Gender and Development, Oct.10,07

Development Gateway Foundation dgCommunities: Gender and Development http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911 October 10, 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NEW HIGHLIGHT: Global drive to improve maternal and child health launched at Clinton Global Initiative 2. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES 3. ONGOING DISCUSSION: Political will and leadership are fundamental to improving women's access to health services 4. NEW! Resource of Interest 5. DG PHOTO CONTEST WINNING ENTRY 6. MEMBER DIRECTORY: Update Your Profile for Networking & Collaboration --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Member, Welcome to your newsletter from the Gender and Development dgCommunity of the Development Gateway. Anuradha Bhattacharjee Content Coordinator --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NEW! HIGHLIGHT: Global drive to improve maternal and child health launched at Clinton Global Initiative, United Nations and in New York City streets --------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 September 2007, New York - In a historic effort to cut maternal and child deaths, a global coalition of governments and organizations launched a major advocacy drive today entitled Deliver Now for Women + Children. The launch took place at public rallies in the city centre and the Bronx. Women leaders of the United Nations also held a special discussion Saving 77 Million by 2015: Advancing the Health of Women and Children. Deliver Now for Women + Children is a core component of a broader Global Campaign for the Health Millennium Development Goals announced today by the Prime Minister of Norway and other national leaders at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York. The unprecedented mobilization responds to alerts raised by the UN confirming the world is lagging far behind in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for reducing maternal and child deaths by 2015. More than 10 million women and children die each year mostly from preventable causes, while investment in basic maternal and child health remains insufficient. At least an additional US$9 billion a year are needed to meet the basic health care needs of women and children. As of 2004, only US$2 billion--less than a quarter of what is needed-- was made available by major donors to support such services in developing countries. "Today is a day of hope for women and children. The cause of women's and children's health has remained "orphaned" for too long. Now it is finally emerging from the shadows and gaining the champions it has always deserved," said Dr Francisco Songane, Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, hosted by WHO in Geneva. "We are hopeful this will result in action to ensure health services are available for all with prompt access and without discrimination," he added … At the United Nations, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid and UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman demonstrated their commitment to improve maternal health and reduce child mortality during a high level discussion attended by delegates to the 62nd General Assembly. Seventy five countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America account for almost 95% of all maternal and newborn deaths worldwide. India and Tanzania are the first countries where Deliver Now for Women + Children country-specific programmes will be launched. These campaigns will build political commitment for improved health services, raise media awareness, support action by community groups. India accounts for 25% of the world's child deaths and 20% of its maternal deaths. In Tanzania, 50% of women have no access to skilled care during childbirth due to a critical shortage of qualified health workers and health facilities. The Deliver Now for Women + Children initiative will work closely with other organizations advocating for maternal and child health, and will be coordinated by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health. Text and photograph, courtesy WHO and Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health website - linked with dgCommunity Gender and Development. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Advancing Safe Motherhood through Human Rights (WHO) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1115587?intcmp=911 - Deliver Now - For Women and Children http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1115595?intcmp=911 - The Challenge - Making Pregnancy Safer http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1115602?intcmp=911 - The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1115608?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. NEW! DISCUSSION: Political will and leadership are fundamental to improving women's access to health services --------------------------------------------------------------------- Political will and leadership are fundamental to improving women's access to health services. Efforts to increase women's access to health services have fallen short in many developing countries because of underlying economic, political, social and cultural constraints. Parliamentarians are well-placed to promote gender sensitive health policies, whether through legislative mandates, acting as public role models and spokespersons for gender equality and public openness about HIV and AIDS, or supporting development of a sustainable national health infrastructure. What is the situation in your country? Please share your views with the community. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/discussion/default/showDiscussion.do~id=4963?