This weekend, the Christian Science Monitor published an article called, “Amid war Afghanistan trains thousands of new midwives.” The article says:
Pashtoon Azfar, head of the Afghan Midwives Association, says the number of trained midwives has grown nearly six-fold since rebuilding effort in Afghanistan began. “In 2002, we had 467 midwives, but no one [...]

Below is the speech delivered by Imane Khachani, MD, Msc, from the Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights for the High-Level Meeting at the International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action.

Dr Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, Mr Bert Koenders, Minister for Development and Cooperation of the Netherlands, Mr Tedros [...]

This blog-post was originally published at Conversations for a Better World, a shared blog on population gender and health.
Women around the world have had to struggle for decades, for centuries, to achieve equal rights and to achieve the human rights every man and woman deserves. And while the struggle has resulted in many positive steps [...]

Yesterday, at the ConflictVoice and Oxfam sponsored event at the UN, Oxfam released a new report titled, “Dying for Action – decision time for an effective Arms Trade Treaty.” An Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) would, hopefully, prevent or curtail arms transfers where there is substantial risk that the arms would be used in serious violations [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This Sunday the NY Times has a special issue of the their magazine dedicated to “Saving the World’s Women.” We’ve been waiting in anticipation of this issue — salivating over the cover-to-cover coverage of topics focused on women. The issue is edited by Nicholas Kristof, one the biggest heros in our field, and it will [...]