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Breast is best even in emergency situations, humanitarian orgs say
Humanitarian organizations are working to ensure mothers have the resources they need to continue breastfeeding their infants even in emergency and crisis situations.
Video: Meeting the SDGs for maternal and child health
In order to eradicate preventable maternal deaths, the private sector and the development community need to come together and develop a relationship of mutual trust, MSD for Mothers' Mary-Ann Etiebet told us at Devex World.
Women Deliver 2019 to be held in Canada
The fifth Women Deliver conference will be held in Vancouver in June 2019, it has been announced — the latest in a series of commitments by the Canadian government to gender equality.
Ingenuity and innovation: Sustainable solutions to malnutrition
When you think about sustainable solutions, you have to be thinking about the private sector, David Fleming, vice president for public health impact at PATH, told Devex at Women Deliver in Copenhagen in May. In this video interview he discusses the importance of a multisector response to malnutrition, overnutrition and micronutrient deficiency.
Changing cultural norms: 'Rape, beat or kill a woman? Go to jail'
Resources are desperately needed to combat violence against women and girls, but a new strategy is needed as well. In honor of World Humanitarian Day, Holly Burkhalter, senior adviser for Justice System Transformation, explores how to address gender-based violence globally.
When gender data became cool
In a new era of high-level advocates, pledged millions and trending Twitter hashtags, gender data seems to have "made it." Those who have been working in the once-shadowy field tell Devex it's time to take next steps. But first, five things to know about the gender data revolution.
Finding data points to shed light on girls left behind
Reproductive age is defined as between 15 and 49 by every demographic health survey in the world. But girls under 15 account for 2 million of the 7.3 million births that occur to adolescent girls under 18 every year in developing countries. How do we ensure they are counted? Plan CEO Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen explains new joint initiative.
Engaging the private sector for better health care delivery
How can the private sector help ensure better healthcare delivery in areas that need it most? Jan Willem Scheijgrond, head of partnerships at Philips, discussed the importance of PPPs for community building and ensuring needs are met, in this exclusive Devex video interview.
An 'unmistakable sign' that accurate gender data is top priority
What does Gates Foundation's $80 million commitment to close the gender data gap means for U.N. Women’s gender statistics program — as well as gender data collection as a whole? Devex caught up with statistics specialist Papa Seck.
A call to invest in girls
With this alarming youth bulge, it is no surprise that the theme of World Population Day 2016 is, "Investing in teenage girls." Global Health Corps Fellows Dinnah Nabwire and Marielle Schweickart explore why we need to position girls from marginalized settings at the center of debates to provide sustainable sexual and reproductive health access and rights.
WomanCare Global's founder on one key piece of advice for small NGOs
Saundra Pelletier, CEO of Evofem and of WomanCare Global, talks nonprofit competition, advice for small organizations, and creating greater contraceptive access for women around the world.
Julia Gillard on new 'information and data journey' for education
It might seem strange for everyone to be getting so excited about data, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Global Partnership for Education Julia Gillard told Devex at Women Deliver 2016. Gillard explains what potential she sees in the new data-driven journey for improving education in this video interview.
A growing place for girls in development conversation
The development community is talking about women and girls, but they're not always acting in a way that places women and girls centrally in that conversation, according to Theo Sowa, chief executive officer of the African Women's Development Fund. Devex caught up with Sowa at Women Deliver 2016.
Engage women in building disaster resilience
How can we scale up reproductive efforts to victims of disasters, such as flooding and conflict? In this exclusive Devex interview, Babatunde Osotimehim, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, talks about the importance of working with countries and communities — and engaging women and girls to increase resilience.
What it means to create a 'women's health development army'
We will achieve a better future for girls and women if we make them at the center of our actions and decision. To do this, each country needs to take ownership and assure enhanced sustainable domestic financing, explains Tedros Adhanom, minister of foreign affairs and former minister of health for Ethiopia.
4 framing questions for women's economic empowerment
What does it mean to empower women when traditional cultural roles and norms dictate a lack of societal value and rights for women? In four key questions, Sara Mason explains why solutions to female economic empowerment must involve multidimensional approaches that target the individual, institutions and community — including men.
4 ways for the private sector to support women's health
The private sector has an integral role in women's health, gender equity and supply chains. Carolyn Rodehau of Meridian Group International offers four practical actions companies can take to improve both the health and equality of the women working in their supply chains.
Front-line health workers without a mobile phone? That's a bad call
Mobile phones provide an incredible opportunity to vastly improve the quantity, quality and services that community health workers provide, particularly in countries with very limited resources for health worker training and supervision. World Vision's Martha Newsome explains why mobile phones are not a luxury, but a vital part of the health care toolkit.
