KENYA – "PLEASE, Don’t Forget the Girls" As the father of four daughters and as the Executive Director for UNFPA, a leading UN agency working on maternal health, it warms my heart to see that safe motherhood and women's reproductive health are finally being recognized as important development issues. Sadly, millions of women in developing countries still lack even the most basic care during pregnancy and too often have no one to assist during births. As a result, 1,000 women die every … [Read more...]
KENYA – Don’t Forget the Girls
April 21, 2012 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AFRICA, AIDS - H.I.V., CA-- USES, FEATURED, SELF CARE, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: 'obstetric fistula', A Celebration of Women, adolescent girls die in pregnancy, babies, childbirth, Don't Forget the Girls, girls, Global Motherhood, KENYA, Maternal health, Take Action, TEENS, women.