Happy International Women's Day! No it's not exactly made it as a Hallmark holiday yet but that doesn't make it any less important in our book. This is the day each year when we celebrate women- we celebrate BEING women and supporting women and standing together. We get to reflect on how far we've come and how far we still have to go. It's already been a full week- we've explored women's health issues and violence against girls, we've focused on women in their careers and marched at the UN. So what can you do to celebrate? Well that's part of the beauty of the day- you can take your pick.
Today, I attended the “Too Young to Wed” discussion spearheaded by The Elder’s “Girls Not Brides” partnership, part of the 57th Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations. Dr. Carole Presern, Director, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health introduced the panel, which was moderated by a very animated Ms. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvonda, General Secretary, YWCA, and included Hon.
This afternoon, EMC was proud to participate in a panel at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) discussing what the priorities should be for the Obama Administration's Second Term in office when it comes to women's health. It offered a great opportunity to reflect on the efforts that have been put forward in the past several years in women's health broadly and what can be done over the next few years to build on them, coordinate them and therefore maximize the impact on women's health globally.
Come play with us! We’re taking part in an International Women’s Day celebration that’s a bit like a global game of telephone, only better and on Twitter.
When you attend a lot of conferences focused on a specific subject, after a while, a lot of the information you already know. There’s always fresh stuff, updated information and inspiring speakers to re-rev your engine and keep you engaged, but it’s never like the first time. It’s never as fresh as the moment you first believed.
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