25th April 2011
The world currently faces a shortage of some 350,000 midwives, which results in the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands infants and women each year.
UNFPA - Celebrating the Essential Work of Midwives
www.unfpa.org
Today, equipped with medical skills, medicines, equipment and knowledge, trained midwives can save nearly all women who experience complications of delivery – or make timely referrals to a higher level of care.
25th April 2011
UNFPA - Keys to Improving Maternal Health: Education, Resources and Community Partnerships
www.unfpa.org
As Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of the new agency, UNWomen, opened a panel on maternal mortality and morbidity and the empowerment of women during the Commission on the Status of Women yesterday, she stressed the importance of the work of all UN agencies to achieve MDG 5, the Millennium Dev...
25th April 2011
Sos Malta “A mother is a family’s richest possession,” she added, “A being of priceless value. This is what we have to realize, that we are helping these mothers to have a safe delivery and a live baby. Every woman should be able to have this in the world.”
UNFPA - Interview with Dr. Catherine Hamlin: Pioneer in Fighting Fistula
www.unfpa.org
Among the outstanding women selected to be part of the Women Deliver 100 is a pioneer in the field of obstetric fistula, Dr. Catherine Hamlin. The Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist was among the first people to call attention to this devastating injury of childbearing, which she has been tre
25th April 2011
UNFPA - The Right of Women and Girls Living with HIV to Sexual and Reproductive Health Takes Centre.
www.unfpa.org
UNITED NATIONS, New York — HIV is the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age worldwide. For this to change, the global HIV response must fully recognize the significant role that gender inequality plays in increasing women and girls’ vulnerability to HIV.
25th April 2011
UNFPA - Invest in the Future: Empower Girls Now
www.unfpa.org
Good morning. On behalf of the UN Adolescent Girls Task Force, I am delighted to be with you this morning to stress the enormous power and potential of adolescent girls.
25th April 2011
UNFPA - Invest in the Future: Empower Girls Now
www.unfpa.org
Good morning. On behalf of the UN Adolescent Girls Task Force, I am delighted to be with you this morning to stress the enormous power and potential of adolescent girls.
25th April 2011
UNFPA - Two Districts in Northern Ethiopia Declare an End to Female Genital Cutting
www.unfpa.org
AFAR, Ethiopia — An official declaration marking the abandonment of female genital cutting was issued recently in the Amibara and the Awash-Fentale districts of Ethiopia’s Afar Region.
25th April 2011
UNFPA - New Jobs and Livelihoods Get Fistula Survivors on their Feet
www.unfpa.org
DRC/ LIBERIA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO -- It takes more than an operation to get fistula survivors on their feet. First there’s a recovery period, two weeks on average, so that the patients can heal after surgery. But it’s often a job or a livelihood that really helps them reclaim their lives.
25th April 2011
UNFPA - Africa Shows Signs of Winning War against Female Fenital Mutilation/cutting
www.unfpa.org
In Africa, if you play music in an open space, any music, then people will generally come. "It is the way to reach people, to bring them together." So says Sister Fa, a Senegalese urban soul and hip-hop star who has been lending her voice to a remarkable new drive against female circumcision in 12 o
18th March 2011
8th February 2011
UNFPA - Bringing Health Care to Displaced Women in Cote D’Ivoire
www.unfpa.org
ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire — In the aftermath of post-election violence here, almost 18 thousand people -- 70 per cent of them women, children and older persons – have been temporarily re-settled in the Western part of the country, fleeing from clashes between communities in the city of Duékoué....
8th February 2011
UNFPA - International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM/C
www.unfpa.org
All girls deserve to grow up free from harmful practices that endanger their health and well-being. But every year, three million women and girls in Africa alone face the prospect of female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C), a practice with serious immediate and long-term health effects and ...
8th February 2011
UNFPA - Over 6,000 Communities Across Africa Abandon Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
www.unfpa.org
UNITED NATIONS, New York—Over 6,000 communities have chosen to abandon the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), according to a joint United Nations programme designed to eliminate this practice, and the number is growing. UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and UNICEF ...
8th February 2011
UNFPA - Building Momentum for Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
www.unfpa.org
Female genital mutilation/cutting has been illegal in Senegal since 1999. But that didn’t stop Dialyma Cisse‘s paternal grandmother from having her cut, against the wishes of the young girl and her parents.
8th February 2011
UNFPA - Working with Police in South Sudan to Assist Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
www.unfpa.org
The mood in Juba and across many parts of Sudan is one of jubilation, according to several observers at the scene. Among the happiest people are South Sudanese women, who are hoping that the referendum on independence, which began on 9 January and whose results are due in mid-February, will lead to...
8th February 2011
UNFPA - State of World’s Midwifery: New Report to Document Birth Attendance in 60 Countries
www.unfpa.orgThe health of women and their newborns took centre stage in global development discussions in 2010, when the United Nations Secretary‐General launched the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health.
