Inspire People. Empower Solutions. Fight Fistula.
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- Week for Women Worldwide
Various businesses throughout Great...
Sunday, March 8 at 6:00am - Yoga for a Cause
Northgate Mall Common Area
Tuesday, March 10 at 6:30pm
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In TZ: more parliamentary seats will strengthen women's social status: http://allafrica.com/stories/20091229088
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allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience
One By One Women provide 80% of the Tanzanian work force in rural areas and 60% of the food production chain according to the head of Advocacy, Monitoring and Outreach of SAHRINGON, Kambibi Kamugisha
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The 1 billionth person was born in Africa, symbolizing the population growth implications to come: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec
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Africa's rapidly growing population projected to see urbanisation, economic growth, health and climate problems
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SAVE THE DATE - 1x1's Annual Dinner 3/25/10: http://www.fightfistula.org/AnnualDinner
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Please note the new Date! Thursday, March 25th, 2010!Herban Feast, SODO, SeattleDoors open at 5:30PMInterested in being a table captain? Click here for details!
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Halft The Sky reviewed in the current issue of Foreign Affairs, highlighting the issue of fistula: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/6
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Efforts to provide the world's women with economic and political power are more than just a worthy moral crusade: they represent perhaps the best strategy for pursuing development and stability across the globe.
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Africa working to reduce obstetric fistula: http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/hea
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Health officials in Africa are working to better care for women who suffer the childbearing injury of obstetric fistula. Usually the result of days of obstructed labor, the baby often dies and the mother is left with chronic incontinence.
One By One Check out more blog entries from 1x1 Executive Director's trip to Africa: http://www.fightfistula.org/blog/
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Medical experts meet in Rwanda to address Obstetric Fistula: http://allafrica.com/stories/20091208061
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allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience
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Hey
One By One lovers Chase Bank is giving $5 mill to nonprofs. That's
a whole lot of fistula repairs and prevention programming!!Pls vote for 1x1:
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ONLY 20 VOTES LEFT
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Read this article about Zimbabwe's growing maternal mortality crisis. http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/
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Janet Museveni, 1st Lady of Uganda, cites poor health facilities and poverty as causes of fistula in Africa. Declares need for investment in maternal care: http://allafrica.com/stories/20091119000
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allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience
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"Fistula in Africa is linked to the status of the health care system,
malnutrition, poverty and ignorance. Women must be empowered with
knowledge and resources to take decisions that enhance their health" http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db90
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'If fistula was a condition affecting men, would it have taken us this long to do something about it?" Dr Eunice Kiereini, chairperson, Flying Doctors' Society of Africa
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Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in need of doctors. Currently only 104 OB/GYNs in the Ethiopia. http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/1
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Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital (AAFH) in Ethiopia is in the process of building 5 new centers around the country to extend the work to those unable to get to the city. To do this the Hospital seeks increase the number of available trained doctors.
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Hey One By One lovers Chase Bank is giving $5 million to nonprofits. That's a whole lot of fistula repairs and prevention programming!!
Please vote for One By One here:
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(you can also post it to your wall and others and tell them why they should vote for One By One)
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