From time to time, we will step out of our sector to see what others are saying about post 2015 goals. This is a blog from Camilla Toulmin of International Institute for Environment and Development, first published in June 2011. 
IIED’s name brings together environment and development — both are essential for sustainability but they are often treated separately. Too often, we get bracketed as an environmental organisation rather than an organisation aiming for development that is consistent with long-term management of natural resources. Read more...
Updates
2015+: What’s your choice for global sustainability goals?
August 24th, 2011
UN Side Event: African First Ladies Forum
August 23rd, 2011
First Ladies & Health Ministers Forum: Developing Your Action Plan for Women’s Health will take place on Thursday, September 22, 2011 and is presented by the Princess of Africa Foundation, International Development Strategies, Vestergaard Frandsen and Women Deliver. The discussion will focus on how we can improve women’s health together with other First Ladies and their respective Ministers of Health, officials from the World Bank and the World Health Organization, global health leaders, CEOs from corporations, the diplomatic community, and high profile humanitarians. Read more...
New Report Documents Maternity Care Failures in South Africa
August 22nd, 2011
A recent report by Human Rights Watch, “Stop Making Excuses’: Accountability for Maternal health Care in South Africa,” documents maternity care failures that include the abuse of maternity patients by health workers and substandard care in Eastern Cape Province, putting women and their newborns at high risk of death or injury. Read more…
Celebrate Solutions: In Angola, Fighting Malaria and Building Maternity Wards to Save Lives
August 22nd, 2011
By: Mariko Rasmussen, Communications Specialist at Women Deliver
In Angola, child and maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world. There are multiple causes for this dire distinction, and Pathfinder has implemented programs to help address two of the most prominent – malaria and a lack of access to safe delivery facilities. Although malaria is preventable, it is a major cause of maternal and newborn illness and death in the country. Read more…
Historic U.N. Ruling Finds Brazil Violates Woman’s Human Rights in Maternal Death Case
August 18th, 2011
In the first-ever maternal death case to be decided by an international human rights body, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women established that governments have a human rights obligation to guarantee that all women in their countries—regardless of income or racial background—have access to timely, non-discriminatory, and appropriate maternal health services. Read more…