14thDecember
Sos Malta “It is time we make the world a fairer place, and it is time we give all women and children the chance to have a healthy life so they can contribute to the development and prosperity of their communities and their countries.” Graça Machel, Advocate for Women and Children
14th December 2010
UNFPA - Midwives Essential to Fistula Prevention, International Experts Emphasize
www.unfpa.org
DAKAR, Senegal—Midwives play a leading role in efforts to prevent obstetric fistula, and governments must support them so they can attend all childbirths, help identify existing fistula cases and support referral for treatment of the devastating childbirth injury. This was emphasized by the largest..
2nd December 2010
UNFPA - An AIDS- Free Generation is Possible, Says New UN Report
www.unfpa.org
NEW YORK—Achieving an AIDS-free generation is possible if the international community steps up efforts to provide universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, and social protection, according to “Children and AIDS: Fifth Stocktaking Report 2010,” which was released today in New York. Attaining thi
1st December 2010
timesofmalta.com - More ‘must be done’ in fight against HIV
www.timesofmalta.com
Comments are submitted under the express understanding and condition that the editor may, and is authorised to, disclose any/all of the above personal information to any person or entity requesting the information for the purposes of legal action on grounds that such person or entity is aggrieved by...
1st December 2010
SOS Malta - Solidarity Overseas Service
www.sosmalta.org
PRESS RELEASE SAVE WOMEN’S LIVES Millennium Development Goal 5 - IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
1st December will mark World Aids Day. SOS Malta calls for the increase of prevention and awareness efforts. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that the..
29th Novembner 2010
SOS Malta - Solidarity Overseas Service
www.sosmalta.org
SWL MDG5 - 25th November, 2010- INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PRESS RELEASE*PUBLISHED ON 25NOVEMBER 2010 SAVE WOMEN’S LIVES
Millennium Development Goal 5 - IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH 25 November will mark the International Day for the Elimination of Viole
29th November 2010
timesofmalta.com - SOS Malta calls for ‘breaking the silence’ on violence against women
www.timesofmalta.com
Comments are submitted under the express understanding and condition that the editor may, and is authorised to, disclose any/all of the above personal information to any person or entity requesting the information for the purposes of legal action on grounds that such person or entity is aggrieved by...
29th November 2010
Government, NGOs mark international day against domestic violence | MaltaToday
www.maltatoday.com.mt
“Society at large should fight this social wound, which is causing widespread suffering to women and children especially, stripping them of their dignity,” Christina said...
22nd November 2010
UNFPA - No Rest for the Weary – Women Declare War on Gender Violence
www.unfpa.org
UNITED NATIONS — Women from a dozen countries convened in New York this week to share their struggles to implement state legislation and empower women at the grassroots level to put an end to gender- based violence worldwide...
22nd November 2010
UNFPA - Progress and Challenges: Women’s Health and Education for Girls
www.unfpa.org
Thank you very much for the kind introduction and thank you for inviting me here. Parliamentarians are UNFPA’s long term partners, a relationship which began about thirty years ago in Asia, and I am happy to see all of you here...
8th November 2010
Sos Malta SUPPORT VOLUNTEERING - SOS MALTA'S ANNUAL POINSETTIA SALE
1st November 2010
1.1 billion people in the world are hungry. Goal 1 focuses on making sure people have enough food and money to meet their basic needs.
27th October 2010
LONDON — When women have access to the same rights and opportunities as men, they are more resilient to conflict and disaster and can lead reconstruction and renewal efforts in their societies, according to the State of World Population 2010, published today by UNFPA, the United Nations Populatio...
18th October 2010
Sos Malta Supporting Efforts to End Obstetric Fistula
UNITED NATIONS— A report released by the United Nations today calls for intensified investment in cost-effective interventions to address the problem of obstetric fistula. The document estimates that at least $750 million is needed to treat existing and new cases between now and 2015. Caused by prol...
11th October 2010
Sos Malta Calling women agents of development, the leaders said that “investing in women and girls has a multiplier effect on productivity, efficiency and sustained economic growth.”
UNFPA - UNFPA Welcomes World Leaders’ Action Plan for Progress on Maternal Health, Poverty
www.unfpa.org
UNITED NATIONS — Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has welcomed the action plan adopted by world leaders to redouble their efforts to reduce maternal death and poverty and improve the health and rights of women....
11th October 2010
Sos Malta Investing in the health of women and children is not only the right thing to do; it also builds stable, peaceful and productive societies. It reduces poverty, stimulates economic growth, it’s cost-effective, and it helps women and children realize their fundamental human rights.
UNFPA - UN Summit Launches Drive to Save the Lives of More than 16 Million Women and Children
www.unfpa.org
UNITED NATIONS—Culminating a global summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Heads of State and Government, along with the private sector, foundations, international organizations, civil society and research organizations, kicked off a conce...
