Professor Jeremy Shiffman, a political scientist at Syracuse University who has a particular interest in maternal, newborn, and child health, has been developing a new field of enquiry to analyze the critical factors underlying successful political advocacy for global health causes. His case study on political priority for reducing maternal mortality was presented at the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘advocacy’
October 20, 2008
Sign Your Name to End Violence Against Women
Launched by UNIFEM in November 2007, the Say NO campaign hopes to demonstrate that ending violence against women has broad-based support from all parts of society. To date, more than 300,000 individuals worldwide have signed on (including Nicole Kidman), as well as more than 40 governments and over 190 civil society organizations. The campaign aims [...]
October 17, 2008
Women Deliver at ONE: What a Difference a Year Makes!
One year ago, on October 18-20, nearly 2,000 participants from 115 countries came together to call for increased political will and investment in maternal health. We all agreed: Invest in women – it pays! Activists, global health organizations, governments, and non-governmental groups gathered at this international conference in London to demand action to save the [...]
October 16, 2008
The Pillars of Maternal Health
Judith F. Helzner wrote a blog post on RH Reality Check all about the pillars of maternal health that are necessary to support a sustained drop in pregnancy-related deaths. To learn more about the pillars, click here. As Helzner says,
These interventions can be funded and introduced without overhauling health systems. What’s missing is the political [...]
October 15, 2008
Blog Action Day: Blogging Against Poverty
Today, October 15, is Blog Action Day. And here at Women Deliver, we’re psyched to get involved and be a part of this amazing movement. Today, thousands of bloggers will unite to discuss a single issue – poverty. The aim is to raise awareness, initiate action and to shake the web! And poverty is something [...]
October 10, 2008
Know Your Rights
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Seth Brau brought the important words to life with motion graphics. Check out the video below to see his moving interpretation. And remember that maternal health is a human right. Health care improvements must come within a broader context of efforts to promote [...]
October 3, 2008
Martha Stewart Gets Onboard!
Watch this video clip of Martha Stewart talking about the dinner hosted by Sarah Brown, Wendi Murdoch and Queen Rania last week in NYC. 105 women from around the globe were invited to NYC’s Tao restaurant to discuss maternal mortality and why it’s such an important goal of the UN and the world community. Props to Martha Stewart for getting onboard [...]
September 19, 2008
Groove Your Bump!
Check out this hysterical and slighty unorthodox video from Oxfam and The White Ribbon Alliance. As they say: “If you think this is dangerous, try giving birth in poor countries without a midwife hospital or medicine.”
