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HIGHLIGHTS OF WOMEN DELIVER
CONFERENCE 2010 MEDIA ARTICLES
Below and attached, please find a comprehensive report of all 295 stories
published from the beginning of 2010 through today. Coverage is arranged
according to the type of source (Top-Tier, Blog, Canadian, Op-Ed, Other North
American/European, Global South, Foreign Language, NGOs/Press Release pickup).
Each listing links to its corresponding webpage.
Women Deliver Media Clips
January - June 2010
Top-Tier Outlets
- The
Guardian: A Baby is Born, a Mother Dies (14 June 2010)
- The
Guardian: Beyond the Baby Factory for Women in the Developing World
(13 June 2010)
- BBC
News: 'Momentum' on Tackling Maternal Deaths (12 June 2010)
- USA
Today: World Bank's Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Women Deliver's goals are a
'move in the right direction' (11 June 2010)
- Politics
Daily: Melinda Gates on 350,000 Childbirth Deaths: 'We Can Prevent Most'
(11 June 2010)
- Washington
Post: Celebvocate: Annie Lennox Wants Less Coverage of Famous
People--Like, um, Her (10 June 2010)
- Voice
of America: Uneven Progress in Reducing Global Maternal, Child Deaths
(10 June 2010)
- Xinhua:
Gates foundation to spend $1.5 bln on women/children's health (9 June
2010)
- Voice of America:
Maternal Health Conference in Washington D.C. (9 June 2010)
- Huffington
Post: Canada Reportedly Ready to Spend $1 Billion to Cut Maternal
Mortality: How To Use the Money Well (9 June 2010)
- Wall
Street Journal: Gates Foundation signals New Focus on Maternal, Child
Health (8 June 2010)
- Financial
Times: Gates foundation shifts aid to family health (8 June
2010)
- Forbes:
Gates Foundation Pledges Additional $1.5 Billion More For Women And
Children (8 June 2010)
- TIME
Magazine: The perils of pregnancy: one woman's tale of dying to give birth
(8
June 2010)
- National
Public Radio: Maternal health tops development agenda (8 June 2010)
- National
Public Radio: Maternal health still a major global issue (8 June 2010)
- CBS News: Danish
Royals in Washington (8 June 2010)
- BBC News: Singer
adds voice to maternal health call (8 June 2010)
- Politico:
Judd Works for Women (8 June 2010)
- Politico:
Melinda Gates, UN to target health (8 June 2010)
- Huffington
Post: Let women deliver for us all (8 June 2010)
- Huffington
Post: A lesson in power by world leaders (8 June
2010)
- Huffington
Post: Ali Larter is ready to be a hero from women and girls (8 June
2010)
- AFP:
New Vaginal Ring borrows from birth control to fight AIDS (8 June
2010)
- AFP:
UN chief urges world to invest in women's health (8 June
2010)
- New York
Times: Gates Foundation effort to focus on mothers and children (7
June 2010)
- New
York Times (The Caucus Blog): The Early Word: Spill Concentration (7
June 2010)
- Wall
Street Journal: Gates Foundation Signals New Focus on Maternal, Child
Health (7 June 2010)
- Financial
Times: Gates foundation shifts aid to family health (7 June 2010)
- Reuters: Gates
Foundation gives $1.5 billion for women's health (7 June
2010)
- AP:
Gates to spend $1.5 billion on women's health (7 June
2010)
- Guardian:
Melinda Gates tells the world that women matter (7 June
2010)
- US
News and World Report: U.N. Women's Health Conference Must Focus on Education
(7 June 2010)
- USA
Today: Women Deliver: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls on government
to join fight against maternal, childhood deaths (7 June
2010)
- National
Public Radio (Shots Blog): Gates Foundation pledges $1.5 billion to child
and maternal health (7 June 2010)
- Huffington
Post: Every mother counts (7 June 2010)
- Huffington
Post: Melinda Gates: A new vision for the health of women and children (7 June
2010)
- Huffington
Post: Women Deliver promises hope around the world (7 June
2010)
- Huffington
Post: Women and power (7 June 2010)
- Salon:
Reporting from the Women Deliver Conference (7 June 2010)
- AFP: UN
chief opens women's health summit (7 June 2010)
- AFP:
UN calls for global efforts to improve women's health (7 June
2010)
- Foreign
Policy: Ban Ki-moon calls on Obama to raise funds for moms and kids (7
June 2010)
- MSN
News: UN calls for global effort to improve women's health (7 June
2010)
- Seattle
Times: Gates Foundation commits $1.5 billion for maternal health (7 June
2010)
- USA
Today: Women Deliver: Gates Foundation commits $1.5 billion for health of
women, babies (7 June 2010)
- Ms.
