Women Deliver in the News

Op-Eds, Editorials, Features

• The Canadian Press, Even rejected ideas from G7 gender advisory council will see light of day (26 April 2018)

• The Standard – Kenya, Time magazine FGM names activist Nice Nailantei among world’s 100 most influential people (20 April 2018)

• Devex, RCT evaluation points to value of targeting new fathers for gender equality (6 April 2018)

• Devex, Long Story Short #7: Inside the Commission on the Status of Women (28 March 2018)
• Teen Vogue,  These Young Women Prove #MeToo Isn’t Just Happening in the U.S. (15 March 2018)
• Novo Nordisk, From dusty rooms to Davos: The long road to equality in health and rights for girls and women (8 March 2018)
• Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 4 Women from TT chosen as Women Deliver Young Leaders (7 March 2018)
• New York Magazine’s The Cut, What It’s Like to Give Birth in a Refugee Camp (8 March 2018)
• News Deeply, Advocating for Women’s Rights in the Age of #MeToo (15 Feb 2018)
• Devex, Progress on gender equality ‘unacceptably slow:’ UN Women (15 Feb 2018)
• Devex, UN issues more progressive guidelines on sex education (25 January 2018)
• KPMG’S WEF Live, To the Leaders at Davos: Investing in Girls and Women is the Right Thing To Do, and a Good ROI (25 January 2018)
• Devex, How to bridge the gap between global health and development (24 Jan 2018)
• Daily Hive, Vancouver, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau leads global equality and feminism discussions (16 Nov 2017)
• CBC News, ‘We are not alone in this’: Sophie Gregoire Trudeau in Vancouver preparing for global women’s conference (15 November 2017)
• Global News, Largest women’s conference in the world coming to Vancouver in 2019 (15th November 2017)
• Devex, For his first 100 days, WHO’s new DG Tedros gets a nod of approval. But can he sustain it? (13 October, 2017)
• Devex, Want to deliver on the promises of UHC? Invest in girls’ and women’s health and rights (9 October 2017)
• Devex, ‘Don’t let the US set the agenda’: Takeaways from EuroNGOs on reproductive rights (2 October 2017)
• The Star, Kenya Chosen in New Global Campaign to Promote Women’s Development (27 September 2017)
• Radio Adelaide, A Gender Lens on Global Development (21 September, 2017)
• Newsweek, World Leaders Don’t Understand Women—And That’s Hurting Gender Equality, Study Finds (20 September 2017)
• The Lancet, The Global Gag Rule: placing the health and lives of women and girls at risk (9 September 2017)
• BioMed Central, Reproductive Health, Three recommendations to the new Director-General of the WHO on how to deliver for girls and women (14 July 2017)
• Huffington Post, 4 ways that Investing in Adolescents’ Access to Modern Contraception Could Change the World (10 July 2017)
• The Guardian, 2017: the year we lost control of world population surge? (9 July 2017)
• BBC News, Trump’s ‘Global Gag’ Will Hit Healthcare (7 July 2017)
• Daily Graphic, Canada to Host Women Deliver 2019 Global Conference (21 June 2017)
• Devex, Women Deliver 2019 to be Held in Canada (13 June 2017)
• Buzzfeed, These Two Lawmakers Are Resisting the Global Gag Rule (7 June 2017)
• Impakter, Only a United Girls’ Rights Movement Will Deliver the Global Goal of Gender Equality (31 May 2017)
• Thomson Reuters Foundation, For Shared Prosperity, G7 Must Invest in the Health and Rights of Girls and Women (26 May 2017)
• Devex, Katja Iversen: Investing in the Future Means Investing in Girls (17 May 2017)
• The British Medical Journal, Katja Iversen: Diabetes in Pregnancy — A Neglected Cause of Maternal Mortality (2 May 2017)

• Feminist Majority Foundation, Trump Administration Cuts Off All UNFPA Funding (18 April 2017)
• Development Cable, US decision to cut funds to UNFPA ‘will cost lives’ (5 April 2017)
• Huffington Post Canada, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau Wants Men to Be Better Mentors For Boys (17 March 2017)
• The Daily Mail, Who runs the world? GIRLS! Crown Princess Mary and Canada’s Sophie Grégoire Trudeau join forces to lead international campaign for women’s rights (16 March 2017)
• CTV News, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau teams up with global women’s development campaign (15 March 2017)
• Refinery29, The World’s Most Powerful Women Share Their Best Leadership Advice, (8 March 2017)

