Partners

Posted by: Laura Bibelheimer

June 15, 2012

Papa Can You See Me?

The International Museum of Women, an online museum, is launching their latest exhibition: Papa. Papa explores the changing role of the modern dad, and will be the featured topic gallery through the end of June. In this new gallery, it discusses how fathers are adapting to changing family dynamics in cultures and countries around the world. The “Papa” gallery includes an essay by award-winning author Jeremy Adam Smith about how fatherhood has changed in the U.S., and what that means for families; a documentary by Zsuzsanna Geller-Varga called “Mr. Mom,” which follows a Hungarian family where the father is the primary caretaker; an interview with a man in Burundi who is defying misogynistic cultural expectations and opting for a more equitable marriage; and much more!

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Posted by: Erin Thornton

June 14, 2012

Every Mother Counts Executive Director Travels to Uganda and Zambia with Saving Mothers, Giving Life Partners

Supporters of Every Mother Counts know that we have one main goal—to engage and enlist more individuals in a movement to improve maternal health and reduce maternal mortality globally. Therefore, we were excited to learn that the U.S. State Department's Global Health Initiative (GHI) wanted to partner with us.

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Posted by: Every Mother Counts Staff

June 14, 2012

Saving Mothers, Giving Life Fact Sheet

Saving Mothers, Giving Life was launched with the goal of supporting countries where women are dying at alarming rates during pregnancy and childbirth to aggressively reduce maternal mortality. The effort intends to help mothers during labor, delivery, and the first 24 hours postpartum – the period when two out of every three maternal deaths and 45% of newborn deaths occur. Work is beginning in countries where maternal mortality rates are disproportionately high, starting in Uganda and Zambia.

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Posted by: Christy Turlington Burns

June 13, 2012

Every Partner Counts: Susan Hanover

The issue of maternal health touched Susan Hanover deeply, particularly the lack of access so many girls and women face trying to access care. She wanted to find a way to contribute both her art and profits of sales to our effort. Susan recently designed four special edition bracelets to benefit Every Mother Counts.

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Posted by: Christy Turlington Burns

June 13, 2012

Every Partner Counts: DOOCE

I read an article about “Mommy Bloggers” in the New York Times in early 2011 which centered around one in particular: Heather Armstrong. I read that she lived in Salt Lake City and I happened to be heading there to screen “No Woman, No Cry” in the coming weeks so I reached out to her via Twitter and invited her to the screening and she responded that she’d love to. This was the start of a beautiful friendship…

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Posted by: Christy Turlington Burns

June 12, 2012

Every Partner Counts: Theodora & Callum

One of the founders of Theodora & Callum has been a friend for years. Desiree Gruber offered to donate the sales of one of their designs to support maternal health through Every Mother Counts. This beautiful Bodrum scarf channels the opulence of Turkish tapestries with its intricate oval detail and Eastern-embellished rectangular border. With shades of bright orange and fuchsia, the scarf captures the spirit of Eastern elegance.

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Posted by: Christy Turlington Burns

June 11, 2012

Every Partner Counts: UNFPA

UNFPA is another incredible partner who advised us throughout the filming of “No Woman, No Cry.” No matter which country we were researching, they had a presence there and were eager to help with research, data, locating facilities and health workers as well as strong ties to grassroots advocacy organizations.

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Posted by: Christy Turlington Burns

June 7, 2012

Every Partner Counts: Carey Socol and Crowdrise

Over the last couple of years I have met some pretty incredible people. Carey Socol is one of them. We met at outside of our kid’s school last fall a few weeks before I was to run my first marathon to raise funds and awareness about one of the biggest barriers to access reproductive health services - distance. Carey was running too, the 2011 NYC ING Marathon was to be her 20th marathon. It was too late at that point for her to join our team but she said she’d be happy to wear an Every Mother Counts jersey.

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Posted by: Christy Turlington Burns

June 9, 2012

Every Partner Counts: (RED) and ONE

Our friends at (RED) and the ONE Campaign hold a special place in our hearts. Not only are they the organizations that have long inspired us to use our voices in the fight against global poverty, long before we focused on maternal health and founded Every Mother Counts, it was through efforts on behalf of these organizations that Erin and I first met. It became quite evident that the fight against poverty was another fight—to treat and prevent HIV. This is one fight that continues to take a toll on women and children especially throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

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Posted by: Christy Turlington Burns

June 8, 2012

Every Partner Counts: White Ribbon Alliance

I learned about the White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) through CARE in 2007. At that time, Sarah Brown had just been appointed Patron of the WRA. I recall meeting both Sarah (during her first visit to Washington, DC) and Theresa Shaver, President and Executive Director of WRA, that same year. I've worked closely with the White Ribbon Alliance team ever since, helping raise awareness and visibility for maternal health.

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