Magazine: Three Ways to Save Women's Lives (7 June
2010)
- Huffington
Post: Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival: Celebrating Progress,
Continuing the Fight (6 June 2010)
- Huffington
Post: Fistula: An American Rarity, an African Reality (5 June 2010)
- Forbes:
Gates Foundation to Direct Funds to Women and Girls (4 June 2010)
- CNN:
Survival of women, children explored in journal (3 June 2010)
- Voice
of America: International Conference to Focus on Maternal, Infant
Mortality (3 June 2010)
- Herald
Scotland: Lennox appointed UN ambassador in fight against AIDS (3 June 2010)
- Huffington
Post: Investing in women in girls: a focus on health, advocacy, and
innovation (26 May 2010)
- Huffington
Post: Deliver for Women: Not a request, an Imperative (25 May 2010)
- Ms. Magazine: One Woman Every Minute (17 May 2010)
- New York
Times: Celebrate: Save a mother (9 May 2010)
- New
York Times (On the Ground): For Mothers Day: Organizations Making
Motherhood Safer (8 May 2010)
- The
Guardian: Fifty years on, 200 million more women need the pill (6 May
2010)
- Huffington
Post: Love Your Mother, Save Another (6 May 2010)
- Xinhua:
UN agency in Cambodia appeals for better care of women, girls (6 May 2010)
- AFP:
Fifty Years On The Pill Still Changes Lives
(5 May 2010)
- The
Guardian: Amnesty Report Condemns US Death Rates of Women in Childbirth (12 March 2010)
- Voice
of America: Jill Sheffield Fights for Moms Worldwide (12 March 2010)
- BBC News:
International Women's Day Call for Labour Deaths Action (8 March 2010)
- Huffington
Post: Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan: A Way Forward (8 March 2010)
- The
Lancet: International Women's Day 2010 (6 March 2010)
- Huffington
Post: This International Women's Day Let's Aim to End Maternal Death
(5 March 2010)
- The
Guardian: The True Cost of Unwanted Babies (26 February 2010)
Blogs
·
Baroness
Goudie Blog: Former President Bachelet Emphasizes Key Role of Women in
Post-Disaster Reconstruction (14 June 2010)
·
The
Global Health Blog: Women Deliver 2010 (14 June 2010)
·
One
Voice: Teenage marriage and South Asia – What is happening? (13 June 2010)
·
African
Interest: Bill Gates Donates $1.5Bn for Women’s Health (12 June 2010)
·
Rachel
Leigh Cook Online: Women Deliver 2010 – A Call To Action (video) (12
June 2010)
·
Gender
Across Borders: Women Deliver: Young Women Deliver (9 June 2010)
·
Gender
Across Borders: Women Deliver: Looking Ahead- How we can deliver (9 June
2010)
·
Gender
Across Borders: Women Deliver Day 3 Roundup (9 June 2010)
·
Gender
Across Borders: Women Deliver: Modern Contraception Comes of Age (8
June 2010)
·
Gender
Across Borders: Women Deliver: Harnessing New Technologies to Improve Women’s
Lives (8 June 2010)
·
Gender
Across Borders: Women Deliver: Oxford’s Online Strategy (8 June 2010)
·
Gender
Across Borders: Women Deliver Day 2 Roundup (8 June 2010)
·
Gender
Across Borders: Women Deliver: Opening Plenary (7 June 2010)
·
Gender
Across Borders: Women Deliver: Press conference- Invest in Women! (7 June
2010)
·
Gender
Across Borders: Women Deliver: Question to Ponder (7 June 2010)
·
Gender
Across Borders: Women Deliver Day 1 Roundup (7 June 2010)
Canadian Outlets
Op-Eds
Other North American and European Outlets
- Australia
to News: Invest in Women and Maternal Health (14 June 2010)
- Medical News
Today: ACNM Joins in Support Of International Call for More Midwives
(14 June 2010)
- In-Depth
News: Invest in Women and Maternal Health (12 June 2010)
- The
Body: Women's Conference Focuses on Maternal, Reproductive Health (11
June 2010)
- Two
Circles: Promise of an Optimal Future for Women and Girls (11 June
2010)
- Women’s
E-News: Global Maternal Health Gets 2nd Big Checkup (10 June 2010)
- Crunch
Time News: Women’s Health Gets $1.5 Billion Cash Over Next 5 Years from
Gates Foundation (10 June 2010)
- Tonic:
Trial Underway for HIV-Preventing Vaginal Ring (9 June 2010)
- Inter Press Service:
Keeping the Pressure on to Invest in Women's Health (9 June 2010)
- Money
Times: Gates Foundation pledges $1.5bn for maternal, child health (9
June 2010)
- Look
to the Stars: Annie Lennox Attends Women Deliver Conference (9 June
2010)
- Medical News
Today: U.N. Secretary-General, Sec. Of State Clinton Address Women Deliver
(8 June 2010)
- Top
News UK: Gates Foundation promises $1.5 billion for improvement of
maternal and child health (8 June 2010)
- Elan:
Bill and Melinda Gates Big Promise to Women in Developing Nations (8
June 2010)
- Brisbane
Times: Gates Foundation pledges 1.5 billion US dollars for women, kids
(7 June 2010)
- WireUpdate
Live News: UN Secretary-General calls on efforts to halt women dying in
