International Women's Day: Aiming for Maternal Survival: Promoting the Rights and Health of Women and Girls

The Irish Forum for Global Health Invites you to attend their international conference marking
International Women's Day:
Aiming for Maternal Survival: Promoting the Rights and Health of Women and Girls
Date: Saturday March 8th 2008
Time: 9.30 am - 4.30 pm
Venue: Irish Aid Volunteering & Information Centre, 27-31 Upper O’Connell Street Dublin 1

An international panel of speakers will discuss the conditions that underlie ‘the global emergency of maternal mortality.’

International Centre for Research on Women
Rohini Pande “Women Deliver for Development summary - Maternal mortality: the global emergency”

United Nations Population Fund
Azza Karam “Culture, religion and the health of girls and women.”

The Foundation for Women’s Health, Research and Development (FORWARD)
Naana Otoo-Oyoryet “Child marriage”

Girl Child Network Zimbabwe
Hazviperi Betty Makoni “Girl’s empowerment”

International Initiative for Maternal Mortality & Human Rights
Gunilla Backman “Developing an Action Plan”

WHO World Health Organisation

Mario Merialdi “ Inequity and the need for social research”

Options UK
Kirstan Hawkins “Paticipatory ethnographic research in sexual, reproductive and maternal health programs”

NUI Galway and the University of Zambia
Mary Manandhar “Researching socio-cultural and gender contexts of maternal survival in Zambia ”

Speakers from Irish NGOs including AkiDwA, Banúlacht and others to be confirmed.

The event will also host painting from the WHO Exhibition Entitled “ART FOR HEALTH!”

If you would like to register please rsvp by email to info@globalhealth.ie or for more information download the attached invitation and registration form.
Note there is no fee to attend this event
This conference was organised in conjunction with : Irish Aid, The Women's Health Council and Options UK