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  • More Midwife-based Interventions Could Save Millions of Lives

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  December 9, 2020  //  By Sara Matthews
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    “This is real,” said Franka Cadée, President of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM). “And we can no longer get around it. And we can no longer linger.” She spoke at a recent Wilson Center event, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Johnson & Johnson, launching a new study, Impact of Midwives, published in The Lancet Global Health. If any other intervention could have the same impact as midwives or midwifery, it would be implemented worldwide immediately, she said.

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  • The Resurgence of Indigenous Midwifery in Canada, New Zealand, and Mexico

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    Dot-Mom  //  Friday Podcasts  //  October 16, 2020  //  By Hannah Chosid

    podcast photos 4x3 (1)Globally, Indigenous women experience worse maternal health outcomes than non-Indigenous women. In the United States, the risk of maternal death is twice as high for Native women than for white women, while in Australia the risk is four and a half times higher. This week’s Friday Podcast highlights remarks from a recent Wilson Center event with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Confederation of Midwives about Indigenous midwifery.

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  • The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Girls

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  On the Beat  //  September 16, 2020  //  By Hannah Chosid
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    “As we face a global pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 800,000 people as of right now around the world, we certainly have to recognize the particular impacts that that has had on women and girls and their lives,” said Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), at a recent event hosted by CARE and UNFPA about the global impact of COVID-19 on women and girls. While women make up 70-80 percent of frontline healthcare workers globally, they have also been disproportionately affected during the pandemic by increased rates of gender-based violence, lack of access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, and economic and food insecurity.

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  • Listen to Midwives to Achieve Universal Health Coverage by 2030

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    Dot-Mom  //  Friday Podcasts  //  April 3, 2020  //  By Amanda King

    mhi podcast3What is inherent in the word “universal,” is that it is for all women, said Anneka Knutsson, Chief of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Branch at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), at a recent Wilson Center event on the importance of midwives in achieving universal health coverage.

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  • How Family Planning Can Help Save Cheetahs

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    Guest Contributor  //  June 20, 2018  //  By Wilson Center Staff
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    This article by Sophie Edwards originally appeared on Devex.

    Conservationists and development practitioners may not have always seen eye to eye, but a new partnership between a cheetah conservation charity and a network of reproductive health NGOs is making the case for why these groups need to work more closely together.

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  • Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, An Inspirational and Aspirational Leader for Today’s Youth, Has Passed

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    June 6, 2017  //  By Wilson Center Staff
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    Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the executive director of UNFPA and an inspiring leader in the global health community, passed at his home on June 4 at the age of 68.

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  • What’s in a Label? Lessons on Advancing Global Health Goals From Corporate Green Standards

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    Guest Contributor  //  April 11, 2017  //  By Carolyn Rodehau
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    As you walk through the supermarket, you’ve probably noticed labels like “Rainforest Alliance Certified,” “Fair Trade,” or “Green Seal.” These certifications were created to help consumers use their purchasing power to reward companies that treat workers fairly and limit their harm to the environment. What’s missing is health, particularly women’s health. Too often these standards focus narrowly on occupational safety rather than addressing broader, but relevant, health needs of workers.

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  • President Joyce Banda Talks About Her Time in Office & Sensitizing African Leaders to Maternal Health Challenges

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  January 6, 2017  //  By Schuyler Null

    Joyce Banda, Malawi’s first female vice president, became Malawi’s first female president in 2012 after the sudden death of Bungu wa Mutharika in office. From day one, maternal health and girls’ education were a priority in her administration, she tells the Maternal Health Initiative’s Roger-Mark De Souza in an interview at the Wilson Center.

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