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News & Announcements
February 4, 2010
In observance of Zero Tolerance Day, the INTACT network is planning to organize an online discussion forum to exchange ideas and experiences on "Interventions to Accelerate the Abandonment of FGM: Lessons Learned." INTACT, the International Network to Analyze, Communicate and Transform the Campaign against FGM, is an international group of researchers, scholars and activists from many parts of the world who are committed to ending the practice of FGM. INTACT is managed by the Population Council.
The forum, which will be implemented in collaboration with the IBP knowledge Gateway, will last for two work weeks (February 8 - 20, 2010) and will discuss a number of topics related to implementing interventions against FGM. This global online forum is an opportunity to share experiences, challenges, and lessons learned, pose questions and discuss with colleagues who are experienced in the field of FGM.
The goal of this forum is to discuss addressing FGM issues by linking with gender, human rights and culture, the different social change approaches used to achieve the abandonment of FGM, how to best involve and engage policy makers in moving the agenda forward, and discuss issues and ideas in evaluating the impact of FGM interventions.
Discussants from PRB, UNFPA, Population Council, UNICEF, and Civil Society will share experiences and provide insights on these topics based on their own experiences. We would like to invite you to join this forum. To join the discussion, please go to http://my.ibpinitiative.org/public//fgm and click on "Join this Group" and you will be asked to fill out the answers to a few questions. You will then be able to access the discussion forum.
During the forum, you will receive one or two e-mails per day from the forum including all contributions screened and presented as a single, well-organized digest. You will be able to participate in the forum simply by responding to this daily digest via e-mail or by sending a message at any time to
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This online discussion is sponsored by Wallace Global Fund.
Abeer Salem
Senior Program Development and Communications Officer
Population Council Regional Office
West Asia and North Africa
In observance of Zero Tolerance Day, the INTACT network is planning to organize an online discussion forum to exchange ideas and experiences on "Interventions to Accelerate the Abandonment of FGM: Lessons Learned." INTACT, the International Network to Analyze, Communicate and Transform the Campaign against FGM, is an international group of researchers, scholars and activists from many parts of the world who are committed to ending the practice of FGM. INTACT is managed by the Population Council.
The forum, which will be implemented in collaboration with the IBP knowledge Gateway, will last for two work weeks (February 8 - 20, 2010) and will discuss a number of topics related to implementing interventions against FGM. This global online forum is an opportunity to share experiences, challenges, and lessons learned, pose questions and discuss with colleagues who are experienced in the field of FGM. The goal of this forum is to discuss addressing FGM issues by linking with gender, human rights and culture, the different social change approaches used to achieve the abandonment of FGM, how to best involve and engage policy makers in moving the agenda forward, and discuss issues and ideas in evaluating the impact of FGM interventions.
Discussants from PRB, UNFPA, Population Council, UNICEF, and Civil Society will share experiences and provide insights on these topics based on their own experiences. We would like to invite you to join this forum. To join the discussion, please go to http://my.ibpinitiative.org/public//fgm and click on "Join this Group" and you will be asked to fill out the answers to a few questions. You will then be able to access the discussion forum.
During the forum, you will receive one or two e-mails per day from the forum including all contributions screened and presented as a single, well-organized digest. You will be able to participate in the forum simply by responding to this daily digest via e-mail or by sending a message at any time to
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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This online discussion is sponsored by Wallace Global Fund.
December 10, 2009
December 3, 2009 The Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) has partnered with the Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to create a series of events on Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health. Over the next year, the series will focus on important, and sometimes controversial, topics within the maternal health field.The first event will occur today, December 3rd, from 12PM to 2PM in Washington D.C. at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The topic is the integration of HIV/AIDS and maternal health services. The speakers will be Dr. Claudes Kamenga (Family Health International), Michele Moloney-Kitts (Office of the US Global AIDS Coordinator), and Harriet Birungi (Population Council). If you are unable to attend the event in person, a live webcast will be broadcasted (and archived for later viewing) at www.wilsoncenter.org.
December 3, 2009 The Guttmacher Institute and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released a report stating investments in family planning boost the overall effectiveness of every dollar spent on providing pregnancy-related and newborn health care; simultaneously investing in the three would achieve the same results for $1.5 billion less than investing in maternal and newborn health services alone. The report, Adding it Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health, found that if the world doubled investment in family planning and pregnancy-related care to $24.6 billion, maternal and newborn deaths in developing countries would be reduced by 70% and 50%, respectively.
To read the report, click here.
November 30, 2009 A delegation representing the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn,and Child Health, a global health partnership launched in September 2005 to improve maternal, newborn and child health, will be in For more information about these events, please click here.s
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