UNFPA – Momentum

  HIV Prevention Gains Momentum Success in Female Condom Programming Download PDF English This report examines a number of success stories in the fight against HIV. Examples come from countries such as Zimbabwe, Myanmar, Nigeria and the Caribbean region. These countries' governments, civil societies and the private sector have united to educate the public and to empower individuals, especially women, to insist on their right to protect their health through correct and … [Read more...]

Celebrating NIGER: Listener’s Clubs Network

A successful approach to gender inclusion in communication for development Dimitra and its partner in Niger, ONG VIE Kande ni Bayra created the “listener’s clubs” project in 2009 to give rural men and women better access to information and means of communication. ONG VIE Coordinator Ali Abdoulaye explains the reasons for the project’s success. In 2008, Dimitra and its partner in Niger, ONG VIE Kande ni Bayra, started supporting the creation of rural “community … [Read more...]

Lancet Series: 2.6 million babies stillborn

2.6 million babies stillborn in 2009 New global and country estimates published in Lancet Series 14 April 2011 | Geneva -Some 2.6 million stillbirths occurred worldwide in 2009, according to the first comprehensive set of estimates published today in a special series of The Lancet medical journal. LANCET: http://www.thelancetglobalhealthnetwork.com /   Every day more than 7200 babies are stillborn − a death just when parents expect to welcome a new life − and 98% of them occur in … [Read more...]

World Malaria Day – April 25, 2011: Take Action!

  World Malaria Day     Stop a Silent Killer on World Malaria Day   April 25, 2011 Every year, malaria claims the lives of over a million people, many of them young children. Even more heartbreaking is the fact that this deadly disease is preventable.   Bestnet Reveals Plans for World Malaria Day   "April 25th is rapidly approaching!   Like many NGO’s, NMCPs and faith based organizations, Bestnet has been busy finalizing our plans for World Malaria Day 2011. This year, many Bestnet … [Read more...]

UN Women Awards Nearly $1.5 million in Small Grants

    UN Women Awards Nearly $1.5 million in Small Grants towards Realizing Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS         United Nations, New York — UN Women, under the Fund for Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS, today announced approximately US$1.5 million in small grants to twenty grassroots and community-based organizations in sub-Saharan Africa to strengthen women’s property and inheritance rights as a critical strategy for … [Read more...]

UNFPA: Films Celebrating Women’s Rights on International Women’s Day

  A Celebration of Women celebrates the Films of the Women of our World.   Print Send by mail     Films Celebrating Women’s Rights Featured on International Women’s Day A series of films called Why Women Count is being featured on a tve YouTube channel in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of International Women’s Day. Since 1997 tve has been producing and distributing films that reflect the struggles, and triumphs, of groups around the world fighting for equal rights.   UNFPA has … [Read more...]

Women Taking Action at Frontline in Mideast Protests!

    Women Taking Action!         Women Step to Frontline in Mideast Protests     Women's political gains will be a litmus test for fledgling governments in Egypt, Tunisia, and Bahrain, says Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock without wi-fi for the past month, you know the world has witnessed waves of political change in the Middle East. On February 11, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak relinquished control of the country to the military, and stepped … [Read more...]

NIGER – Changing Attitudes towards Child Marriage…

  Changing attitudes towards early marriage in Niger     Sahira     Many little girls dream of the day they will get married. But for some, this day arrives too soon. In Niger, in West Africa, one out of two girls is married before she turns 15. The country has the world's highest rate of forced and early marriage, a practice which puts girls at risk of early pregnancies and the complications this entails. But the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working to change attitudes in the country. … [Read more...]

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