11th October 2010
UNFPA - It Is Time to Deliver for Women
www.unfpa.org
Just last week we heard the good news that the number of maternal deaths globally has dropped by a third since 1990. Now we need to build on this progress and redouble efforts to achieve MDG5 to improve maternal health and to reach the other Millennium Development Goals.
11th October 2010
Sos Malta When women are healthy and survive, families, communities and countries thrive.
UNFPA - UN Delegates Encouraged to Give 30 Seconds to Women and Girls
www.unfpa.org
NEW YORK — “Devote 30 seconds of your five-minute high-level speech to women and girls at the UN General Assembly’s Special Session.” This was the clear messages to 250 UN delegates, from Safiye Cagar, Director of UNFPA’s External Relations Division, on the eve of the Millennium Development Goal Sum...
11th October 2010
UNFPA - New Reports Call Attention to Wide and Widening Disparities in Reproductive Health
www.unfpa.org
NEW YORK —- Progress in improving access to reproductive health, as called for by Target 5.B of the Millennium Development Goals, has slowed dramatically, according to two new UNFPA reports. Moreover, evidence suggests that inequalities are widening both among and within countries.
15th September
GENEVA — The number of women dying due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth has decreased by 34 per cent from an estimated 546,000 in 1990 to 358,000 in 2008, according to a new report, "Trends in Maternal Mortality", released by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Ch...
10th September
The Countdown to 2015 Initiative tracks coverage levels for health interventions proven to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality. It calls on governments and development partners to be accountable, identifies knowledge gaps and proposes new actions to reach Millennium Development Goals 4 and...
10th September
GABU, Guinea Bissau – One of the first people to greet Catarina Furtado here was an infant named in her honour. Baby Catarina was the first infant delivered by Caesarean section at the surgical unit that Ms. Furtado, a Goodwill Ambassador for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, initiated as p...
11th June
8 Goals For Africa Campaign
www.8goalsforafrica.org
The 8 Goals For Africa song is part of the United Nations in South Africa Millennium Development Goals advocacy campaign to keep development issues at the forefront.
The ‘8 GOALS FOR AFRICA’ song is part of an awareness and advocacy campaign developed by the United Nations System in South Africa on the 8 MDGs.
End poverty by 2015 is the historic promise 189 world leaders made at the UN Millennium Summit ...in 2000 when they signed up to the Millennium Declaration and agreed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. The MDGs are an eight-point road map with measurable targets and clear deadlines for improving the lives of the world´s poorest people. Ten years later our leaders are meeting again on 20 September in New York to review the progress, it is up to us to make sure world leaders keep their promise.
8th June 2010
World Cup teams back UN appeal to keep mothers healthy and babies free of HIV
www.un.org
Each day nearly 1,200 babies are born with HIV worldwide, according to the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), which is spearheading the campaign. During the course of a 90-minute football match, almost 80 babies will become newly infected.
3rd June 2010
Ban urges end to scandal of pregnancy-related deaths
www.un.org
Some simple blood tests, consultation with a doctor and qualified help at the birth itself can make a huge difference, Mr. Ban said in an address to an international conference in Washington aimed at finding solutions to problems affecting women and girls worldwide.
3rd June 2010
UNFPA - Breaking the Silence about Maternal Death in Sierra Leone
www.unfpa.org
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — When a mother dies in childbirth in Sierra Leone, which happens way too frequently, the news spreads only in whispers: "The calabash broke." A woman, tradition says, is like a ...
www.unfpa.org
UNFPA is proud to co-host this meeting with the Government of the Netherlands and the World Bank, as a follow-up to the high-level meeting on maternal health that took place last year in Addis Ababa.
3rd June 2010
UNFPA - Taking Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Out of the Cultural Mosaic of Kenya
www.unfpa.org
NAIROBI — When Lina Kilimo ran for the Kenya Parliament in 2002 on a platform of peace, development and ending female genital mutilation/cutting, her opponents claimed that as an uncircumcised woman, she was unfit to hold office.
3rd June 2010
UNFPA - De-Linking Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting from Islam in North East Kenya
www.unfpa.org
MADOGO (near Garissa), North East Province, Kenya — In the scorching heat of the midday sun, shaded by the horizontal branches of a dende tree, village elders and women leaders from five communities listened ...
8th May 2010
timesofmalta.com - Artists focus on maternal challenges
A group of 30 artists pooled their talents to draw attention to challenges faced by mothers in Malta and around the world. Read More
7th May 2010
UNFPA - American Idol’s David Cook Helps Brighten the Future for Adolescent Girls in Ethiopia
www.unfpa.org
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Last month, David Cook, season seven winner of the popular television competition, American Idol, learned first-hand about the challenges faced by vulnerable adolescent girls in the slums of Addis Ababa and efforts to educate and empower them. ...
7th May 2010
UNFPA - Promoting International Development Through a Cultural Lens
www.unfpa.org
It's a real pleasure to be here with all of you today. Thank you Mr. Sha for inviting me to this important event since it is a direct line to my commitment to ensure that culture is taken seriously in development work. ..
