Dr. Anita Zaidi, the first president of Gender Equality at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation tells Devex, “I’ve thought a lot about how we design systems of care that don’t work for women, and how global health actually doesn’t work for women.”
While the world fails to provide the right nutrition for mothers, impactful products like multiple micronutrient supplements during pregnancy await WHO policy change. CIFF asks why 20 years of research is not enough.
Against a backdrop of uneven progress toward equality for women and girls, data and development professionals call for greater investment to ensure COVID-19 recovery includes gender in decision-making.
More women and girls' are experiencing stress, anxiety, and other mental health impacts as a result of the pandemic. Experts warn this could have devastating long-term impacts
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action established a blueprint for gender equality. The pandemic now threatens to undo progress, and worsen other shaky trends, experts say.
The COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker aims to monitor progress and share best practices in order to support countries in developing social protection and employment responses that prioritize gender equality.
Often called an "abortion bill" in Kenya, the country's second attempt at a reproductive health bill is due for a vote. Devex speaks with a Nairobi-based expert in gender and reproductive justice and a human rights lawyer, about the bill's criticisms and the important measures it includes.
Despite some progressive provisions in India's new education policy, such as a Gender Inclusion Fund toward equitable education for girls as well as transgender students, there are growing concerns about its implications on girls’ education.
Women face substantial limitations in accessing digital tools. But existing initiatives offer practical guidance to companies that want to support gender equality in the platform economy, writes Charlotte Ntim of the International Finance Corporation.
The data will allow policymakers to compare women’s empowerment in Kenya with other countries and design programs, laws, and policies to close the gender gap, says Maureen Gitonga, gender statistics program specialist at UN Women.
Almost 2 million women and girls have been unable to access Marie Stopes International’s services in the first six months of 2020. The organization estimates that this could result in 3,100 additional maternal deaths.
Sexual and reproductive health and rights form a major portion of Sweden's health aid. Devex explores Swedish aid data to learn more about its maternal health funding priorities.
Improving equal market access can help remove some of the barriers to women's economic empowerment. Catch up on this virtual event hosted by Devex and Atlas Network to learn more.
The COVID-19 crisis makes an unintended pregnancy even more dangerous for a woman and her child, showing that reproductive health and family planning must be considered essential health needs during a pandemic, writes Melanie Lopez, health director at World Vision U.S.
Whether a veteran implementer or a new grassroots NGO, any organization stands to benefit from taking an inventory of the local organizations working with USAID. Devex shines a spotlight on those in reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health in India, Kenya, and Nigeria.
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