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Women Deliver Publications
 

Women Deliver Pocket Card
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For policy makers, members of the media, and general audiences, the Women Deliver Pocket Card illustrates how women deliver as mothers, individuals, family members, and as citizens.

 
 

Women Deliver for Development: Background Paper for the Women Deliver Conference
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This paper argues that maternal health is central to the multiple aspects of many women's lives, and is critically important for development goals more broadly. The evidence reviewed indicates that a woman's ability to survive pregnancy and childbirth is closely related to how effectively societies invest in and realize the potential of women–one half of their populations–not only as mothers, but as critical contributors to sustaining families and transforming nations.

 
 

Executive Summary:
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A summary version of the Women Deliver Background Paper.

 
 

The Lancet Special Women Deliver Issue: Commentary: Delivering for Women by Ann Starrs, President, FCI

This commentary from The Lancet Special Women Deliver Issue outlines 20 years of efforts to address the most striking inequity in public health: half a million women, 99% of them in the developing world, were dying every year in pregnancy and childbirth.
For the full issue of The Lancet, click here.

 
 

Final Statements from the Women Deliver Conference

Closing Statement
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Statement from the Minister's Forum
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Women Deliver Conference Overview
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Women Deliver What’s Next guide
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CD-ROM Resource Pack
 

Women Deliver CD-ROM Resource Pack provides advocates with critical resources to sustain and advance commitments to MDG5 – these materials are also online (see left). To request a free copy of the CD-ROM in English, French, or Spanish, click here.

The CD-ROM contains:

  • Ministers’ Forum Statement
  • Women Deliver Closing Statement
  • Women Deliver Pocket Card
  • Women Deliver Background Paper {English only}
  • Women Deliver Executive Summary
  • Women Deliver Conference Overview {English only}
  • Women Deliver Overview PowerPoint presentation
  • Women Deliver for Development PowerPoint presentation
  • Women Deliver What’s Next guide
 
 
Women Deliver presentations
 

The Women Deliver initiative:
an overview of the initiative and the 2007 conference.
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Women Deliver for Development:
reviews 20 years of evidence on maternal health and development. Originally presented by Geeta Rao Gupta, President of ICRW, as the keynote presentation at the 2007 Women Deliver conference.
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Background Reading
 

Invest in women - it pays!
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Saving Women’s Lives: Leading Killers and Practical Solutions
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Real Stories About Women and Girls: Putting a Face on Women Deliver
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The Unfortunate Facts of Life in 2007
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Why So High? USA Facts on Maternal Mortality
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The ABCs of the MDGs
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Maternal Mortality Scorecard
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The Road to Women Deliver
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