childbirth (7 June 2010)
- BNO
News: UN Secretary-General calls on efforts to halt women dying in
childbirth (7 June 2010)
- Oneworld.net: Act on
uterine prolapse, says Nepali activist (7 June 2010)
- DPA:
UN urges world to prevent women from dying in childbirth (7 June 2010)
- DPA:
EXTRA: Gates Foundation marks 1.5 billion dollars for mothers (7 June
2010)
- Medical News
Today: British PM Calls For G8, G20 To Reduce Maternal Mortality,
Announces New Health Worker Training Fund (7 June 2010)
- Look
to the Stars: Celebrity Women Deliver At Empowerment Conference (7
June 2010)
- PharmPro:
Countdown to 2015: New report on progress in child and maternal health to
be ... (4 June 2010)
- Exchange
Magazine: Latest maternal mortality data show accelerated decreases
in China, Egypt, Ecuador and Bolivia but surprising increases in USA,
Canada, and Denmark (12 April 2010)
·
SpokenWord.org: Women Deliver
(8 March 2010)
Global South Outlets
- IRIN:
Healthy Women Mean Healthier Nations (13 June 2010)
- Ghana
News Agency (Ghana): United Nations Foundation Reaffirms Commitment to
Women's Health (12 June 2010)
- Ghana
News Agency (Ghana): Reproductive Health is Key to Preventing Unwanted
Pregnancies (12 June 2010)
- Ghana
News Agency (Ghana): Ghanaian MPs to Hold Those Responsible for MDGs
Accountable (12 June 2010)
- IRIN:
Philippines: Poor Women Pay for Contraception (11 June 2010)
- India
Express (India): High Maternal Mortality in India, consortium soon to
advise government (11 June 2010)
- Phnom
Penh Post (Cambodia): Action urged on maternal death ratio (11 June
2010)
- Daily Champion
(Nigeria): U.S. Summit Sets Agenda for Women (11 June 2010)
- Ghana
News Agency: World Parliamentarians Pledge Action on Women/Girl's Rights
(11 June 2010)
- Philippine
Daily Inquirer: ‘Snapshots’ at Women Deliver
(10 June 2010)
- Sex and
Sensibilities (Philippines):What every Filipina should know about
contraception with a video from Sharon Camp (10 June 2010)
- Daily Champion
(Nigeria): Representative Identifies Hurdles to Millennium Dev Goals
(10 June 2010)
- IRIN: AFRICA:
Testing an ARV-containing vaginal ring (9 June 2010)
- Phnom
Penh Post (Cambodia): Govt warns of MDG failure in maternal care (9
June 2010)
- Daily Champion
(Nigeria): Ban Ki-Moon Sends SOS to World Leaders (9 June 2010)
- OneIndia
(India): UN-led action plan for maternal, child health fails to address
vital action points (8 June 2010)
- Jakarta
Globe (Indonesia): UN Says Clock Ticking To Reduce Childbirth Mortality
Rate by 75% (8 June 2010)
- Thaindian
News (Thailand): Gates Foundation pledges $1.5 billion for maternal
health, babies (8 June 2010)
- Sex
and Sensibilities (Philippines): Christiane, Ashley, and Melinda: Just
some of the women you’ll meet at Women Deliver 2010 (8 June 2010)
- Vanguard (Nigeria):
Patience Goodluck Teams Up With Other First Ladies At Women Deliver 2010
(8 June 2010)
- Daily
Champion(Nigeria): 3,000 Experts in U.S. for Women's Health (8 June
2010)
- Daily
Nation (Kenya): Governments Urged to Increase Cancer Funding (8
June 2010)
- Health-e
News (South Africa): South Africa: ARV vaginal ring next prevention hope
(8 June 2010)
- Times
of India (India): ‘India lags in mom, child mortality fight’ (7 June
2010)
- Phnom
Penh Post (Cambodia): Summit to focus on maternal mortality (7 June
2010)
- Bangkok
Post (Thailand): UN calls for global effort to improve women's health
(7 June 2010)
- New Vision (Uganda): How
does Uganda measure on maternal health issues (7 June 2010)
- New Kerala
(India): Maternal health, HIV/AIDS top Ban visits (5 June 2010)
- African
Science News Service (Kenya): Health issues and anti-poverty targets top
Ban's trip to Washington and Africa (5 June 2010)
- African
Science News Service (Kenya): World's Largest Maternal Health Conference
to Push Donors Toward USD12b Fund Raise (5 June 2010)
- People’s
Daily Online (China): U.N. agency in Cambodia appeals for better care of
women, girls (4 June 2010)
- Turkish
Weekly (Turkey): UNFPA, Global Leaders to Promote Investment in
Women and Maternal Health (2 June 2010)
- Vanguard
(Nigeria): 50 Years of the Pill: Appeal for Success (10 May 2010)
·
Ethiopian Review
(Ethiopia): Jill Sheffield Fights for Moms Worldwide (20 March 2010)
Foreign Language News
NGO's / Press Releases
·
UNAIDS:
Women Deliver Conference Focuses on MDG 5 (8 June 2010)
·
Averting
Maternal Death and Disability: AMDD at Women Deliver (5 June 2010)
·
UN
News Center: Health issues and anti-poverty targets top Ban’s trip to
Washington and Africa (4 June 2010)
Community News
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