Watch this webcast from flu.gov, hosted by the US Department of Health and Human Service, with experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Health, and an OB/GYN. Pregnant women are one of the most at-risk groups of people who contract swine flu.

Amnesty International just uploaded this video. Watch it and then read this article on CNN.com about pregnancy and childbirth in Peru. Both resources come out of a new report launched by Amnesty International called “Fatal Flaws: Barriers to Maternal Health in Peru” which found that hundreds of poor, rural and indigenous pregnant women are dying [...]

 
Akimbo, the blog for the International Women’s Health Coalition, just posted a fantastic video interview with Graça Machel, a renowned advocate for women’s and children’s rights. In the video she talks about women’s lack of rights and equality around the world. She says: “Governments believe that women can wait. Even if women are dying.” We [...]

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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.” [...]

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 [...]

I just found out about this great new blog from the World AIDS Campaign. The blog author, Brian Griffin, is a filmmaker and a consultant who works on HIV and youth issues, and he’s developing a video about HIV and AIDS, human rights and young people as leaders. According to the blog:
Since a video about young people [...]

Today is Project for Awesome – Every year, YouTube’s Community takes over YouTube for a day… and instead of being stupid or funny… the community promotes charities. (Though, in all honesty, the videos are still pretty stupid and funny!) The idea is to watch these video, comment A TON, and then they’ll get bumped up [...]

Late last month, Population Action International (PAI) showed the world premiere of their documentary The Silent Partner: HIV in Marriage. The screening drew more than 170 community leaders, members of the media, and local and international advocates together in Nairobi, Kenya. The film examines the risk of HIV within marriage and the particular challenges facing [...]

Guatemala has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in Latin America, where death during childbirth is 20 times more likely than in the developed world. The majority of these deaths are preventable, with access to sufficient medical care — a challenge for many Guatemalans, particularly those in remote areas. Worldfocus special correspondent Lynn Sherr filed [...]

The BBC has produced a new multi-series documentary called “Survival” that includes a 45-minute look at maternal health in Bangladesh. To capture the true story, the filmmakers traveled to a remote area in the North East of Bangladesh and filmed the labor of a young woman, Morjina, in her small hut with the aid of [...]