7th May 2010
UNFPA - Rwanda Steps up to the Challenge of Universal Reproductive Health Care
www.unfpa.org
RWAMAGANA, Rwanda — The health centre just on the outskirts of town seems to be a community hub: Near the main clinic men, women and children sit around the perimeter of a courtyard waiting to be seen by a health worker. ...
7th May 2010
UNFPA - Panel Highlights the Contribution of Maternal Health to Achievement of the MDGs
www.unfpa.org
UNITED NATIONS — As the Commission on Population and Development addressed the overall theme of health, mortality, morbidity and development, a side panel organized by UNFPA looked at the contribution of reproductive health to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
Please Join this Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116733308355867&v=app_2373072738#!/group.php?gid=116733308355867&v=wall and help raise awareness of PND
28th April 2010
UNFPA - Panel Highlights the Contribution of Maternal Health to Achievement of the MDGs
www.unfpa.org
UNITED NATIONS — As the Commission on Population and Development addressed the overall theme of health, mortality, morbidity and development, a side panel organized by UNFPA looked at the contribution of reproductive health to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
21st April 2010
Mothersnight - A Tribute To Mothers - Art Exhibition -
The meeting between Women and Art
Thursday 6th May 2010 at 7.30pm
Pardo Hall, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Palazzo Parisio, Merchants Street Valletta.
The exhibition's goal is to contribute to women's health in the world and to fight against social inequality through a...n... innovative communication system
ART that reaches people in a straight and passionate way.
for more info go to: www.mothersnight.com/home-malta/events.html
www.girlsandwomen.com
The Girls 20 Summit - 3.3 Billion Ways to Change the World initiative is a global campaign to solicit grassroots ideas on how to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that most impact women and girls will culminate in the inaugural, ground-breaking G(irls)20 Summit.
21st April 2010
UNFPA - UN Secretary-General Launches Global Effort on Women’s Health
www.unfpa.org
Governments and Stakeholders Join in Urgent Effort to Reduce Deaths in Childbirth, Leading Up to September Summit on Millennium Development Goals
16th April 2010
UNFPA - Financial Crisis Should not Hinder Efforts to Improve Health, Reduce Poverty, says UNFPA
www.unfpa.org
UNITED NATIONS — The global financial crisis should not be allowed to prevent further investments in health and human well-being, said Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. ..
16th April 2010
UNFPA - Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia
www.unfpa.org
AWASH, Afar Region, Ethiopia — A smile formed on Dohra Ali’s face when she recalled what her eldest daughter asked her a couple of years ago. “Mother, is there a place in this world where FGM is not practised ..
16th April 2010
UNFPA - South Asian Midwives Meet to Plan Better Maternal Health Care
www.unfpa.org
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Three out of five women giving birth in South Asia do so without a midwife or other skilled birth attendant on hand, a major reason some 44 per cent of maternal deaths worldwide occur in the subregion. ...
16th April 2010
WORLD HEALTH DAY - 7th APRIL 2010 - Millennium Development Goal 5 - Improve Maternal Health is achievable.....
On World Health Day 2010, SOS Malta calls for ‘making adolescents a priority by investing in their health, education and livelihoods. Strengthen health systems with sexual and reproductive health as a priority. If a health system can deliver for adolescents, it is a strong health system for all.'
17th March 2010
www.telegraph.co.uk
HIV is the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age worldwide, the United Nation HIV/Aids agency has said.
IRIN Africa | LIBERIA-UGANDA: Umaru Swaray, “Alone and isolated by other refugees” | East Africa Wes
www.irinnews.org
NAKIVALE, 16 March 2010 (IRIN) - Umaru Swaray, 33, was a child soldier during Liberia’s civil war. Separated from his family, he walked for months crossing the continent to Uganda, searching for his family, who had escaped the war. ...
IRIN Africa | ETHIOPIA: “No woman should die while giving life” campaign makes headway | Horn of Afr
www.irinnews.org
ADDIS ABABA, 15 March 2010 (IRIN) - Ethiopia has made some headway towards improving maternal and child health, but more needs to be done to reduce the high number of preventable deaths, says an official. ...
UNFPA - Engaging Men and Boys as Partners in Creating Gender Equality
www.unfpa.org
UNITED NATIONS — Because men wield much of social, political and economic power in many poor and developing countries, achieving gender equality and reducing violence against women will demand their active participation and cooperation. ...
UNFPA - 20/20 Vision: Mobilizing for Women’s Rights and Eliminating Violence against Women
www.unfpa.org
NEW YORK — The Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP) – an organization established after the Beijing Conference, 15 years ago – met on March 5 at the New School in New York to celebrate and to discuss ways for mobilizing women’s rights and eliminating violence against women.
