A demostration of a Sure Start Project initiative to promote maternal and newborn health in Kathghara Village, Fatehpur District, U.P., India.
May 18, 2012 by Sita Shankar Wunnava
The woman in the green sari leans over the game of Snakes and Ladders and throws the dice. The women around her groan as she reads the words on the square where she lands.
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Members of a farmers cooperative gather together outside the organization's headquarters in Musaza Village, Rwanda.
May 18, 2012 by Sam Dryden
The challenges smallholder farmers in the developing world face are considerable yet not insurmountable.
Math teacher Doris Zuniz
May 11, 2012 by Chelsea Clinton
I hope someday to have students feel about me the way I feel about Mrs. Mitchell!
May 08, 2012 / Amie Newman
Will you join the call for a silent Mother's Day this year?
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April 09, 2012 / Clare Winterton
Every 90 seconds a woman somewhere in the world dies from a complication of pregnancy or childbirth, and most of these deaths are preventable.
April 08, 2012 / Gary Darmstadt, Wendy Prosser
Family planning can help women and their babies avoid these risks. And all women should have equal knowledge of and access to contraceptives in order to do that.
March 07, 2012 / Janna Oberdorf
Young women have always been leaders in their families, managing households and caring for their family members. But despite their extraordinary potential, girls and women remain invisible in much of the world.
March 07, 2012 / Purnima Mane
Each year on March 8, we mark and celebrate International Women’s Day. For over 100 years, it’s been a day to reflect on progress made and challenges that lay ahead for improving the lives of women and girls.