• Teen Vogue, 8 Activists From Around the World Share Their Best Advice For Enacting Change (8 March 2017)
• SPIN, Beyoncé, Madonna, Coldplay, More Sign Letter in Support of International Women’s Day (8 March 2017)
• CBC News, Justin Trudeau marks International Women’s Day with $650M for reproductive rights (7 March 2017)
• Times Colonist, From pay equity to child care, advocates say ‘feminist’ PM has much work to do (7 March 2017)
• ABC News Australia, Women Deliver – and Push Back Against Global Gag Rule (23 February 2017)
• World Economic Forum, 7 myth-busting reasons we should be investing in women (1 February 2017)
• Marie Claire, The Sex-Ed Heroes Taking on Trump (30 January 2017)
• Refinery29, Donald Trump Is Reinstating a Policy that Restrict Abortions (23 January 2017)
• Teen Vogue, Kinga Wisniewska Is Opening the Conversation Around Sexual Health in Poland (26 Dec 2016)
• Devex, New WHO guidelines signal greater focus on antenatal care experience (20 Dec 2016)
• The Guardian, US aid for women’s sexual health worldwide under threat (12 November 2016)
• 3BL Media, Women Deliver President and CEO Highlights Women’s Empowerment at the BSR Conference 2016 (8 November 2016)
• News Deeply; Women and Girls Hub, Proving It Pays to Invest in Women and Girls (22 September 2016)
• bdnews24.com, Women Deliver launches ‘Deliver for Good’ campaign (22 September 2016)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, Kristian Jensen and the Crown Princess in New York: Kick-starting a new campaign promoting women’s health (21 September 2016)
• The Copenhagen Post, Princess Mary helps launch new campaign for women’s health (20 September 2016)
• Thomson Reuters Foundation, Call to world leaders: girls and women must be at the center of your refugee response (19 September 2016)
• Refinery29, Jessica Biel is just as clueless about pregnancy as the rest of us (20 May 2016)
• Daily Nation (Kenya), Delegates from 168 countries converge in Denmark for women conference (19 May 2016)
• Reuters (US), Insight – Campaigners on a mission to ensure ‘sexist data’ reflects women’s realities (18 May 2016)
• The Guardian (UK), ‘We can’t keep looking at women as body parts or diseases’, says Women Deliver CEO (17 May 2016)
• Times Live (South Africa), Feminism isn’t a swearword‚ Lennox tells Women Deliver conference (17 May 2016)
• New York Magazine (US), Inside the World’s Biggest Meeting on Women’s Advancement (17 May 2016)
• Forbes (US), Gates Foundation Pledges $80 Million To Close The Gender ‘Data Gap’ (17 May 2016)
• The Times of India, 169 nations mull over women’s safety in Copenhagen (17 May 2016)
• ABC News (Australia), Princess Mary of Denmark makes impassioned plea to close the gender gap (17 May 2016)
• Jeune Afrique, Aucune femme ne doit perdre la vie en donnant naissance à une autre vie (13 May 2016)
• Devex, The big picture: Empowering, not just reaching, all women and girls (10 May 2016)
• Financial Times, Progress on maternal mortality hindered by ‘funding mismatch’ (10 May 2016)
• The Economist Intelligence Unit, Well-being is about more than a healthy body…it involves a holistic approach (9 May 2016)
• TIME, Midwives Are Essential to Global Health (5 May 2016)
• Sidwaya, Women Deliver 2016: Annick Fabienne Thiombiano parmi les 200 jeunes leaders du monde (13 May 2016)
• The Lancet, Women Deliver: The Lancet: May 12, 2016 [Podcast] (12 May 2016)
• The Herald (Zimbabwe), Education for girls, women leads to development (11 May 2016)
• Vogue, Is It Socially Acceptable to Breast-Feed in Public? (10 May 2016)
• Eurowoman, Verdens største ligestillingskonference kommer til København: Her er 11 events, alle kan deltage i (6 May 2016)
• Daily Mail, ‘We need to create jobs where women are not just fit into a male world’: Crown Princess Mary stuns in candid snaps ahead of conference on women’s rights (21 Apr 2016)
• The Guardian, International Women’s Day 2016 – as it happened (8 Mar 2016)
• Devex, Maternal health issues ‘aren’t finished yet’ — and neither is Jill Sheffield (15 Mar 2016)
• Thomson Reuters Foundation, The practical magic of philanthropic partnerships (11 Mar 2016)
• Huffington Post, How Young Feminists are Tackling Climate Justice in 2016 (7 Mar 2016)
• Thomson Reuters Foundation, Strong economies start with girls and women — not robots (22 Jan 2016)
• The Guardian, Dear G7, it’s time to put girls and women at the top of your agenda (4 June 2015)

