UNITED NATIONS, New York— On March 5th, the United Nations announced that FCI is the 2008 winner of the UN Population Award in the Institutional Category. This award honors an organization "in recognition of outstanding contributions to increasing the awareness of population questions and to their solution." Ann Starrs, FCI's President, stated "FCI is thrilled to be recognized for our work to make pregnancy and childbirth safer for women around the world. It is significant that an organization that focuses on MDG 5 – preventing maternal mortality – was honored this year. This award recognizes, as well, the tremendous efforts of our partners, who have been side by side with us in our on-the-ground projects in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and our 20 years of advocacy to ensure that maternal health and sexual and reproductive health are placed squarely on the global agenda." The award will be presented at the UN on May 22nd. FCI is only the 4th US-based organization to win this award since it was established in 1983.
Updates
Commission on the Status of Women: Financing for Gender Equality and Empowerment
March 3rd, 2008
New York—Record numbers of advocates from women's organizations from around the world participated in the 52nd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting held at the United Nations headquarters in New York from 25 February to 7 March 2008.
UNFPA Scales Up Efforts to Save Millions of Women Aims to Raise Nearly $500 Million to Reduce Mater
February 14th, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, New York— A new thematic fund for maternal health has been created to boost global efforts to reduce the number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth. The fund, established by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will also encourage developed countries and private sponsors to contribute more to saving women's lives.
Conferencia Women Deliver genera nuevos compromisos
October 20th, 2007
LONDRES, 20 de octubre –Nuevas e importantes promesas para invertir en la salud de las mujeres fueron hechas hoy por donantes, funcionarios de gobierno, empresas, fundaciones y organizaciones no gubernamentales al cerrarse la histórica conferencia Women Deliver, la que buscó generar el nivel de compromiso político y de inversiones necesario para reducir las muertes y discapacidades vinculadas a los embarazos en todo el mundo.
La Conférence Les Femmes Donnent la Vie lance de nouveaux engagements
October 20th, 2007
LONDRES, le 20 octobre – A l’occasion des sessions de clôture de la conférence Les Femmes Donnent la Vie, un événement sans précédent dont le but était de mobiliser la volonté et les investissements des politiques pour la réduction des maladies et des handicaps liés à la grossesse à travers le monde, des donateurs, représentants gouvernementaux, corporations, fondations et organisations non gouvernementales ont pris de nouveaux engagements forts en faveur de la santé des femmes.