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Mothers in Niger Ensure Health of Their Babies by Caring for Their Own
Text and photograph courtesy UNICEF, a partner and Cooperating Organization with dgCommunity Youth for Development. Text quotes Guy Degan, from the UNICEF website.

“This year, UNICEF’s flagship report, ‘The State of the World’s Children’ launched on 15 January – addresses the need to close one of the greatest health divides between industrialized and developing countries: maternal mortality. Here is one in a series of related stories. Niamey, 9 January 2009 – Aminatou Moukaila, more...
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>Community-based Care Helps Reduce Child Deaths in Senegal
>A Lifeline for Mothers in a Port-au-Prince Hospital
>Midwife Training Programme Aims to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan
February 4, 2009
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The State of the World’s Children 2009: Maternal and Newborn Health
The State of the World’s Children 2009 examines the current state of maternal and neonatal health, explores the fundamentals of a supportive environment for mothers and newborns, and outlines ways to strengthen efforts in support of primary health care. It explains why support for the rights of women and children is a prerequisite for improving maternal and newborn health, emphasizes the need to establish effective continua of care and outlines ways to strengthen health systems.

Each year, more...
Related links:
> State of the World’s Children 2009
> The State of the World’s Children 2009: Maternal and Newborn Health (PDF)
> State of the World’s Children 2009 - Press Centre
> State of the World’s Children 2009 - Statistics
January 27, 2009
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Zahra Mohammad Attayeb - Fighting ignorance and getting girls to school in Niger
Women’s World summit Foundation (WWSF) 2008 Prizewinner for Women's Creativity in Rural Lives. Text and photograph for this article courtesy WWSF, a partner and cooperating organization with dgCommunity Gender and Development.

Although she never went to school, Zahra Mohamed Attayeb can read, write and navigate on Internet. Her childhood in a nomad camp in Niger convinced her to create an association to enroll nomad children in schools, as well as to restore the environment. Zahra is origi more...
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>WWSF – Women’s Creativity in Rural Life Annual Prize
>Shad Begum – Unflinching Warrior for Women’s Rights in Pakistan
>WWSF – Mali Sheep Project
>Rural Women at a Glance – WWSF
January 5, 2009
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Women’s Rights are Human Rights – Amnesty International
Text and photograph for this article courtesy Amnesty International.

Women are in double jeopardy. Discriminated against as women, they are also as likely as men, if not more so, to become victims of human rights violations. Today, what unites women internationally-transcending class, race, culture, religion, nationality and ethnic origin-is their vulnerability to the denial and violation of their fundamental human rights, and their dedicated efforts to claim those rights.

Women's Human R more...
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>Shocking Levels of Rape and Sexual Violence Against Girls in Haiti by Armed Gangs, Amnesty International Reports
>Mahboubeh Karami – Iran
>Sexual and Reproductive Rights – Amnesty International
>Just Die Quietly: Domestic Violence and Women's Vulnerability to HIV in Uganda
December 10, 2008
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Transforming the National AIDS Response: Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights into the ‘Three Ones’
Text and graphic courtesy UNIFEM, a partner and Cooperating Organization with dgCommunity Gender and Development.

The “Three Ones” principles for the coordination of national AIDS responses — one national AIDS action framework, one national AIDS coordinating authority, and one system for monitoring and evaluation — are intended to achieve the most effective and efficient use of resources, and to ensure rapid action and results-based management. However, attention to gender in the “T more...
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>Keeping the Promise: The Agenda for Action on Women and AIDS ( UNAIDS Publication)
>World AIDS Day – Statement from Ms. Inés Alberdi, Executive Director, UNIFEM
>Worlds AIDS Day: Carla Bruni becomes Global Ambassador against AIDS
>UNIFEM: HIV/AIDS and Women in Africa
December 1, 2008
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Ana María Blanco de Avedaño: Creating a Haven for Children in Colombia
Article and photograph courtesy Women’s World Banking, a partner and Cooperating Organization with dgCommunity Gender and Development.

Ana María Blanco de Avedaño is a mother of four daughters who lives in Bogotá, Colombia. In 1988, she got a job as a "house mother" with the Colombian Institute of Family Well-Being and started a kindergarten and daycare center. In 1993, she decided to move the preschool into her home, but she had no money to pay for the remodeling that was needed or to more...
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>Joyce Muyoka Wafukho Paves the Way for Kenyan Women in Hardware and Construction
>Sumitra: Bottle Capping in India
>Oyunchimeg Dendev: Tailored for Success in Mongolia
>Women’s World Banking and Nike Foundation Announce Partnership to Create Pioneering Savings Products for Young Women & Girls in the Developing World
November 20, 2008
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The Huairou Commission
This article and photograph courtesy The Huairou Commission, a partner and Cooperating Organization with dgCommunity Gender and Development.

The Huairou Commission is a global coalition of networks, institutions and individual professionals that links grassroots women’s community development organizations to partners. The networks seek access to resources, information sharing and political space. At the same time, it links development professionals to on-the-ground practice. Currently, the more...
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> The Huairou Commission
>Why Huairou?
>Huairou Disaster Response Campaigns
October 22, 2008
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Too Young to Wed – International Center for Research on Women
Text and photograph for this article courtesy ICRW, a partner and Cooperating Organization with dgCommunity Gender and Development

The idea for this photo essay grew directly out of ICRW's years of research on the state of adolescent health and well-being in developing countries—particularly in India and Nepal. With each successive project, child marriage emerged as the pivotal event in a young girl's life that would signal for her a robust, productive, and more prosperous future—or a fut more...
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>Helena – Married at 15 in the Ivory Coast
>Rakiya – Married at 12 in Nigeria
>Chaya – Married at 15 in India
>Too Young to Wed: ICRW Exhibit/Publication
October 7, 2008
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International Food Policy Research Institute: Gender, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Management
This article and photograph, courtesy IFPRI website. Photograph of mother holding child in Mauritania, Alison Slack/IFPRI (1997)

IFPRI’s research on agriculture and natural resource management examines the linkages between gender and agricultural growth, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. The Environment, Production, and Technology Division (EPTD) leads this work, which includes research on the socio economic impacts of agricultural technologies targeted to women; the rel more...
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>International Food and Policy Research Institute: Women, Still the Key to Food and Nutrition Security
> International Food and Policy Research Institute: Empowering Women to Achieve Food Security
> IFPRI/IFAD/World Bank Seminar, June 2008: Helping Women Respond to the Global Food Crisis
September 26, 2008
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Statement of Reality of Aid (ROA) at the Conclusion of the 3rd High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
Letty Chiwara, UNIFEM Cross Regional Programmes Manager
Written by Reality of Aid, September 05, 2008. The article, courtesy of Better Aid.org and photograph and resources, courtesy of Terra Viva. UNIFEM is a partner and Cooperating Organization with dgCommunity Gender and Development.

“Here in Accra, CSOs held a parallel forum on aid effectiveness with 700 participants from over 80 countries and there were 80 CSO participants in the official high level forum. CSOs, and many present in Accra from the Reality of Aid Network, are determined in mak more...
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>Accra Forum - News and Articles from Terra Viva. Interview with Letty Chiwara, UNIFEM Cross Regional Programmes Manager
>Accra Forum - News and Articles from Terra Viva. Interview with Lennart Båge, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
>Accra Forum - News and Articles from Terra Viva. Interview with Prativa Rana, Nepalese MP from the National Democratic Party
>Accra Forum - News and Articles from Terra Viva. Interview with Ines Alberdi, executive director of UNIFEM
September 11, 2008
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