UNFPA - With the 10 Year review of the United Nations Millennium Goals approaching, momentum builds.
www.unfpa.org
Seeking to galvanize commitment and action, drive effective implementation, and ensure accountability for results, the UN Secretary-General, with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the governments ...
UNFPA - Six UN Agencies Call for Intensified Efforts to Help Adolescent Girls
www.unfpa.org
NEW YORK —Adolescent girlshave often been missing in policy and programming. Yet many believe that their well-being the key to eliminating poverty, achieving social justice, stabilizing the population, and preventing foreseeable humanitarian crises.
Great page and great work! Please have a look at our page which features work being done by Women and Health Alliance (WAHA) International on maternal health projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and
check out our website: www.waha-international.org
We'd be happy to hear more about your work and consider any possible collaborations with your teams.
International Women’s Day – 8th March 2010
On International Women’s Day 2010, SOS Malta calls for ‘making adolescents a priority by investing in their health, education and livelihoods. Strengthen health systems with sexual and reproductive health as a priority. If a health system can deliver for adolescents, it is a... strong health system for all.’More than a quarter of the world’s population is between the ages of 10 and 21. Most (86%) of the world’s 1.7 billion young people live in developing countries, where they often make up 30% or more of the population...READ MORE
http://www.sosmalta.org/newsarchive?q=141st March 2010
Half a million women die each year due to pregnancy and child birth complications because they lack proper health care.
On International Women’s Day, let us unite to call on all political leaders, to make adolescents a priority by investing in their health, education and livelihoods: Strengthen health systems with sexual and reproductive health as a priority. If a health system can deliver for adolescents, it is a strong health system for all.
http://online.thomsonreuters.com/womensday/
To raise awareness on women's health join the group "I bet we can find 500,000 people who want to reduce maternal mortality." 500,000 women die evey year during pregnancy or childbirth due to lack of proper healthcare. That's 1 FB member for every woman who dies
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=325142315845&ref=mf
26th February 2010
By sharing this video with others you can raise $ for girls and women's reproductive health care. Take a moment to share with your friends and colleagues!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1UyMimjR6M
27th January 2010
This September, the United Nations will host the largest gathering of heads of state since the Millennium Summit in the year 2000. At their last Summit, 189 world leaders pledged to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, in order to eradicate extreme poverty and its root causes by the year 2015. ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JnIJypPL-Q
Malta’s sexual health policy will be published soon but the government needs to ensure there is the proper infrastructure for its implementation, the Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Joseph Cassar said.
27th January 2010
www.unfpa.org
Since her initial training to become a health extension worker three years ago, Fanaye has taken clients’ temperature and blood pressure and provided information, counselling, condoms and pills.
www.unfpa.org/public/pid/4675
27th January 2010
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian health officials, the UN Country Team in Ethiopia and visiting UN Health 4 (H4) partners have, in collaboration with donor partners and others, developed a comprehensive three-year work plan to support maternal and newborn health and survival in the country.
www.unfpa.org/public/pid/4666
27th January 2010
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Years of conflict and instability mean the Democratic Republic of Congo is still among the worst countries in the world to be pregnant, despite a nationwide push to improve maternal, infant and childhood mortality rates.|
www.unfpa.org/public/pid/4658
20th January 2010
UNICEF flagship report: Closing the gap in maternal and neonatal health
Having a child remains one of the biggest health risks for women worldwide. Fifteen hundred women die every day while giving birth. That's a half a million mothers every year.
http://www.unicef.org/sowc09/
18th January 2010
SOS Malta's Emergency Appeal
Haiti Earthquake
14th January 2010
Let's join with the people of Haiti to help them rescue their communities from this brutal disaster -- act now at this link:
https://pg.alert.com.mt/sosmalta/
Saturday, 2nd January 2010 'I kept thinking of my child''Please God, we'll be a family once more - 'Kristina Chetcuti
It is hard to stamp out the images of heavily pregnant asylum seekers reaching Malta on rickety boats or shut out the stories of babies born at sea because the mother did not reach safe shores in time. Krist...ina Chetcuti traces the journey of two women who live with the psychological wounds of the costly trauma.....read more
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100102/local/i-kept-thinking-of-my-child
10th December 2009
Girls can change the world!
The Girl Effect video looks at the social and economic change brought about when girls have the opportunity to participate in their society. They argue that adolescent girls are uniquely capable of raising the standard of living in the developing world, but are often invisible to their societies and to our media. Check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIvmE4_KMNw
2nd December
1st December 2009
World AIDS Day 2009 – European Commission tops a billion Euros invested in the fight against the global AIDS epidemic read more........
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1840&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
XMAS 2009 - POINSETTIA SALE
Help SOSMalta in its fundraising campaign to sustain its operations and commitment towrads its work related to Overseas Development, Social Solidarity and volunteerism (VolServ).
