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World Contraception Day: Preventing New HIV Infections Through Condom Use

By: Cassien Havugimana, Women Deliver 100 Young Leader from Rwanda

 

 

 

This blog is part of a series, edited by Women Deliver, in partnership with Impatient Optimists, on youth perspectives to celebrate World Contraception Day. Share your thoughts in comments and join the conversation at #WCD2012. For more stories and to get involved further visit No Controversy.

Young people have the right to contraceptive information and services. These rights are important not only for the youth, but also for all people in my home country of Rwanda. Read more...

Cada Mujer, Cada Niño

By: Julio Frenk and Ana Langer; Originally posted in Reforma.

Desde 2010, la salud de las mujeres y los niños ha recibido una atención global sin precedentes, en gran medida gracias al movimiento Cada mujer, cada niño, cuyo compromiso es salvar 16 millones de vidas a nivel mundial. Este movimiento surgió a iniciativa del Secretario General de la ONU con el fin de conjuntar las voluntades de todos los sectores sociales para hacer frente a una inaceptable situación de injusticia, sufrimiento e inseguridad: la muerte por causas prevenibles de millones de mujeres y niños. Read more...

World Contraception Day: Uncomfortable Conversations in Tanzania

By: Florence B. Mwitwa, Women Deliver 100 Young Leader from Tanzania

 

 

 

This blog is part of a series, edited by Women Deliver, in partnership with Impatient Optimists, on youth perspectives to celebrate World Contraception Day. Share your thoughts in comments and join the conversation at #WCD2012. For more stories and to get involved further visit No Controversy.

For many young people in my community, talking about contraception is just not comfortable. This is not only true for young people, but also for adults, who might have trouble broaching the topic or supporting young people in their choices. Read more...

 

Achieving Results for Every Woman and Every Child

By: Michel Sidibé; Originally posted on Huffington Post Impact

The past two years have been significant for women's and children's health for many reasons. The unprecedented global momentum towards saving the lives of 16 million women and children generated by the Every Woman Every Child movement is among the most remarkable. Read more...

Every Woman Every Child

Originally posted on The Children's Project International

This blog is published in collaboration with a larger campaign spearheaded by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and conducted by Heads of State and Government; Heads of U.N. Agencies; CEO’s; Leaders of Civil Society Organizations; and other global leaders who have demonstrated their leadership in the health field, in support of Every Woman Every Child. Learn more at  www.everywomaneverychild.org.

Tomorrow morning, members of the U.N. General Assembly will convene in New York and mark the final three year push to meet the Millennium Development Goals by their 2015 deadline. For the past two years, The Children’s Project International has supported a number of projects and initiatives which daily advance the cause of eradicating extreme poverty and substantially improving maternal and children’s health. Read more...

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