over 7 years ago // Sponsored by Women Deliver
Diabetes in pregnancy is a neglected health issue that can lead to maternal and newborn deaths with lasting health effects on women and their children. Leading up to the U.N. High-level Meeting on NCDs, Women Deliver, the World Diabetes Foundation, and the NCD Alliance have launched a call to action for decision makers to take a deliberate approach to combat diabetes in pregnancy.
about 8 years ago // Healthy Horizons
While the idea of “health for all” is gaining momentum, Katja Iversen of Women Deliver and Michael Myers of the Rockefeller Foundation believe that unless countries prioritize girls and women throughout this process, universal health coverage cannot become a reality. The two authors consider what it would look like to reform health systems with girls and women top of mind. Here are key actions to bring this vision to life.
over 8 years ago // Gender equality
Ahead of the Global Adolescent Health Conference in Ottawa, Women Deliver Chief Executive Officer Katja Iversen outlines three investments donors can make promote the well-being of adolescent girls — and the world.
almost 10 years ago // #ICFP2016
Youth must be a factor in all advocacy planning — from funding youth-led advocacy programs to increasing youth engagement with key target audiences, write PAI President and CEO Suzanne Ehlers and Women Deliver CEO Katja Iversen, in this guest column.
over 10 years ago // Katja Iversen on #Fin4Dev
As decision-makers finalize the painstaking negotiations at this week's #FFD3 conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, there's one issue they cannot afford to compromise on: the health, rights and well-being of girls and women. An exclusive op-ed from Women Deliver's CEO.
over 10 years ago // Girl power in play
Sport programs need to be incorporated into strategies to improve the health and well-being of women and girls, to address gender inequality and to help cultivate the skills of tomorrow's leaders in politics and the marketplace, Women Deliver's Katja Iversen and Women Win's Maria Bobenrieth write in this guest commentary.
almost 11 years ago // #YouthWill Lead Tomorrow
Inspiring change — whether in thinking or behavior — takes more than appealing to someone's intellect, notes Women Deliver CEO Katja Iversen in this exclusive commentary.
about 11 years ago // #HealthyMeans Working Together
How we can work together to improve the health, rights and well-being of women and girls everywhere? A conversation between Women Deliver CEO Katja Iversen, Woman Care Global CEO Saundra Pelletier and Sharon D’Agostino, vice president of corporate citizenship at Johnson & Johnson.
over 11 years ago // World Contraception Day
Contraception improves not only the lives of girls and women, but also men, boys and society in general, according to Katja Iversen and Jill Sheffield from Women Deliver, who share five of the main benefits of using contraceptives in this exclusive commentary.
over 11 years ago // #MDGMomentum
Only 500 days are left now until the Millennium Development Goals deadline. What can accelerate progress at this crucial state? Investing more in women and girls, the president and founder of Women Deliver and the organization's CEO write in an opinion for our #MDGMomentum campaign.