Press Releases

• 30 April 2018: Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, to Join Women Deliver Board of Directors
• 14 March 2018: Women Deliver Announces New Advocacy Effort For Girls and Women in Humanitarian Settings
  14 March 2018: Women Deliver Annonce de Nouveaux Efforts de Plaidoyer en Faveur Des Filles et Des Femmes en Contextes Humanitaires 
• 27 February 2018: Women Deliver Announces Largest, Most Diverse Class of Young Leaders in Program’s History
  
• 27 February 2018: Women Deliver Annonce La Promotion De Jeunes Leaders La Plus Nombreuse Et La Plus Diverse De Toute L’Histoire Du Programme
• 16 November 2017: Prime Minister Trudeau Rallies Vancouver Community Around Women Deliver 2019 Conference
  
• 16 November 2017: Le Premier Ministre Trudeau Mobilise la Communauté De Vancouver Autour de la Conférence Women Deliver 2019
• 19 September 2017: Denmark Passes the Baton to Canada to Serve as Host Country for World’s Largest Conference on the Health, Rights, and Wellbeing of Girls and Women
  
• 19 September 2017: Le Danemark Passe Le Relais Au Canada Pour Accueillir La Plus Grande Conférence Mondiale Sur La Santé, Les Droits Et Le Bien-Être Des Filles Et Des Femmes
  
• 18 September 2017: India, Kenya, and Senegal Announced as Deliver for Good Focus Countries
• 18 September 2017: Deliver for Good Annonce Que L’Inde, Le Kenya Et Le Senegal Seront Les Pays Pilotes De La Campagne
• 12 July 2017: Young Leaders Program Now Accepting Applications for the 2018 Class of Young Leaders
  
• 13 June 2017: Women Deliver 2019 Global Conference to be Held in Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
• 15 May 2017: Saundra Pelletier, CEO of Evofem Biosciences and WCG Elected New Chair of the Board of Directors for Women Deliver
• 15 March 2017: Deliver for Good Campaign Announces Five High-Level Influencers at the Commission on the Status of Women
• 20 September 2016: Women Deliver Joins Coalition of Partners to Announce “Girls, Women and the Global Goals,” at 2016 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
• 20 September 2016: Women Deliver Brings Together 10 International Organizations to Launch the Deliver for Good Campaign to Promote Critical Investments in Girls and Women
• 19 September 2016: New BSR, Women Deliver, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Report: How Business Can Advance Women’s Health, Rights, and Wellbeing in Global Value Chains
• 12 August 2016: Women Deliver and Bayer Award Grants to 10 Emerging Young Leaders to Support Contraception Access Projects
• 22 June 2016: Women Deliver Recognizes 20 Emerging Young Leaders with Grants to Implement Projects in their Communities
• 19 May 2016: Hillary Clinton, Jessica Biel Close Women Deliver 2016 Conference
• 18 May 2016: Women Deliver 2016: Investing in Girls and Women Pays – and Data Can Prove It
  
• 17 May 2016: Global Leaders Use Women Deliver 2016 to Call for More Investment in Girls and Women
• 16 May 2016: Women Deliver 2016 Conference Opens with Call to Put Girls and Women at Forefront of Development 
• 15 May 2016: Media Advisory: Women Deliver Live
• 26 April 2016: Women Deliver Announces Social Enterprise Challenge Finalists: 10 Innovative Ideas to Improve the Lives of Girls and Women
• 4 April 2016: Media Advisory- Women Deliver 2016 Conference
• 8 March 2016: International Women’s Day Marks Official Countdown to Women Deliver 2016 Conference