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Half of world’s pregnant women lack access to skilled care at childbirth – UN agency

12 December 2006
Aiming to help save the lives of more than 5 million women and over 45 million newborns by 2015, midwives and public health experts from 20 countries around the world have gathered in Tunisia for the first-ever International Forum on Midwifery in the Community, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reported.

Gender equality and children’s wellbeing go hand in hand, says new UNICEF report

11 December 2006
Calling for more action to counter pervasive discrimination against women, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today launched a report highlighting that “gender equality and the well-being of children go hand in hand,” and recommending a raft of measures, from greater investment in girls’ education to imposing quotas ensuring woman are better represented in politics.