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. NEW! Resource of Interest: Siyanda Update: Realising Rights to Safe and Legal Abortion, Issue No. 59, October 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Globally, about eight women die each hour as a result of unsafe abortions. How can we ensure that the right of all women to safe and legal abortion is realised? The following resources are a selection from over 25 resources added to the Siyanda database on abortion rights: Unsafe Abortion, id21, August 2007 - What is the cost of unsafe abortion? This issue of id21 ' health focus' tackles the questions; Decide - Youth Coalition for Sexual Citizenship (in Spanish), Decidir, Coalición de Jovenes por la Ciudadania Sexual, January 2007 - This website provides young people with information on sexual and reproductive health and rights and has a special section on abortion rights; International Data for Evaluation of Abortion Services, Ipas, January 2007 - Information about abortion can be hard to access and difficult to compare. This online database provides a single central point for obtaining reliable and standardised data from over 20 countries divided into five categories, and supported by a glossary and other tools; It is our Decision. Abortion: a Right to Save Women' s Lives. (in Spanish), Ipas Centroamérica, June 2006 This training manual aims to support awareness raising, information dissemination and capacity building on abortion issues. It combines a medical approach with human rights and theological perspectives; Literature on Unsafe Abortion in Africa (in English and French), Centre Population et Developpement (CEPED), March 2006 - This publication contains an interactive and searchable bibliographical database of resources on induced abortion in Africa; Death and Denial: Unsafe Abortion and Poverty, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), January 2006 This report highlights the key issues related to abortion in countries where it is restricted or illegal; Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Uganda: Causes and Consequences, Guttmacher Institute, January 2006 This report urges policymakers and health planners to consider and debate strategies to address the high levels of unsafe abortion and low levels of contraceptive use in Uganda. Gender and Ageing will be the next Quick Guide theme, in November 2007. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1116308?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. DG PHOTO CONTEST WINNING ENTRY --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing the Future" Photo Wins 2007 Contest Prashant Bhardwaj of India took this year' s winning photo. The foundation received over 700 entries depicting socio-economic development in developing countries. Visitors to our Web site voted for the best photo among the top ten. According to Mr. Bhardwaj, the photo "represents the freedom from child labor and a hope that there is a bright future ahead…" View winning photo at http://www.dgfoundation.org/news-events/photo-contest/vote.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. MEMBER DIRECTORY - UPDATE YOUR MEMBER PROFILE! --------------------------------------------------------------------- With over 30,000 registered dgCommunities members, the Member Directory provides a one-stop shop for key contacts and collaboration worldwide. We invite you to take advantage of this unprecedented collaborative tool and add your profile today! Our new Member Directory enables you to more easily contact fellow professionals in the international development community for expert advice, information, and collaboration. You will be able to find development practitioners from over 200 countries, with interests and expertise in dozens of areas, including your own! We invite you to update your member profile to let your colleagues in development know more about your interests and expertise. You'll find the profiles very useful when using the Member Directory to communicate and collaborate with fellow members on your next program or project. Log onto the dgCommunity platform by clicking http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showUserAccount.do?intcmp=911 Then, under "Manage Your Account" in the upper right, click "Edit Member Profile". Quick Start - 4 Easy Steps: -ESTABLISH YOUR PROFILE Let your colleagues in development know more about your interests and expertise through your dgCommunities profile. Simply log in and go to My Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showUserAccount.do?intcmp=911 On upper right under "Manage Your Account", scroll down to "Edit Member Profile", and click "Edit this information". -SEARCH FOR MEMBERS Log in to the Development Gateway and go to "My Gateway". On upper right, scroll down to "Manage Your Contacts" and click "Search directory" to add new contacts. You can search by: name, country, interest, expertise, organization, organization type, or by keywords in member bios. Search Results will show you a list of members with a link to their profiles. 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Your full contact list can be viewed when you log in, go to My Gateway, scroll down to "Manage Your Contacts" and click "View your dgCommunity contacts list". --------------------------------------------------------------------- DID YOU KNOW? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you know that as a member of the Gender and Development dgCommunity you can share your knowledge resources (e.g., websites, papers, reports, presentations, images, news, events, etc) in just about any format including streaming audio and video. Each resource will be described on a unique interactive page that will acknowledge you as the contributor and link to your profile. To view full text of knowledge resources, users will follow links to host websites, which will benefit from increased traffic from the Development Gateway community! 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