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Watch this video from CNN about women giving birth in Ecuador, and the need for hospitals and healths centers to be culturally sensitive when delivering health services, especially during childbirth. As one of the women in the video says, women should have “the right to free, safe, and culturally sensitive health care.” [...]
Following a Guardian visit to one of his Millennium Villages in Uganda, Jeffrey Sachs, the director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, will be live online at 10am on Tuesday, June 9th to answer questions on whether aid can help Africa. Sachs is considered one of the foremost thinkers when it comes to development [...]
A few months ago, Deepali Gaur Singh wrote a piece on the Huffington Post about maternal mortality in India and Women Deliver’s efforts to improve maternal health in this region. As the author says:
The Taj Mahal – one of the eternal symbols of love – is a mausoleum erected by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan [...]
I just came across this very funny speech by Joss Whedon, the famous writer-director of shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dollhouse. (via Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog) In this video clip he talks about his organization, Equality Now, and how he answers the question from journalists: “Why do you create strong female characters?” Whedon [...]
