa's Women

Jill Sheffield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reproductive Health, Kampala, Women Deliver, Maternal Health, Maputo, African Union Summit, World News

These past few weeks especially, Kampala has been on my mind because amidst the grief over recent events there is an amazing opportunity. The city is host to the 15th African Union Summit.

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Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan: A Way Forward

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Pathfinder International, Afghanistan, Reproductive Rights, United Nations, Hewlett Foundation, Reproductive Health, Ngos, Women Deliver, International Women's Day, Sierra Leone, Sarah Brown, Dr. Helene Gayle, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Health Organization, Ban Ki-Moon, Hillary Clinton, Aga Khan Foundation, Unicef, Aga Khan Development Network, Health Care, Maternal Mortality, Childbirth, World News

Afghanistan is now ranked second worst in the world when it comes to maternal mortality. But there is hope on the horizon.

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Maternal, Newborn and Infant Mortality: Global Leaders Must Act

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, G20 Summit, Ban Ki-Moon, G8 Summit, United Nations, Women Deliver, Maternal Mortality, World News

At this G8 Summit, it's time we started to put an end to maternal, newborn and infant mortality. Every day, nearly 1,000 women and 22,000 children under five will die in a world where most of these deaths are entirely preventable.

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To G8 Leaders: Stand and Deliver for World's Women and Children

Leila Nimatallah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mdgs, Pepfar, G8 Summit, Orphans, G8, Unicef, Mdg, Women Deliver, Canada, Impact News

This year's G8 Summit will focus on the needs of the most impoverished women and children, and it seems like everyone is jumping on the bandwagon.

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On the Eve of the G8: Waiting for the Rubber to Hit the Road

Jill Sheffield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Girls, G8, Courage, g20, Washington DC, Canada, Women Deliver, Maternal Health, World News

As we held the closing plenary at the Women Deliver conference just weeks ago, I thought we CAN deliver. It's time to move above the fray and get serious about improving maternal health worldwide.

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Jennifer Beals: What a Feeling!

Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ghana, Chicago, Paul Farmer, The L Word, Michelle Bachelet, Jennifer Beals, Flashdance, Ride Along, Women Deliver, Sierra Leone, Haiti, Jennifer Beals Flashdance, Jennifer Beals Charity, Jennifer Beals Activism, Entertainment News

Jennifer Beals is the iconic symbol of the 1980s -- big hair, leg warmers and a feline body, star of Flashdance. But the Jennifer Beals of 2010 has morphed into an activist.

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Global Women and Children's Health in the 21st Century: the Case for a Comprehensive Approach

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, India, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, G20 Summit, Ethiopia, World Health Organization, G8 Summit, Ban Ki-Moon, Africa, United Nations, Unicef, Women Deliver, Maternal Health, World News

A convergence of health services is an approach far more comprehensive than simply merging maternal and newborn health.

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UN Plan for Women's Health Lacks Key Component: Women's Rights

Serra Sippel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Women's Rights, Women, Maternal Health, Women Deliver, Women's Health, United Nations, World News

The UN plan is certainly well-timed. Unfortunately, it's missing the one element that will make it work. Medical causes of maternal death are inextricably linked to human rights.

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Let Women Deliver For Us All

Karl Hofmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Intrauterine Device, Uganda, Family Planning, Millennium Development Goals, Reproductive Health, Women Deliver, Maternal Health, Population Services International, Long-Term Family Planning, Maternal Mortality, World News

This study should drive us to do more: to advocate for necessary policy changes and to push for funding increases for maternal health. We know progress is possible.

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Ali Larter Is Ready to be a Hero for Women and Girls

Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Ali Larter, the luminous star of TV shows such as "Heroes" and films including "Legally Blonde" and "Obsessed" is also a newly minted advocate for reproductive rights for women and girls.

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Improving Upon the UN-led Action Plan for Maternal and Child Health

World Vision | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Child Health Now, World Vision, 2010, Maternal Health, Women Deliver, Child Health, United Nations, Impact News

World Vision's analysis shows that the deaths of 2.5 million children could be prevented each year.

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A Lesson in Power by World Leaders

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ashley Judd, Women Leadership, Women, Valerie Jarrett, Michelle Bachelet, Women Leaders, Women Deliver, Power, Arianna Huffington, Helen Clark, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda Gates, World News

It's not often that you get to sit in the same room with a group of world leaders and hear their wisdom, ideas and experiences at the personal and political levels. I've just enjoyed that privilege. And the world leaders were all women.

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A New Vision for the Health of Women and Children

Melinda Gates | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newborns, Children's Health, Women's Health, Mothers, Women Deliver, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Pregnancy, World News

No matter who you are, no matter where you live, it is incredibly moving to hold a healthy baby in your arms. But tens of millions of women never get to experience that moment of beauty.

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Every Mother Counts

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Maternal Mortality Rate, Women Deliver, Maternal Mortality, Lois Capps, Christy Turlington, Impact News

Maternal mortality is a crisis without borders. Women die in rural African villages, crowded slums in Bangladesh, and even in hospitals in the U.S., where a poor woman's risk of maternal death is greater than in 40 other countries.

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Women Deliver Promises Hope Around the World

Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Ghana, Crown Princess of Denmark, Midwives, Mali, Reproductive Health, g20, Washington DC, Newborn Health, Women Deliver, Jill Sheffield, Maternal Health, Ban Ki Moon, World News

In a cavernous convention center in the heart of the Nation's Capitol, thousands of people have gathered to celebrate the role of women in the well-be...

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Women and Power

Helen Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mdgs, Girls, Women Deliver, Women, Millennium Development Goals, Politics News

The knowledge and expertise is available to significantly improve the lives of women the world over. What we need now is the global will to make a difference.

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Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival: Celebrating Progress, Continuing the Fight

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Women's Rights, Women, India, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Health, United Nations, Maternal Health, Women Deliver, Canada, Maternal Mortality, Impact News

Make no mistake: a special focus on women and girls is not an aberration on the global agenda, for it is quickly emerging as the secret to unlocking humanity's potential in securing a more stable and sustainable future for all.

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Investing in Women and Girls: A Focus on Health, Advocacy and Innovation

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women and Girls, Women's Rights, Women, Global Health, Maternal Health, Women Deliver, Human Trafficking, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Health, Nicholas Kristof, Maternal Mortality, World News

In less than two weeks, the world's leading voices on advancing the lives and livelihoods of women and girls around the world will come together for the 2010 Women Deliver Summit.

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This International Women's Day Let's Aim to End Maternal Deaths

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Family Planning, Unfpa, Maternal Deaths, Pregnancy, Women Deliver, International Women's Day, Babies, Maternal Mortality, Guttmacher Institute, California, Healthy Living News

Ninety-nine years ago, International Women's Day was founded to honor the accomplishments of women and to press for equality between men and women. Al...

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