30th November 2009
SOSMalta FINAL REPORT 2008 read more......
http://www.sosmalta.org/publications?q=115
30th November 2009
timesofmalta.com - Malta 'burying head in sand' on sexual health
Comments are submitted under the express understanding and condition that the editor may, and is authorised to, disclose any/all of the above personal information to any person or entity requesting the ... Read More ..
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091129/local/malta-burying-head-in-sand-on-sexual-health
30th November 2009
A report commissioned by the World Health Organization gathers a baseline of data about the health of women and girls throughout their lives, in different parts of the world and in different groups within countries. Amongst its findings, the report reveals that the health status of girls and women in sub-Saharan Africa... is, by nearly every measure, the lowest in the world: “for women aged 20 to 60 years in affluent countries, the risk of premature death is only 6%. In sub-Saharan Africa, the risk is 42%, or seven times higher." Full report here.....
The role of sexual and reproductive health in strengthening health systems.
FACT SHEET 2009
http://www.countdown2015europe.org/images/FS/ippf_factsheet_1.4.pdf
Thursday, 12th November 2009
Minister's comment irks sexual health policy promoter - Ariadne Massa
Philip Carabot: "It would be the easiest thing on earth to confine myself to seeing patients, and stay out of controversies." Photo: Chris Sant Fournier.The lone crusader of sexual health promotion, Philip Carabot, is prepare...d to throw in the towel after taking offence to Social Policy Minister John Dalli's accusations that he had a personal agenda.....read more
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091112/local/ministers-comment-irks-sexual-health-policy-promoter
Wednesday, 11th November 2009
Sexual health policy, one of Budget's casualties - Ariadne Massa
The national sexual health policy seems destined for sterility after it was withdrawn from the 2010 Budget, snuffing the Social Policy Ministry's plans to deliver it...read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091111/lo...cal/sexual-health-policy-one-of-budgets-casualties
Wednesday, 14th October 2009
University students in heated debate on sexual health
The issue of whether there should or should not be a condom machine at the university and the distribution of condoms during freshers’ week practically took over a Move well-attended and heated debate held at the Quadrangle this... afternoon......read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091014/local/university-students-in-heated-debate-on-sexual-health
Tuesday, 29th September 2009
'Morning-after' pill without prescription
AFP
The so-called "morning-after" contraception pill was available in Spain without prescription for the first time yesterday, in a bid to limit the number of unwanted pregnancies, the Health Ministry said....read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090929/world-news/morning-after-pill-without-prescription
Sunday, 27th September 2009
Morning-after pill -
Aileen Scerri, Sliema
It would be a very sad day for Malta should the morning-after pill be legalised for rape victims, as the resolution approved at the special sitting of the Youth Parliament suggested...read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090927/letters/morning-after-pill
Thursday, 24th September 2009
Comprehensive sex education urgently needed
- Rebecca Sultana, Msida
I refer to the news item Backing For Morning-After Pill In Exceptional Circumstances and the online comments that appeared on September 17.
Labelling and portraying opponents of the morning-after pill as "fundamentalists&q...uot;, "old-fashioned", "narrow minded", "hypocrites", influenced by "religious prejudice" and "conservatives" is very misleading and damaging. I am neither of the above, but I appreciate the value of life in all its forms....read more
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090924/letters/comprehensive-sex-education-urgently-needed
Backing for morning-after pill in exceptional circumstances
Young people sitting in the Parliament of Youths this afternoon approved a resolution saying it should not be illegal to prescribe the morning-after pill to rape victims as long as this was done through hospitals
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090916/local/youth-parliament-backs-morning-after-pill-in-exceptional-circumstances
Tuesday, 22nd September 2009MPs open to debate on morning-after pillJuan AmeenLabour MP Michael Farrugia has not completely ruled out the use of the morning-after pill in rape cases but called for an in-depth debate on its implications in the social affairs parliamentary committee....read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090922/local/mps-open-to-debate-on-morning-after-pill
Tuesday, 22nd September 2009
MPs open to debate on morning-after pill
Juan Ameen
Labour MP Michael Farrugia has not completely ruled out the use of the morning-after pill in rape cases but called for an in-depth debate on its implications in the social affairs parliamentary committee....read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090922/local/mps-open-to-debate-on-morning-after-pill
Monday, 21st September 2009
The difference between pro choice and pro abortion
Rachel Agius, Attard
The article Call For Morning-After Pill For Rape Victims (September 17) was really the icing on the cake in the Maltese anti-abortion movement....read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090921/letters/the-difference-between-pro-choice-and-pro-abortion
Labour leader says no to morning-after pill
Labour Leader Joseph Muscat disagrees with the use of the morning-after pill even in exceptional circumstances such as rape.....read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090919/local/labour-leader-says-no-to-morning-after-pill
Sexual health policy under lock and key
by ANNALIZA BORG & FRANCESCA VELLA
The draft national sexual health policy was finalised about four months ago, but the government still refuses to divulge any information about it, even though Philip Carabot, the head of the genito-urinary (GU) clinic, was assured that the policy would be discussed as part of Budget 2010 since it will entail a certain amount of financial backing.....read more
www.independent.com.mt/news.asp
Monday, September 14, 2009:
12 year old, child bride, dies while giving birth in Yemen:
news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Child-Bride-In-Yemen-Dies-While-Giving-Birth-To-Baby-Siyaj-Human-Rights-Organisation-Says/Article/200909215380600
Tuesday, 11th August 2009
The facts about the CoE resolution
Tony Mifsud, Marsascala
In the article Abortion Through The Back Door (August 8), Louis Cilia made reference to the resolution to make abortion an "unconditional right" which was adopted by the Council of Europe Assembly on April 16, 2008. "This resolution," he said,.....read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090811/letters/the-facts-about-the-coe-resolution
A POWERFUL TRUTH
How educating girls and empowering women can help fight poverty and extremism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/08/20/magazine/kristof-audioss/index.html
The New York Times Magazine is a special edition devoted to struggles women face around the world. Titled “Why Women's Rights are the Cause of Our Time,” the magazine spotlights issues we are passionate about: the importance of women’s access to maternal care, education and economic opportunities, and the need to eliminate gender inequality....please read more........
