http://www.womendeliver.org/updates Women Deliver News en info@womendeliver.org Copyright 2010 2010-03-11T20:31:04+00:00 http://www.womendeliver.org/updates/entry/global-leaders-to-promote-investment-in-maternal-health/ http://www.womendeliver.org/updates/entry/global-leaders-to-promote-investment-in-maternal-health/#When:15:52:06Z 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... Press 2010-03-08T15:52:06+00:00 http://www.womendeliver.org/updates/entry/women-deliver-a-global-conference-to-end-maternal-deaths/ http://www.womendeliver.org/updates/entry/women-deliver-a-global-conference-to-end-maternal-deaths/#When:20:03:32Z 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. Press 2009-11-30T20:03:32+00:00 http://www.womendeliver.org/updates/entry/conferencia-women-deliver-genera-nuevos-compromisos/ http://www.womendeliver.org/updates/entry/conferencia-women-deliver-genera-nuevos-compromisos/#When:20:30:55Z 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. Press 2007-10-20T20:30:55+00:00 http://www.womendeliver.org/updates/entry/la-conference-les-femmes-donnent-la-vie-lance-de-nouveaux-engagements/ http://www.womendeliver.org/updates/entry/la-conference-les-femmes-donnent-la-vie-lance-de-nouveaux-engagements/#When:20:28:53Z 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. Press 2007-10-20T20:28:53+00:00 http://www.womendeliver.org/updates/entry/women-deliver-conference-launches-new-commitments/ http://www.womendeliver.org/updates/entry/women-deliver-conference-launches-new-commitments/#When:20:26:09Z LONDON, Oct. 20 – Strong new pledges of commitment to invest in women’s health came from donors, government officials, corporations, foundations and non-governmental organizations today at closing sessions of the landmark Women Deliver conference, which sought to mobilize political will and investment to reduce pregnancy-related deaths and disabilities worldwide. Press 2007-10-20T20:26:09+00:00 http://www.womendeliver.org/updates/entry/it-was-twenty-years-ago-this-month/ http://www.womendeliver.org/updates/entry/it-was-twenty-years-ago-this-month/#When:20:32:35Z NEW YORK, February 13, 2007 – The pioneering Safe Motherhood Initiative (SMI) is 20 years old this month. The global movement of activists, researchers, health experts, development professionals and policy-makers began at a 1987 conference in Nairobi, Kenya, with the goal of cutting maternal deaths worldwide in half by 2000. Press 2007-02-13T20:32:35+00:00