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Women Deliver 2013 photograph by After Before Photography

07312013_GHIECSP_FamilyPlanningMH by Environmental Change and Security Program

Increasing access to voluntary family planning services is key to the success of Millennium Development Goal 5, which calls for reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health services. With renewed country interests and commitments, now is a crucial moment to ensure this important, cost-effective intervention is part of a scaled up global maternal health response. Maureen Norton, senior technical advisor with USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health; Jessica Bowers, portfolio director for Every Mother Counts; Jonathon Cooper, country director of Marie Stopes Uganda; Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, senior director of CARE’s Health Equity Unit; and Sarah Craven, chief of UNFPA’s Washington Office spoke at the Wilson Center on July 31 about achieving this goal.

07312013_GHIECSP_FamilyPlanningMH by Environmental Change and Security Program

Increasing access to voluntary family planning services is key to the success of Millennium Development Goal 5, which calls for reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health services. With renewed country interests and commitments, now is a crucial moment to ensure this important, cost-effective intervention is part of a scaled up global maternal health response. Maureen Norton, senior technical advisor with USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health; Jessica Bowers, portfolio director for Every Mother Counts; Jonathon Cooper, country director of Marie Stopes Uganda; Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, senior director of CARE’s Health Equity Unit; and Sarah Craven, chief of UNFPA’s Washington Office spoke at the Wilson Center on July 31 about achieving this goal.

07292013_ECSP_BlueVenturesTRYOysters by Environmental Change and Security Program

This event showcased two coastal integrated population, health, and environment (PHE) programs that address interconnected marine management and human health issues. Fatou Janha discussed how TRY Oysters has successfully empowered women oyster harvesters in Gambia by raising their standard of living, encouraging sustainable production methods, and providing health and family planning services. Vik Mohan discussed how Blue Ventures has successfully engaged women octopi fishers in Madagascar with conservation initiatives while also providing sexual and reproductive health services. He also touched on the role that the program’s PHE infrastructure plays in responding to natural disasters. Finally, Kame Westerman highlighted the role of women in natural resource management.

07292013_ECSP_BlueVenturesTRYOysters by Environmental Change and Security Program

This event showcased two coastal integrated population, health, and environment (PHE) programs that address interconnected marine management and human health issues. Fatou Janha discussed how TRY Oysters has successfully empowered women oyster harvesters in Gambia by raising their standard of living, encouraging sustainable production methods, and providing health and family planning services. Vik Mohan discussed how Blue Ventures has successfully engaged women octopi fishers in Madagascar with conservation initiatives while also providing sexual and reproductive health services. He also touched on the role that the program’s PHE infrastructure plays in responding to natural disasters. Finally, Kame Westerman highlighted the role of women in natural resource management.

Helping Vulnerable Migrants in the Horn of Africa by IOM - UN Migration

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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is working across Somalia supporting vulnerable migrants. Working closely with partners, IOM is addressing trafficking in persons, sensitizing at-risk populations on HIV and sexual and gender-based violence, and providing vital livelihoods training. © IOM 2011 (Photos: Celeste Hibbert)

AFT_5905 by Women Deliver

Women Deliver 2013 photograph by After Before Photography

09242014_ECSP_YouthandRH by Environmental Change and Security Program

Young people make up nearly one-quarter of the world’s population, the largest population of youth in history. They are a generation characterized by opportunity, technology, and innovation with the potential and passion to create enormous social change through unprecedented participation, connection, and leadership. However, youth are also highly vulnerable to violations of their rights and disproportionately impacted by devastating health and social problems, including unintended pregnancy, maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, and early and forced marriage.

Investing in the health and human rights of young people will be key to achieving the goals and objectives set out by USAID and other donors to tackle the challenges faced by young people around the world. Panelists will discuss how addressing the diverse needs of today’s young people is critical to achieving broader global health and development goals; how young people are currently impacted by these issues; and the role that governments, donors, and other partners play in working with young people to ensure their health and rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled.

las mujeres queremos... by International Women's Health Coalition

photo by Lorena Espinoza Peña

May 6, 2009 in the Dominican Republic: protest against Congress' new legislation to severely restrict reproductive health access.

