Devex: How men fit into the quest for more women leaders in global health “The overwhelming majority of women attendees and speakers at the Women Leaders in Global Health 2018 conference provided a sharp contrast to increasingly criticized all-male conference panels. … Still, men must be invited to the table…

Devex: Opinion: We must keep maternal health front and center of the UHC conversation Joyce Banda, former president of Malawi; Bineta Diop, African Union special envoy on women, peace, and security; Mary-Ann Etiebet, lead and executive director at MSD for Mothers; Pape Amadou Gaye, president and CEO at IntraHealth; Edna…

Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program’s “New Security Beat”: Patricia Da Silva: ‘The Time is Now’ to Accelerate Progress for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Isabel Griffith, intern with the Maternal Health Initiative at the Wilson Center, highlights remarks from Patricia Da Silva, associate director of the…

Devex: The future of UNAIDS “The United Nations AIDS agency ended 2018 in crisis. It is unclear how it will recover. The troubles center on the contents of a report, published by an independent panel in December, documenting how the program’s leaders failed to prevent or respond to allegations of…

Washington Post: Ivanka Trump’s empowerment plan aims to help 50 million women. So far, $50 million has been pledged. “Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the president and a senior White House adviser, announced a new global effort Thursday to help 50 million women in the developing world by 2025. ……

UNICEF: Fast Facts: 10 facts illustrating why we must #EndChildMarriage “Globally, one in five women were married before their 18th birthday. … While the prevalence of child marriage is decreasing globally, in many places, progress on ending this practice remains too slow. In order to finally end this practice by…

U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative Rahima Kandahari, acting director of the Office of Global Women’s Issues at the U.S. Department of State, discusses the launch of the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative, which aims to “ensure women around the world are empowered…

VOA News: Indonesian Sexual Violence Bill Faces Religious Opposition “Indonesia’s landmark sexual violence bill, which advocates say would be the first legal basis for cases of sexual abuse in the country, is facing opposition from conservative groups, putting its passage in doubt. … The sexual violence bill is considered to…

Women In Global Health: Beyond Band-Aids: Fixing Sexual Harassment, Bullying and Abuse of Power in UNAIDS Roopa Dhatt, co-founder and executive director, and Ann Keeling, senior fellow, both at Women in Global Health, discuss the allegations of harassment, including sexual harassment, at UNAIDS and write, “Women in Global Health ……

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