Women Deliver Conference Held

The Women Deliver conference took place in Washington D.C. June 7-9^th, drawing global attention to the theme of “Delivering Solutions for Women and Girls.” Women Deliver, a global advocacy group formed at a 2007 conference, brought together over 3,000 attendees from around the world to focus on the importance of increasing funding for Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, which seeks to reduce maternal mortality rate in developing countries by three-quarters (from 1990 levels), and provide universal access to family planning and reproductive health services by 2015. The conference brought together advocates, policymakers, youth, and health care professionals from 146 countries, the heads of five U.N. agencies and the Secretary General to highlight three main messages: maternal and newborn mortality rates are dropping, but the work is far from done, investing in girls and women is not only the right thing to do, but it makes economic sense, and solutions exist to achieve MDG5, what is needed are the political will and allocation of resources.

More information about the conference can be found here:

http://www.womendeliver.org/conferences/-2010-conference/

The Plenary Sessions can be viewed here:

http://www.womendeliver.org/conferences/-2010-conference/webcast/