Loikaw township, Kayah state. by Christian Aid

Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) are trained in the stages of pregnancy, safe delivery, advising on nutrition, counseling, identifying risks and complications and where necessary referring people to hospital.

Photo: Christian Aid/KAUNG HTET

Chitral photos of HIVAIDS seminar by Ground Report

Reproductivehealth Sensitization program about HIV AID through theaters performance inschools held.

By: Gu HamaadFarooqi

CHITRAL: A day long sensitization session was held at Alnasir community based schoolGaramchishma of Reproductive Health initiative with adolescents (RHIA) funded by Plan Pakistan Internationalorganized by Aga Khan Rural Support Program. Addressing to the session Syed Altaf Ali Shahsaid that RHIA working in different sectors regarding reproductive health andto create awareness among the masses especially students through these sessions. He said that main objective of theprogram is to promote better reproductive health of adolescent throughdifferent awareness sessions, workshops,theater performance because the adolescent cam play vital role in the socio-economic developmentof the country.

He said that theyhave 6 adolescent friendly centers (AFC)in which they create awareness among themasses on different topics like hepatitis , HIVAID, early marriage conflict,peer education, health and Hygiene, puberty change, child rights STI,s etc.

He said that alarge number of adult are still uneducated and other hand the young generationinvolve in different social evils due to no awareness about theseconflicts. So we sensitize the masses tosave their lives from these diseases and to involve them in creative andproductive activities.

Girls studentspresented theater performance on different issues like HIVAID, early marriageand male students performed on illiteracy issues. Students performedsophisticatedly to inscribe the message how stray young travelling through bigcities and involved in social evils causing for HIVAID and further more theyalso indulge innocent people especially women folk through marriage in this irreparabledisease.

Second grouppresented their drama on early marriage and its bad result and troublesaftermath.

Third groupperformed about illiteracy to prove importance of education. They presentedtheir theater that some youth achieved their high standard through educationand the remaining one who not get proper education were facing great troublesin their practical life.

Students,teachers and social workers in a large number participated in this infotainmentand informative sessions.

Some female andmale participants as well as studentstold this scribe that they learnt great lessons from these theater performanceabout social evils.

07312013_GHIECSP_FamilyPlanningMH by Environmental Change and Security Program

Increasing access to voluntary family planning services is key to the success of Millennium Development Goal 5, which calls for reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health services. With renewed country interests and commitments, now is a crucial moment to ensure this important, cost-effective intervention is part of a scaled up global maternal health response. Maureen Norton, senior technical advisor with USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health; Jessica Bowers, portfolio director for Every Mother Counts; Jonathon Cooper, country director of Marie Stopes Uganda; Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, senior director of CARE’s Health Equity Unit; and Sarah Craven, chief of UNFPA’s Washington Office spoke at the Wilson Center on July 31 about achieving this goal.

saqueh sus rosarios de nuestros ovarios by International Women's Health Coalition

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photo by Lorena Espinoza Peña

May 6, 2009 in the Dominican Republic: protest against Congress' new legislation to severely restrict reproductive health access.

09242014_ECSP_YouthandRH by Environmental Change and Security Program

Young people make up nearly one-quarter of the world’s population, the largest population of youth in history. They are a generation characterized by opportunity, technology, and innovation with the potential and passion to create enormous social change through unprecedented participation, connection, and leadership. However, youth are also highly vulnerable to violations of their rights and disproportionately impacted by devastating health and social problems, including unintended pregnancy, maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, and early and forced marriage.

Investing in the health and human rights of young people will be key to achieving the goals and objectives set out by USAID and other donors to tackle the challenges faced by young people around the world. Panelists will discuss how addressing the diverse needs of today’s young people is critical to achieving broader global health and development goals; how young people are currently impacted by these issues; and the role that governments, donors, and other partners play in working with young people to ensure their health and rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled.

AFT_7438 by Women Deliver