Women's Health

CSW 59 Wraps up as Delegates Look Towards 2016

By Josh Butler
The Commission on the Status of Women, one of the biggest events on the calendar for United Nations headquarters in New York City, is over for another year.

Palestinian Women Victims on Many Fronts

By Mel Frykberg
Israel’s siege of Gaza, aided and abetted by the Egyptians in the south, has aggravated the plight of Gazan women, and the Jewish state’s devastating military assault on the coastal territory over July and August 2014 exacerbated the situation.

Women in the Philippines at the Forefront of the Health Food Movement

By Diana Mendoza
When Tinay Alterado’s team from ARUGAAN, an organisation of women healthcare advocates, visited Eastern Visayas, a region of the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013, they noticed that the relief and rescue sites were flooded with donated milk formula, which nursing mothers were feeding to their babies in vast quantities.

Sendai Conference Stresses Importance of Women’s Leadership

By Jamshed Baruah and Katsuhiro Asagiri
Women play a critical role in reducing disaster risk and planning and decision-making during and after disasters strike, according to senior United Nations, government and civil society representatives.

Opinion: Gender Equality, the Last Big Poverty Challenge

By Preethi Sundaram and Fiona Salter
It is estimated that women account for two-thirds of the 1.4 billion people currently living in extreme poverty. They also make up 60 per cent of the world’s 572 million working poor.

U.N. Audience Shocked by Sexual Health, Abortion Statistics

By Josh Butler
Audible gasps echoed through the United Nations' Trusteeship Council chamber on Tuesday, with audiences told the grim impacts of unsafe reproductive practices on women worldwide.

U.N. Says Maternal Mortality Rate Has Nearly Halved since 1990

By Josh Butler
The global rate of maternal deaths is reducing faster than any time in history, according to a new report presented to the United Nations on Tuesday.

An Italian and Tanzanian Partnership

By Valentina Ieri
20 years on from Beijing, gender inequality is still a priority at United Nations.

Guatemala Praised for Policies on Adolescent Girls

By Josh Butler
The government of Guatemala has been praised for a programme helping young women avoid unwanted pregnancies and finish their education.

Opinion: The World Sees Progress Against Undernutrition, but it’s Uneven

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram
In 2014, an estimated 805 million people – one in nine people worldwide – were estimated to be chronically hungry. All but 14 million of the world’s hungry live in developing countries, i.e., 791 million are in developing countries, where the share of the hungry has declined by less than half – from 23.4 per cent (1990-1992) to 13.5 per cent (2012-2014).

The 15 Journalists Putting Women’s Rights on the Front Page

By Lyndal Rowlands
Media coverage of maternal, sexual and reproductive health rights is crucial to achieving international development goals, yet journalists covering these issues often face significant challenges.

In India, an Indoor Health Crisis

By Athar Parvaiz
For years, Kehmli Devi, a middle-aged woman from the village of Chachadeth in India’s northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, has prepared her family’s meals on a wood-burning stove.

Opinion: It’s Time to Step It Up for Gender Equality

By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
If we look at the headlines or the latest horrifying YouTube clip, Mar. 8 – International Women’s Day – may seem a bad time to celebrate equality for women.

Environmental Damage to Gaza Exacerbating Food Insecurity

By Mel Frykberg
Extensive damage to Gaza’s environment as a result of the Israeli blockade and its devastating military campaign against the coastal territory during last year’s war from July to August, is negatively affecting the health of Gazans, especially their food security.

Farm Projects Boost Bangladeshi Women, Children

By Josh Butler
Women in Bangladesh are carving healthier, wealthier futures for themselves and their children – and they have chicken eggs and pineapples to thank.

Mega-Cities, Mortality and Migration

By Joseph Chamie
As the international community marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, one question worthy of some reflection is: Is world population better or worse off demographically since the establishment of the U.N.?

Analysis: Collaboration Key for a Clean India

By Neeraj Jain
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to action for a 100 percent Open Defecation Free (ODF) India by 2019 was announced as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) or Clean India Campaign last year.

“HeForShe” Campaign Moves to the Next Stage

By Josh Butler
It launched in a blaze of social media glory with a viral speech that rocketed around the world, and five months on from the launch of U.N. Women’s groundbreaking HeForShe campaign, the real work is well underway.

Millennium Development Goals: A Mixed Report Card for India

By Neeta Lal
Despite being one of the world's fastest expanding economies, projected to clock seven-percent GDP growth in 2017, India – a nation of 1.2 billion – is trailing behind on many vital social development indices while also hosting one-fourth of the world's poor.

Cancer Locks a Deadly Grip on Africa, Yet It’s Barely Noticed

By Jeffrey Moyo
Hidden by the struggles to defeat Ebola, malaria and drug-resistant tuberculosis, a silent killer has been moving across the African continent, superseding infections of HIV and AIDS.

Conflict-Related Displacement: A Huge Development Challenge for India

By Priyanka Borpujari
The tarpaulin sheet, when stretched and tied to bamboo poles, is about the length and breadth of a large SUV. Yet, about 25 women and children have been sleeping beneath these makeshift shelters at several relief camps across Kokrajhar, a district in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam.
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