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International Women’s Day 2024: Investment Can Promote Equality
›Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day (IWD). It is an annual occasion to celebrate the incredible achievements of women and girls globally, while acknowledging the work still needed to push forward to make the critical human rights issue of gender equality a reality.
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Closing the Women’s Health Gap Report: Much Needed Recognition for Endometriosis and Menopause
›Women across the globe spend 25% more time in poor health and in varying degrees of disability than men, according to a new 2024 report by the World Economic Forum and the McKinsey Health Institute. Closing the Women’s Health Gap: A $1 Trillion Opportunity to Improve Lives and Economies addresses the root causes of the women’s health gap that if addressed could improve the lives of millions of women and potentially boost the global economy by $1 trillion annually by 2040.
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AI in Community Care: Can Co-design Shift the Balance in Maternal Mortality?
›We face a global crisis of maternal mortality that extends to untenable disparities within the United States. Yet too often, the populations most affected by such health disparities are sidelined in the creation of solutions to address them.
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New Global Health & Gender Policy Brief: Women and Girls in Wartime
›Throughout history, women have played crucial leadership roles during wartime, even if their contributions were not always well-documented or recognized. In times of conflict, societal norms sometimes shift, allowing women to step into positions of authority that might have been traditionally reserved for men. Despite indisputable evidence of women’s leadership and bravery during conflict, however, women continue to be construed as “victims” and “passive actors”—rather than the political agents, leaders, soldiers, and visionaries that they are.
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2023 DOT- MOM Guest Contributor Highlights
›The Dot-Mom column of the Environmental Change and Security Program’s New Security Beat blog serves as a platform to shed light on diverse perspectives and insights from experts in maternal and reproductive health, gender equity, and peace and security. In 2023, the Dot-Mom column was marked by an incredible number of guest contributor articles.
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Connecting the Dots to Gender Equality and Empowerment
›“Women’s ability to access education, pursue a career outside the home, or participate politically often hinges on their ability to exercise control and autonomy over their own bodies and reproduction,” said Sarah Craven, Director of the North American Representation Office at UNFPA at a recent Wilson Center event, hosted in partnership with Population Institute, to launch their new report, Connecting the Dots: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights as Prerequisites for Global Gender Equity and Empowerment.
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Youth Led Social Accountability – Case Studies and Challenges
›Young people should be able to hold public officials and service providers accountable for meeting their needs and rights. And this principle—known as youth social accountability—can also have a ripple effect on the health and wellbeing of young people themselves by enhancing the quality of health services and fostering more positive interactions with adolescents within health systems.
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New Global Health & Gender Policy Brief: Climate Change and Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes
›The growing climate crisis presents one of the largest public health threats of the century. However, its countless impacts on maternal and newborn health outcomes (as well as health disparities worldwide) have only recently gained global attention.
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