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  • State of the World’s Midwifery Report 2021: Follow the Data, Invest in Midwives

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    Dot-Mom  //  May 12, 2021  //  By Hannah Chosid

    Sia Sandi, Student midwife from The School of Midwifery in Masuba, Makeni on placement at Makeni Regional Hospital, Bombali District, Sierra Leone.

    “Every day in every part of the world, midwives save the lives of women and babies and promote the health and well-being of entire communities,” writes UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem in honor of International Day of the Midwife. “They deserve our respect and gratitude, but that is not enough. Midwives deserve greater investment in their capabilities, and workplaces that empower them and fully acknowledge their skills and contributions.” Investment in midwifery could save millions of lives per year – an estimated 4.3 million annually by 2035.

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  • My Body, My Voice, My Choice: Launching UNFPA’s 2021 State of World Population Report

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  May 5, 2021  //  By Sara Matthews
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    “As we’re talking, the bodily autonomy of millions of women and girls around the world is still denied,” said Klaus Simoni Pedersen, Acting Director of the Division of Communications and Strategic Partnerships for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at the recent U.S. launch event of the 2021 UNFPA State of the World Population report, hosted by the Wilson Center and UNFPA. The report, My Body is My Own: Claiming the Right to Autonomy and Self-Determination, examines the global status of women and girls as reflected in their agency and decision-making power.

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  • How We Birth Babies Makes It Hard to Breastfeed

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    Dot-Mom  //  Guest Contributor  //  April 28, 2021  //  By Katie James
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    Breastfeeding may seem natural. Yet many women find it hard to get off to a good start with breastfeeding.  Sharp decreases in breastfeeding rates around the world reflect this continuing challenge. While most women still choose to breastfeed, many ultimately feel they have no other choice than to stop breastfeeding earlier than anticipated. In the UK, 80 percent of mothers surveyed said they stopped breastfeeding before they wanted to. Many women describe shattered expectations, feelings of deep sadness, guilt, and anger from their breastfeeding experience.

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  • Black Maternal Health Week 2021 Achieves Historic White House Recognition

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    Dot-Mom  //  On the Beat  //  April 21, 2021  //  By Hannah Chosid
    African,American,Llittle,Girl,Holding,Her,Mother's,Stomach.

    “This week is Black Maternal Health Week, and make no mistake, Black women in our country are facing a maternal health crisis. Black women are two to three times more likely to die in connection with childbirth than other women. We know the primary reasons why—systemic racial inequities and implicit bias,” said Vice President Kamala Harris at a White House Roundtable she hosted with Ambassador Susan Rice in honor of Black Maternal Health Week. The event was the first event of its kind at the White House—Black women who have experienced loss and complications during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum were invited to share their experiences and their work in Black maternal health advocacy and research.

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  • Smart Power: Leveraging the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda

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    Dot-Mom  //  On the Beat  //  April 7, 2021  //  By Sara Matthews

    Scenes from the event - "Women Peace and Security in Mali  - supporting women’s role and effective participation In the implementation of the Malian peace accords."  The event was  organized by the Government of Mali with support from UN Women Mali Country Office and held at United Nations Headquarters on 22 October, 2015. Speakers included:  UN Women Deputy Executive Director Yannick Glenmarec;  Saran Keita, Edmund Mulet, Assistant Secretary General United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations; Marie Noelle Vaeza, Head of Programme, UN Women; Margot Wallstrom, Minister Foreign Affairs, Sweden; Sangare Oumou, Minister of Gender Affairs of Mail Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

    “Without women and empowering women, there will be no peace,” said Dr. Valerie Hudson, Distinguished Professor and George H.W. Bush Chair at Texas A&M University. Hudson spoke at an event by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the United States Department of Defense (DoD) in collaboration with the United States Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security (U.S. CSWG). The event focused on how the United States can leverage the United Nation’s Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda to advance gender equality and promote peace worldwide.

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  • COVID-19 Causes Dire Disruptions in Maternal, Child, and Reproductive Health Services

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  Reading Radar  //  March 31, 2021  //  By Sara Matthews
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    “The pandemic has undoubtedly resulted in more deaths and more illness – particularly for the most vulnerable women and children,” write the authors of a new United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) report examining the direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Asia. The report found that the disruptions in several essential health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic had a “substantial impact” on maternal and child mortality in the region.

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  • Ensuring Essential Health Care for Mothers and Newborns During the Pandemic

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    Africa in Transition  //  Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  Guest Contributor  //  March 24, 2021  //  By Koki Agarwal
    Joyce Makasi holding her baby Charity-1

    Joyce Makasi, a young woman in Kambiti village, Kitui County, Kenya, went into labor with her second child one afternoon in December 2020. She had just enough money to hire a motorbike to take her to nearby Waita health center. At the facility, the clinical officer and nurse told her she would need a cesarean delivery. It wouldn’t be her first cesarean, but COVID-19 presented new obstacles.

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  • Overlapping Crises: Gender-Based Violence, Maternal Mental Health, and COVID-19

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  March 17, 2021  //  By Hannah Chosid

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    According to the World Health Organization, 1 in 3 women in the world will experience physical or sexual violence during their lifetime. Intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence, impacting an estimated 641 million women worldwide. Lockdowns and disruptions in access to support services due to the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV).

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