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Women Deliver PBS Documentary Airs this Weekend 26 Jul 2013 | 07:25 pm
PBS attended the Women Deliver 2013 conference in Kuala Lumpur, and captured the event's highlights in a thirty-minute documentary airing this weekend. Executive Producer Cari Stein met with Melinda G...
Youth Deliver at 3rd Global Conference 16 Jul 2013 | 02:46 am
Women Deliver supports young people from around the world to attend our conferences, where they have the opportunity to learn and network with experts from across the globe. From our larger pool of yo...
World Population Day: Measuring the Impact of the London Summit 11 Jul 2013 | 08:04 pm
Today is World Population Day, and also the one-year anniversary of the London Summit on Family Planning. The commitments made at last year’s Summit have already led to tremendous progress. In more t...
New Research Study on Economic Empowerment Strategies for Girls 9 Jul 2013 | 08:15 pm
Yesterday, the Adolescent Girls’ Advocacy and Leadership Initiative (AGALI) released a new research study on economic empowerment strategies for adolescent girls. Given the powerful linkage between th...
UNICEF: Children are both the makers and the markers of healthy, sustainable societies 24 Jun 2013 | 11:32 pm
Original news release posted on the UNICEF website One year after the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Conference building “The future we want” – Rio’s outcome – will be dependent on children being at ...
WHO Report Highlights Violence Against Women as a Global Health Problem 22 Jun 2013 | 12:31 am
Original news release posted on the World Health Organization website Physical or sexual violence is a public health problem that affects more than one third of all women globally, according to a new...
An Africa Fit for Women and Girls 19 Jun 2013 | 12:00 am
By: Yemurai Nyoni, Women Deliver 100 Young Leader; Originally posted on allAfrica I believe in an Africa that is fit for women and girls; that protects their well-being and creates a supportive envir...
UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel Report is a Bold and Inspired Step Toward A Better World 4 Jun 2013 | 01:01 am
United Nations Foundation President and CEO Kathy Calvin issued the following statement today on the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel’s report on the Post-2015 Development Agenda: ...
Prime Minister of Malaysia Welcomes Women Deliver 2013 Participants 27 May 2013 | 07:17 pm
Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak has welcomed participants to Women Deliver 2013 in a letter expressing his appreciation and expectations for the confere...
Strengthening Midwifery Care: Improving Quality, Addressing Challenges 23 May 2013 | 07:00 pm
Six international organizations, as well as multilateral, civil society and private sector partners are hosting the Second Global Midwifery Symposium in Kuala Lumpur on 26-27 May. The event focuses on...