Yesterday, I gave the Commencement speech at Duke University, my alma mater. It's hard to express how moving it was to look out at 6,000 graduates, representing the millions of graduates around the world who are so full of promise.

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Midwives save lives. Yet, two-thirds of women in the poorest, least developed countries give birth without a skilled birth attendant. Only when we have enough skilled midwives will we stop the needless deaths in childbirth of girls and women across Africa and Asia. The midwife has an important role to play, not just in ensuring a safe birth but also after the birth to support the mother in looking after her new baby, and advising on birth spacing and family planning.

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Jeff Raikes and Wolfgang Munar visit the communities of Carti and Wichub-Huala, in the San Blas Islands archipelago, an autonomous territory of the Kuna Peoples.

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This video tells Victoria’s story of reconnecting to her community after surviving domestic violence. She has been supported on that journey by the YWCA of Kitsap County, whose staff chronicles a parallel journey through organizational change.

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