On July 1st, the Women Deliver team announced the top five highlights from the 2010 conference (June 7-9). See below for a summary of the conference highlights–with links to publications, videos, photos, and additional information that came out of the conference. This post was originally posted on the Women Deliver website and is reposted on [...]
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Collection of Tragic Photos: Time Magazine Tells Mamma Sessay’s Story of Maternal Death
Posted in News, Sierra Leone, tagged early marriage, hemorrhage, Mamma Sessay, maternal death, maternal mortality, maternal mortality ratio, photo essay, photos, Sierra Leone, youth on June 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Maternal Mortality in Sierra Leone: The Story of Mamma is a collection of photos and captions that tell the tragic story of the death of Mamma Sessay, an 18-year old who lost her life giving birth in Sierra Leone, a country with one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. Time The captions [...]
Practice of Early Marriage Continues in Many Parts of India
Posted in India, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged adolescents, early marriage, India, infant health, infant mortality, International Institute of Population Sciences, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, Population Council, Population Council of India, Times of India, unintended pregnancy, youth on February 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A recent study by the International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS) and the Population Council of India outlines just how prevalent early marriage remains in many parts of India. Bernama.com (Malaysian National News Agency) This article cites many of the findings of the recent study in India by IIPS and the Population Council. It also [...]
PBS Special on Maternal Health in Haiti Viewable Online
Posted in Haiti, Public Health and Technology, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, the Millennium Development Goals and the Media, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, adolescents, ambulance, Ann Starrs, birth control, Bureau for International Reporting (BIR), contraceptives, earthquake, education, Family Care International, family planning, global health, Haiti, Haitian Health Foundation, HIV/AIDS, journalism, maternal death, maternal health, maternal health supplies, maternal mortality, MDG5, media, midwives, Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Development Goals and the Media, multimedia, NOW, NOW PBS, PBS, pre-natal, skilled birth attendant, transportation, UNFPA, unintended pregnancy, United Nations, unmet need, youth on February 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A NOW team from PBS recently went to Haiti to investigate high levels of maternal mortality in the country. They happened to be in the Haiti when the earthquake hit. In collaboration with the Bureau for International Reporting (BIR), a non-profit video news production company, PBS produced Saving Haiti’s Mothers, a show that examines the [...]
Reproductive Health Response in Crises Consortium Releases Statement on the Earthquake in Haiti
Posted in Haiti, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, adolescents, ARVs, birth control, c-section, cesarean section, clean delivery kits, contraception, contraceptives, disaster relief, displaced women, earthquake, emergency contraception, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), family planning, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake, Haitian women, HIV/AIDS, infant health, internally displaced people, maternal health, maternal morbidity, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, pregnancy complications, pregnant women, refugees, relief efforts, Reproductive Health in Conflict Consortium, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, Reproductive Health Response in Crisis Consortium, reproductive health services, safe delivery kits, sexual exploitation, sexual violence, skilled birth attendant, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, youth on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Reproductive Health Response in Crises Consortium applauds current relief efforts in Haiti while calling on humanitarian actors to provide lifesaving reproductive health services for women displaced by the earthquake. The RHRC Consortium The RHRC Consortium calls on humanitarian actors to meet the needs of women and girls—including the 63,000 pregnant women in Port au [...]
Pathfinder International Launches Video to Raise Awareness and Money for Women’s Rights and Health
Posted in Public Health and Technology, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, activism, adolescents, birth control, child health, child marriage, contraception, contraceptives, early marriage, education, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), family planning, funding, fundraising campaign, hemorrhage, HIV/AIDS, human rights, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, Pathfinder International, Public Health and Technology, sex education, sex trafficking, skilled birth attendant, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, video, women's rights, youth on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Watch and share Pathfinder’s video, Girl2Woman, that outlines the challenges related to sexual and reproductive health that girls face throughout their lives. Every video shared raises $1 for Pathfinder International programs—-up to $1 million. Visit the Girl2Woman site to see more information about the initiative and an interactive time line that outlines stages of life [...]
Peer-to-Peer Health Care Delivery Model: Ecuadorian Teens Deliver Injectable Contraceptives to Peers
Posted in Ecuador, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, activism, adolescents, birth control, CEMOPLAF, Chimborazo, CHW, community health workers, condoms, contraception, contraceptives, Ecuador, education, family planning, HIV/AIDS, indigenous, injectable contraception, injectables, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, reproductive health, reproductive health services, sex education, skilled birth attendant, task sharing, task-shifting, teens, the pill, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, youth on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Planned Parenthood Federation of America and CEMOPLAF, an Ecuadorian reproductive health organization, are working together to train Ecuadorian teens to become community health workers in the Chimborazo region of central Ecuador. Global Health Magazine “Ecuador has the highest adolescent fertility rate in Latin America, and this skyrockets when we’re talking about rural or indigenous youth. [...]
Hillary Clinton Will Reaffirm U.S. Commitment to Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services
Posted in unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged 15th Anniversary, 2015, access, activism, adolescents, birth control, Cairo, contraception, contraceptives, education, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), family planning, funding, Hillary Clinton, human rights, International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, reproductive health, reproductive health services, Secretary of State, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, sex education, skilled birth attendant, U.S. government, UN agreements, unintended pregnancy, United Nations, unmet need, youth on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech comes in time for the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and marks a renewed support for and dedication to reaching the goals of ICPD and other related UN agreements, including the Millennium Development Goals, by 2015. ICPD called on governments and development agencies [...]
Top Ten Wins for Women’s Health and Rights in 2009
Posted in Bolivia, Cameroon, India, Nigeria, tagged 2009, abortion, access, activism, adolescents, birth control, Bolivia, Cameroon, child marriage, contraception, contraceptives, criminalization of sex work, early marriage, England, family planning, Global Gag Rule, human rights, India, International Women's Health Coalition, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, Nigeria, reproductive health, reproductive health services, reproductive rights, sex work, sexual health, UNFPA, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, women's health, women's rights, Yemen, youth on January 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The International Women’s Health Coalition lists and describes what they see as the top ten wins for women’s health and rights in 2009–and comment on next steps and challenges for each win. RH Reality Check The IWHC’s picks for the top ten women’s health and rights wins span topics ranging from the new Bolivian constitution [...]
No More Playing Favorites with Funding for Abstinence-Only Programs
Posted in unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged abstinence, abstinence-only, adolescents, Appropriations Bill, birth control, contraceptives, family planning, maternal health, maternal mortality, sex education, teen pregnancy, unintended pregnancy, youth on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Appropriations Bill Ends Abstinence-Only Funding, Increases Family Planning RH Reality Check “There was a lot of good news packed into the 2010 Omnibus Appropriations bill which was passed by Congress over the weekend. For the first time ever, the appropriations bill eliminated all funding for abstinence-only sex education programs in favor of evidence-based programs that [...]
MDG5 and Youth: Their Plight, Their Voices
Posted in Afghanistan, Uncategorized, tagged access, adolescents, Advocates for Youth, Afghanistan, birth control, child brides, contraceptives, early marriage, family planning, forced marriage, HIV/AIDS, human rights, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, media, Millennium Development Goals, policy, reproductive health services, sexual and reproductive health rights, UNFPA, United Nation's International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), Yemen, youth on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I have seen a handful of articles that address MDG5 issues and youth—ranging in topic areas from the tribulations of child-bearing children in Afghanistan and the struggles of young girls forced into early marriage in Yemen (actually from Dec. 5th) to the role that youth are playing in demanding access to sexual and reproductive [...]
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