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This International Women’s Day, March 8, will mark a new era—one where women’s health emerges as central to the agendas of major governments, donors, and policymakers.

“International Women’s Day is unparalleled in its commemoration of the tremendous and invaluable contributions women worldwide make to society each day,” said Jill Sheffield, President of Women Deliver, which will bring together more than 3,000 policymakers, activists, business leaders, and public figures from around the world on the eve of the G8 Summit in June. “The Women Deliver conference will seek to reinforce the idea that investment in women makes economic sense, mobilizing action on this issue and bringing it directly to policymakers.” Read more...

Women Deliver, a landmark global conference, will be held in Washington DC on June 7-9, 2010 to halt the needless deaths of over 500,000 girls and women who die every year during pregnancy and childbirth, and the four million newborn babies. These tragic deaths are a major contributor to poverty around the world, and can be easily prevented with effective, low-cost investments.

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.

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.