https://www.girlsglobe.org Gender equality, human rights and social justice. Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:13:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.girlsglobe.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/girlsglobe_icon_green2-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://www.girlsglobe.org 32 32 128553070 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2025/02/18/for-the-dignity-of-all-supporting-usaid/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2025/02/18/for-the-dignity-of-all-supporting-usaid/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:13:08 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=66354 The image is still vivid: girls, between eleven and fourteen years old, sitting in a circle, waiting. Not for treats, but for notebooks and pens. These girls had been in school, but their families could no longer afford the basic supplies. These materials came from a box stamped with the words, “from the American people.” […]]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2025/02/18/for-the-dignity-of-all-supporting-usaid/feed/ 0 66354 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2015/03/08/march-8th-making-the-status-of-women-and-girls-a-priority/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2015/03/08/march-8th-making-the-status-of-women-and-girls-a-priority/#respond Sun, 08 Mar 2015 14:00:39 +0000 http://girlsglobe.org/?p=14562 Twenty years ago, then First Lady of the United States Hillary Clinton delivered a speech at the Fourth Women’s Conference in Beijing, China. Among many memorable adages, she said the following: If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, it is that human rights are women’s rights…. and women’s rights are human rights. […]]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2015/03/08/march-8th-making-the-status-of-women-and-girls-a-priority/feed/ 0 14562 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2014/06/30/success-factors-for-women-and-childrens-health/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2014/06/30/success-factors-for-women-and-childrens-health/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:21:53 +0000 http://girlsglobe.org/?p=11921 Over the past several months, Girls’ Globe has highlighted the importance of maternal, child and newborn health. We have discussed many of the leading preventable causes of maternal and child mortality. During the International Confederation of Midwives, we celebrated midwives, health professionals, organizations and individuals working to improve the health of women and children around […]]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2014/06/30/success-factors-for-women-and-childrens-health/feed/ 0 11921 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2014/06/25/acting-on-the-call-ending-preventable-maternal-and-child-deaths/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2014/06/25/acting-on-the-call-ending-preventable-maternal-and-child-deaths/#respond Thu, 26 Jun 2014 03:27:57 +0000 http://girlsglobe.org/?p=11807 On Wednesday, I had the exciting opportunity to attend the Acting on the Call event at which governments, organizations and advocates alike joined forces to emphasize the urgency of including a global focus, strategy and goals for ending preventable maternal and child deaths in the post-2015 agenda. At the event, the United States Agency of International Development […]]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2014/06/25/acting-on-the-call-ending-preventable-maternal-and-child-deaths/feed/ 0 26561 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2014/06/03/lets-celebrate-midwives/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2014/06/03/lets-celebrate-midwives/#respond Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:41:17 +0000 http://girlsglobe.org/?p=11310 The International Confederation of Midwives held an awards ceremony today to honor and celebrate midwives from around the world. Save the Children, ICM, USAID and IPAS were some of the organizations who presented awards. Midwives have a unique opportunity to transform the data released in the recent State of the World’s Midwifery report into effective […]]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2014/06/03/lets-celebrate-midwives/feed/ 0 11310