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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • January 21, 2022
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A volcano erupts in Tonga; Ukraine-Russia-US on edge; UN rights experts say Afghan women are being erased from public life. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN …
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- Damilola Banjo
- • January 19, 2022
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It was the death in childbirth of a dear friend that spurred Adepeju Jaiyeoba, then a young lawyer in Lagos, Nigeria, to take action. It was 2011, and 978 out of every 100,000 Nigerian women — 40,000 a year — …
- Categories: Africa, Women as Changemakers
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- Opinion by Prakirti Nangia
- • April 3, 2019
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Social policy in developing countries provides crucial assistance to women, but evidence shows that it is increasingly being limited to women who are mothers. India is a vivid case in point. Associating women with children and families is hardly new …
- Categories: Gender Violence, OPINIONS, Poverty
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- Chris Gelardi
- • January 19, 2018
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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has agreed to chair the board of the World Health Organization’s Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health after she finishes her government role on March 11. The announcement came after a Jan. 10 meeting at …
- Categories: Health and Population, Women
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- Lori Silberman Brauner
- • December 21, 2015
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Midwifery is one of the world’s most ancient vocations, its practitioners playing a prominent role dating back to the Bible. In much of the world, midwives continue to play an important role in maintaining the health of women and newborns. …
- Categories: Africa, Health and Population, SDGs, UN Agencies, Women
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- Opinion by Rebecca Brown
- • November 21, 2014
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The Human Rights Council passed its fifth resolution on preventable maternal deaths and pregnancy complications recently, reaffirming the steadfast commitment of the United Nations toward eliminating preventable maternal deaths. Led by Burkina Faso, Colombia and New Zealand, the resolution was …
- Categories: OPINIONS
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- Opinion by Rebecca Brown
- • July 17, 2014
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The United Nations’ post-2015 development agenda is the next phase of the Millennium Development Goals, which provided a 15-year road map to tackle poverty and foster development in the world’s poorest countries. But as putting together the new agenda moves …
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- Elisa dos Santos
- • September 22, 2013
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About 350,000 women die while pregnant or giving birth every year, up to 2 million newborns die within the first 24 hours of life, and 2.6 million stillbirths occur annually says the United Nations Population Fund. A push to train …
- Categories: General Assembly, Health and Population, Women
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