www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/magazine/23Women-t.html
Sunday, 2nd August 2009
The right sex education
Mary Hilda Camilleri, Sliema
I am surprised that the Committee for Social Policy, writing on a new sexual policy through which they would like to make contraceptives available to teenagers, are not thinking on Christian lines any more........read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090802/letters/the-right-sex-education
Thursday, 6th August 2009
Talking Point: Mixed-up teenagers need sex education
Herbert Messina Ferrante
According to the NSO, 25 per cent of births in 2008 were to unwed mothers - an increase of nine per cent over 2007.
In a health survey carried out as part of an EU-wide exercise, 62 per cent of those questioned said they do not use contraception.....read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090806/opinion/mixed-up-teenagers-need-sex-education
Saturday, 8th August 2009
Abortion through the back door
Louis Cilia
It seems to me that the proponents of those who want to introduce abortion everywhere in Europe are going about it in a very wise (or cunning, depending on one's point of view) manner. As is known, Swedish MP Brigitta Ohlsson....read more.......
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090808/opinion/abortion-through-the-back-door
US Senate committee approves Catholic ambassador for Malta
The main catholic cheerleader for the Obama presidential election has been approved as Malta’s new US ambassador by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.......read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090807/local/obama-nominates-catholic-ambassador-for-malta
Wednesday, 5th August 2009 - 11:08CET
Malta's MEPs should defend pro-life values - GOL
The EU traditionally has no competence on social issues such as abortion, Gift of Life said.
Reacting to a story in today's The Times where a Swedish Liberal MP who is campaigning to harmonise EU legislation on abortion admitted that the practice "cannot be imposed on Malta", GOL said:....read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090805/local/maltas-meps-should-defend-pro-life-values-gol
'Abortion cannot be imposed on Malta'
Ivan Camilleri
The Swedish Liberal MP who is campaigning to harmonise EU legislation on abortion......read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090805/local/abortion-cannot-be-imposed-on-malta
Thursday, 30th July 2009
Made to choose?
Ivan Borg
A recent effort to invoke the ‘citizen's initiative' provision under the Lisbon Treaty raises a lot of very pointed moral and political questions......read more
http://www.timesofmalta.com/blogs/view/20090730/students-view/made-to-choose
Condoms DO save lives
Renee Laiviera
02 April 2009 12:11
For years I have made great efforts to refrain from discussing the issue of sexually transmitted diseases and the use of condoms. Our society does not lend itself to an open and free discussion.
http://www.maltastar.com/pages/ms09dart.asp?a=815
Family Planning and Reproductive Health Have Fallen Off Global Development Radar ― World Bank, UNFPA 'warned that family planning and other reproductive health programmes vital to poor women had fallen off the development radar of many low-income and donor country governments and international aid agencies'.......read more
www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/News/pid/3]008;jsessionid=9118F63E16638DD2D220877455E25425
The Global Economic Crisis and Health: Why Investing in Women is a Smart Choice
Statement of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director, at the World Bank, Washington D.C.
'If we look around the world today, we see that women are often on the frontline when it comes to demanding change and opportunity, but they are at the end of the line when it comes to power and decision-making'.......read more
www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/News/pid/3]027;jsessionid=9118F63E16638DD2D220877455E25425
Improving maternal health is a key to reaching the MDGs. Therefore, the EU-funded campaign “Save Women’s Lives” was started in four European countries (Germany, Hungary, Malta, and the Netherlands)....Read more here
www.mothersnight.com/index.php
CHLAMYDIA CASES EXPECTED TO RISE
Cynthia Busuttil
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, which has just issued guidelines, recommends the setting up of screening programmes and routine testing and stresses the importance of partner notification in cases of sexually transmitted diseases....
