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January 5, 2009
BBC writes "Predictions and and hopes for 2009...Preventing world's biggest killer"


December 29, 2008
Read the WRA's December 2008 2008 Newsletter!


December 20, 2008
Tadias Magazine reports "USDFA "USDFA to host First Ladies from African countries for first-ever U.S. Summit"


December 20, 2008
The Yemen Observer reports on WRA Leaders meeting with Sarah Brown at the UN


December 18, 2008
Dr. Nafisa Hamoud Al- Jaifi writes of "National Safe Motherhood Alliance" in the Yemen Times


December 16, 2008
"Public Hearing on Safe Motherhood" Motherhood" in Express News


December 15, 2008
"For better health services..." The Statesman reports on public hearing and rally led by WRA-India


December 11, 2008
Employment Opportunities with the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood


December 8, 2008
Malawi's Daily Times reports on workshop held for WRA-Malawi members "Expectant women reject us say male nurses"


December 1, 2008
"Fighting for Mothers" by Christy Turlington Burns in the December issue of Marie Claire


December 1, 2008
Abigail Pesta of Marie Claire reports on Christy Turlington Burns' efforts as a maternal health advocate in "Christy Goes to Washington"


December 1, 2008
"Women 'have to cross that bridge alone': bringing to the attention of world governments the one MDG towards which no progress has been made" by Elizabeth Duff of ICM's MIDIRS Midwifery Digest


November 24, 2008
"Prioritise maternal healthcare, First Lady tells policy makers" writes Anthony Bugembe of Uganda's New Vision


November 17, 2008
The Patriotic Vanguard reports that Sierra Leone's President praises First Lady Koroma for her campaign to reduce the deaths of women during childbirth


November 14, 2008
PBS Foreign Exchange with Daljit Dhaliwal Interviews WRA Board Member Catharine Taylor
Daljit Dhaliwal and Catharine Taylor discuss challenges and progress to create political will to invest in health workers and care to save mother's lives lost in developing countries.

October 29, 2008
'Heads up: Amazing ELLE bag bag auction begins next week' with all proceeds to go to the WRA


October 28, 2008
Cartoonist Sally Ann Lasson highlights maternal mortality in her strip "As If..." in The Independent


October 25, 2008
Keir Philip writes on the WRA's 'Convoy to Cape Town', a major event raising awareness of maternal health in South Africa in The Lancet Student.


October 14, 2008
Tony Barigye of The New Times Times writes: 'First Lady Launches White Ribbon Alliance'


October 13, 2008
First Lady of Rwanda Jeanette Kagame, UK's Department for International Development, and other development partners unite to support the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood Rwanda.


October 13, 2008
HERE COME THE GIRLS - Boots sells new Sugababes' single and doubles donation to the WRA


October 12, 2008
Special Report: 'A Mother's Final Look at Life' in The Washington Post by Kevin Sullivan


October 7, 2008
White Ribbon Alliance joins with UNFPA to launch advocacy in Rwanda


October 7, 2008
WRA-India collaborates with UNICEF and the Government of Orissa to implement the Maternal Perinatal Death Inquiry and Response


October 6, 2008
Lincoln, Snowe Legislation to Reduce Maternal Mortality Passes in Senate


October 3, 2008
White Ribbon Alliance Praises Senate Resolution to Save Women's Lives Needlessly Lost in Pregnancy and Childbirth


October 3, 2008
'Saving Women's Lives: U.S. Maternal Health Resolution' by Amie Newman on RH Reality Check


October 1, 2008
White Ribbon Alliance featured in Eve magazine's cover story, 'Together we can help other mothers'


October 1, 2008
WRA supporters write letter to global leaders to insist on a breakthrough in maternal mortality statistics at the UN Secretary General's MDG Summit in Marie Claire magazine.


September 30, 2008
BBC's Woman's Hour features White Ribbon Alliance - Nepal's National Alliance Coordinator Dr. Arzu Deuba


September 30, 2008
Chicago Public Radio program Worldview hosts Dr. Aparajita Gogoi - National Alliance Coordinator of the White Ribbon Alliance in India


September 28, 2008
'Case studies: The families of those who have died in childbirth' by Rebecca Seal & Katrina Manson of The Observer


September 28, 2008
'Why are mothers still dying in childbirth?' - Rebecca Seal & Katrina Manson write in The Observer


September 25, 2008
Act now or miss mother and child survival targets, international leaders say


September 25, 2008
Whoopi Goldberg and Martha Stewart speak of their experience attending the women's dinner held at Tao in NYC to discuss maternal mortality.


