Experts say that fighting maternal mortality will cost the world a total of $24 billion annually, or an additional $12 billion per year, the Toronto Star wrote in an article about Canada's G8 maternal and child health initiative and Women Deliver.
Jill Sheffield, president of Women Deliver, said, "We know how much it's going to cost to do this. And it's $12-billion additional each year to what we're doing now."
Updates
Toronto Star Examines Cost Of Fighting Maternal Mortality, Canada’s G8 Initiative
April 6th, 2010
New Report Quantifies Gender Inequities in World Economies
March 29th, 2010
The World Bank Group has released a new report aimed at rectifying some of the worst inequities faced by women around the world. The report Women, Business and the Law, attempts to quantify the legal barriers faced by women in opening and operating a business or in participating in the labor force. The report's headline finding is unsettling: out of 128 economies around the world, only 20 have equal rights for women and men in 9 areas measured by the report.
UN Agencies Issue Joint Statement on Adolescent Girls
March 23rd, 2010
Earlier this month, six UN agencies issued a joint statement that called for accelerated efforts to fulfill the human rights of marginalized adolescent girls. The statement, issued during the Commission on the Status of Women, sends a strong message that the UN and its partner organizations believe empowering adolescent girls can bring about desired changes in the world.
Jill W. Sheffield: Fighting for Moms Worldwide
March 16th, 2010
This week, Jill W. Sheffield, President of Women Deliver, was profiled by Adam Phillips in a news article and audio podcast on Voice of America. The profile highlights Sheffield’s longstanding dedication to the field of maternal health, starting with her volunteer work at a Nairobi, Kenya family planning clinic in the 1960s and leading up to the upcoming Women Deliver 2010 conference in Washington, DC...
New Report Shows Maternal Mortality Rates Rising in the US
March 16th, 2010
Women in the USA have a higher risk of dying of pregnancy-related complications than those in 40 other countries, according to a new report, Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA, by Amnesty International. And while countries around the world are fighting to reduce maternal mortality to meet Millennium Development Goal 5, maternal mortality ratios have more than doubled in the US from 1987 to 2006...