"National screening programmes are absolutely imperative," Genitourinary Clinic head Philip Carabot said.
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090702/local/chlamydia-cases-expected-to-rise
KNOWN CHLAMYDIA CASES 'JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG'
Cynthia Busuttil
GU Clinic head Philip Carabot is sure chlamydia is more common than his figures show.
A staggering 200,000 young people in Europe are expected to become infected with chlamydia in the summer months, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control...read more
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090702/local/known-chlamydia-cases-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg
Millennium Campaign Calls on Rich Countries to Meet their Aid Commitments
www.youtube.com/mcampaign
EDITORIAL: Moving forward with maternal health and human rights
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009
Source: The Lancet (U.K.)
500,000 women die each year as a result of pregnancy or childbirth. Efforts are being made to reduce these deaths by three quarters by 2015-Millennium Development Goal 5. But many countries are not making substantial progress towards this target. Can the human-rights community help? read more........
download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673609611673.pdf
Study Reveals Need to Increase Investments in Women's Health
19-06-2009
According to a new study published by the Global Campaign for the Health Development on behalf of the Network of Global Leaders, released 15 June 2009. the most "elusive" of the U.N.'s eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the ones relating to health: reducing child mortality (Goal 4), improving maternal health (Goal 5) and combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases (Goal 6). The study highlights practical ways to "reduce the continuing and unnecessary death toll in developing countries" and calls for scaling up health services to the tune of 36-45 billion dollars by 2015. For further information, go to IPS news.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47224
A health interview survey carried out as part of an EU-wide exercise has found that 62 percent of the Maltese do not use contraception. READ MORE!
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090603/local/62-of-maltese-do-not-use-contraception-survey-shows
Maternal Health Recognized at Human Rights Council
Yesterday, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a landmark resolution recognizing maternal death and illness as a pressing human rights concern. Over 70 UN member states (including the US) co-sponsored this resolution, led by Colombia and New Zealand.
Read the resolution on maternal mortality here.
http://www.scribd.com/share/upload/12873398/1cq06an590si4slgzj83
House committee discusses sexual health policy
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090616/local/house-committee-discusses-sexual-health-policy
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090615/world-news/rejected-girls-and-their-unwanted-babies
A letter from today's Times of Malta in response to Robin Rebeiro's article 'Need to Improve Maternal Health' Times of Malta 2009/06/05
Improved medical care, not abortion - Letters
Paul Vincenti, Gift of Life, Mosta
In the opinion piece by Robin Rebeiro of SOS Malta (June 5) the author makes an interesting point about the need to protect women and human life in general and especially in view of the Millennium Development Goal of maternal health. Helping women in such dire need, in so many parts of the world, is .
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090610/letters/improved-medical-care-not-abortion
...women need to be encouraged to empower themselves, to seek support from their community...Robin Rebeiro writes about the need to improve maternal health. Read more.
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090605/opinion/need-to-improve-maternal-health\
What do women face in the developing world? In his Sunday column, New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof details women's experiences during pregnancy and childbirth in West Africa. Read more about what he encountered here:
http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/16/your-comments-on-maternal-mortality-2/?apage=4#comments
Contraceptive mentality
Mary Hilda Camilleri, Sliema
I was most disappointed recently when I attended a fundraising dinner. The occasion itself was very enjoyable but we took great exception to what the speakers had to say.........
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090517/letters/contraceptive-mentality
Zero Tolerance for Maternal Mortality
By Dr. Abdelhadi Eltahir, Pathfinder International
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/04/15/zero-tolerance-maternal-mortality
Mother's Night Synopsis - Follow Up to the Event
Follow up on Mother’s Night Malta May 6, 2009 Approximately 180 people came out to support SOS Malta’s Mother’s Night which took place on May 6, 2009 at Villa Arrigo. The purpose of the evening was to raise awareness on the issues surrounding teenage pregnancy...
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=83224736675&ref=mf#/note.php?note_id=83229916675&ref=mf
Mother's Day Article (2) - Adolescent Pregnancy and Maternal Mortality
Save Women’s Lives A Campaign to raise Public Awareness on Millennium Development Goal 5 (Improving Maternal Health) ...
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=83224736675&ref=mf#/note.php?note_id=83226731675&ref=mf
Mother's Day Article (1) - Teenage Pregnancy
“Save Women’s Lives” A Campaign to raise Public Awareness on Millennium Development Goal 5 (Improving Maternal Health) MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL 5: Improve Maternal Health ...
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=83224736675&ref=mf#/note.php?note_id=83225826675&ref=mf
Please Visit SOS Malta Website & Join our Facebook group (Save Women's Lives - Malta)
WORLD POVERTY DAY - A bag of campaign material was sent out to Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and Government officials in order to raise awareness on the Millennium Development Goals and development issues.
'SAVE WOMEN'S LIVES Malta project material was showcased at this event
http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=63074887601&view=all