Friday, September 18, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF today signed a new collaborative framework which will accelerate joint public health efforts that put the most marginalized and vulnerable populations first. The new Strategic Collaboration Framework builds...
Friday, May 22, 2020
As the gears of the economy begin to spin again, one expert is warning that without more support for child care, a major group could be left out of the recovery: women. Economist Armine Yalnizyan said we need an economic "she-covery" — one that focuses...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
India’s progress on scaling up health and nutrition services was remarkable in the pre-pandemic period. The gains made in these past years are important to preserve. Rasmi Avula, Supreet Kaur and Purnima Menon discuss the importance of existing state...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
The European Committee of Social Rights published its latest conclusions regarding the rights of women, children, families and migrants on 24.03.2020. The Committee is the body responsible for monitoring compliance in the States party to the European...
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Ante el estado de emergencia del país, frente a la pandemia del coronavirus, la vicepresidenta de la República, Margarita Cedeño, anunció este jueves la puesta en marcha de un plan de contingencia de protección social para los dominicanos que...
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Monday, March 9, 2020
Paid maternity leave has major mental and physical health benefits for mothers and children - including reduced rates of postpartum depression and infant mortality, according to a report in the March/April issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The...
Thursday, March 5, 2020
The World Bank has approved a $300-million financial package for human development in Pakistan, including a loan of $200 million to improve social and health indicators in about a dozen poorest districts of Punjab.The loan has been approved under the...
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Initiatives such as comprehensive training and engaging with and mobilising communities have helped boost the performance of anganwadi centres in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, we found, as part of a project to document innovations in maternal and child...
Monday, March 2, 2020
BLOG: In the US, moms are dying more often today than they were a generation ago. More than half of these deaths are likely preventable. Childbirth has been and remains the most common reason for hospitalization, and nearly half of US births are financed...
Saturday, February 8, 2020
OPINION: More than 100 years ago, the International Labor Organization adopted the Maternity Protection Convention 1919 (No 3) suggesting 12 weeks of paid maternity leave, free healthcare during and after pregnancy, protection from dismissals and...
