Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. As the international community gears up for the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December, the reproductive health and rights community is starting to look closely at the links between RH and climate change. One area that seems to be [...]

First Ladies have a unique position… they have ability to whisper in the ears of some of the most important people in the nation. And through these passionate and influential advocates, there’s the opportunity to address some of the biggest challenges facing girls and women.
Women Deliver, along with the Global Health Council, sponsored a breakfast [...]

This blog-post was originally published at Conversations for a Better World, a shared blog on population, gender, and health.
“Ask for what you want. Take what you get. Then, use what you’ve got to get what you want.”
This is what Dr. Fred Sai said about international development at a global conference last week, the first time I [...]

Originally posted on Global Health Blogs, written by Ann Starrs, president of Family Care International, and Advisory Group member for Women Deliver.
An old cliché says that “all politics is local” – that people’s votes are driven more by the quality of local services like garbage collection than by debates on big national issues. That phrase can [...]

Poverty wears a woman’s face. So do hunger, AIDS, and most refugees from violent conflict. Addressing these problems means addressing women’s needs and rights worldwide, from the family level to international agreements. Doing that has been the quiet lifelong work of Dr. Fred Torgbor Sai.
Nominated by Women Deliver, Dr. Fred Sai is now one of [...]

Blazing Trails…
Looking back at all the watershed milestones that emerged from the 1994 ICPD, what thrills me the most is the course that was set to acknowledge the right for all people of the world, especially women, to have access to quality sexual and reproductive health. The case was made in Cairo that the [...]

Yesterday, at Global Partners in Action: NGO Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Development in Berlin, over 60 young people under the age of 30 got together to talk ICPD. We discussed what ICPD means to young people, and how we can continue to advance the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young [...]