Please read this article and join the page on FB

http://ideas.time.com/2012/03/28/where-are-the-protests-against-the-killing-of-shaima-al-awadi/

http://mama.imow.org/healthymamahealthybaby

Just Launched! Explore our New Topic Gallery
Healthy Mama, Healthy Baby

Did you know that every 90 seconds, a woman dies in childbirth from preventable causes?

This startling statistic is at the heart of our brand new Topic Gallery, Healthy Mama, Healthy Baby, launched today as part of our new online exhibition, MAMA: Motherhood Around the Globe. In Healthy Mama, Healthy Baby, we delve into the pressing issue of global maternal health and maternal mortality, and ask: What are the realities of 21st century pregnancy and childbirth? How do factors such as geography, age, and income affect your chance of a safe delivery? And what can we do to save mothers lives?

Some of the compelling, illuminating content you’ll find in Healthy Mama, Healthy Baby is:

• An interview with one of our featured HEROES, Rhoda Amafumba, a midwife in Zambia who uses a simple but incredibly effective medical tool called Life Wrap to save the lives of women in labor—and who is training other midwives to do the same. Meet Rhoda >>
• A YOUR VOICES art piece by Renee Hoffman, "Cesarean Quilt." which tells how Renee healed from her traumatic labor and delivery using creativity and art. Check out "Cesarean Quilt" >>
• A BIG IDEAS essay from activist and supermodel Christy Turlington-Burns, who makes the case for prioritizing mothers in order to make maternal health a pressing political issue. Read Christy’s essay, “Prioritizing Mothers” >>
• A short documentary in YOUR VOICES called “Birth Journal Maternity Excerpt,” which follows a woman in Colombia as she gives birth with the most basic of hospital care. Watch the documentary now>>
• And much more >>

While you check out the new gallery, be sure to also Take the Pledge to improve maternal mortality rates globally, an initiative between IMOW and the maternal health organization Every Mother Counts! New Topic Galleries will continue to launch through September. Stay tuned for more information!

International Leadership Forum Announcement - Call for Applications 2012

The UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights at the University of Connecticut invites applications for the eighth annual International Leadership Programme: A Global Intergenerational Forum, to be held August 3 - 12, 2012 in Storrs, Connecticut. Applications must be received by March 2, 2012.

The Forum seeks to empower young leaders by involving them in finding solutions to emerging human rights problems, and nurturing individuals to be effective leaders in the field of human rights. To this end, the Forum will:
• Introduce participants to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Build a network of solidarity among human rights leaders
• Expand the knowledge relevant to human rights practice
• Provide tools and a platform for open debates
• Provide programmes, activities and processes necessary for human rights leadership
• Promote the sharing of experiences and understanding
• Showcase speakers on such topics as: health and human rights, education, the environment, the plight of child soldiers, the use of media, fundraising, conflict resolution and transformation; litigation and advocacy

The UNESCO Chair will provide all conference participants with dormitory housing, meals, ground transportation in Connecticut, resource materials and a certificate of participation.

Young people between the ages of 18-30, with community service experience, and with demonstrated ability to work on solutions to human rights problems, should apply. Relevant issues include, but are not limited to, human trafficking, the plight of children, refugees, hunger, HIV/AIDs, gender discrimination, racism, classism, the environment and peace education.

Conference will be held in English only. Fluency in English is required. Applicants will be selected based on the strength of their application essay, demonstrated commitment to human rights (practical/hands-on experience), potential impact on the individual and their potential contribution to the Forum, regional and gender representation.

Programme details and application material can be accessed by linking to www.unescochair.uconn.edu or http://www.unescochair.uconn.edu/upspecialevents.htm

http://www.imow.org/home/index

please visit their website to learn more about this org.

http://www.migrantas.org/web_migrantas_english.html

It is a German organization which is focused on immigrants, their rights and stereotypes toward migrants.

Please visit their website to learn more about this organization and see more posters and info (the link is above.)