September 25, 2008
Elle attends star studded White Ribbon Alliance dinner in New York


September 25, 2008
Commitments Made to Progress for Mothers, Newborns and Children at U.N. High Level Meeting on the MDGs


September 24, 2008
"The Fate of Our Mothers: A Maternal Health Crisis" by Amie Newman of RH Reality Check


September 24, 2008
Women Leaders Dinner at Tao Tao in NYC
Wendi Murdoch, Sarah Brown and Queen Rania hosted women leaders from around the globe at an exclusive dinner at Tao NYC to discuss maternal mortality and why it is such a vitally important goal of the UN and the world community at large. Women in attendance included: Gov. Sarah Palin, Whoopi Goldberg, Elle Macpherson, Vera Wang, Martha Stewart, Queen Rania of Jordan, Alexis Glick, Christiane Amanpour, Gayle King, Christy Turlington, and Sarah Ferguson.

September 24, 2008
The Guardian's Sarah Boseley writes, "Parental warning: Safe childbirth is at the heart of all the other millennium goals, so why is it the one in greatest danger of failing?"


September 24, 2008
"Plea for cash to cut deaths in childbirth" by Sarah Boseley, health editor for The Guardian


September 23, 2008
Helen Tither of the Manchester Evening News writes of WRA Patron Sarah Brown in 'First Lady's Campaign Trail'


September 22, 2008
"A Ribbon for Safe Motherhood" by Tony Addison of Brooks World Poverty Institute


September 21, 2008
"Rowling's £1m helps party as her friend Sarah Brown takes stage" reports Gaby Hinsliff of the Observer


September 20, 2008
CNN International Interview with White Ribbon Alliance Director Theresa Shaver


September 19, 2008
Oxfam and The White Ribbon Alliance bring you pregnant women dancing on the London Southbank


September 18, 2008
"Death in Birth" by Vivienne Walt in Time Magazine


September 18, 2008
Naomi Campbell's Fashion for Relief raises thousands at fashion week for the White Ribbon Alliance - read ELLE Magazine's report!


September 12, 2008
The Mirror reports "Why Naomi Naomi Campbell and Sarah Brown are backing White Ribbon campaign for safe births"


September 11, 2008
Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief 2008 Superstars Walk The Runway At London Fashion Week In Aid Of The White Ribbon Alliance


September 10, 2008
Sugababes Support White Ribbon Ribbon Alliance


September 10, 2008
Read the WRA's September 2008 Newsletter!


September 9, 2008
"Prime Time for Models" - - the UK Daily Record reports on London's upcoming Fashion For Relief and the WRA


September 9, 2008
Leisa Barnett of Vogue Magazine reports on Supermodel Naomi Campbell joining with Sarah Brown to benefit the WRA in Campbell's Fashion for Relief during London Fashion Week.


September 4, 2008
European Parliament Passes Resolution Urging Financing of Action Plan to Reduce Maternal Mortality


September 3, 2008
Daily Mail reports on Sarah Brown's support of the WRA - "Is that you, Mrs. Brown? PM's wife Sarah and friends look a delight in white as she gets used to the limelight."


September 2, 2008
ELLE supports the White Ribbon Ribbon Alliance by asking its readers to join them in supporting Sarah Brown and Carla Bruni on their quest to save the lives of thousands of young women around the world.


September 1, 2008
In her letter in ELLE Magazine, Sarah Brown urgers readers to join her in support of the White Ribbon Alliance


August 13, 2008
"Probe into maternity death" in The Statesman


August 13, 2008
Femina Magazine features WRA India's National Coordinator Aparajita Gogoi in "Making a difference"


August 11, 2008
The Statesman reports on WRA-India's efforts to collect verbal autopsies in "Mother dies due to PPH"


August 5, 2008
UN Summit in NY on September 25th to review the Millennium Development Goals


July 31, 2008
"Reproductive health care ignored in Asian countries" in The New Nation by Manipadma Jena


July 25, 2008
Burkina Faso's Sidwaya Magazine features 'Djata, Safe Motherhood Ambassador'


July 22, 2008
U.S. Senators Lincoln (D-Ark.) & Snowe (R-Maine) call on Senate to commit to reducing maternal mortality both at home and abroad.


July 18, 2008
Read the WRA's 2007 Annual Report


July 16, 2008
WRA-Zambia member organization, Men's Network Project, to sensitize men on safe motherhood programs


July 12, 2008
Takuma Participates in White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood Event: I Want to Help Save More People in the World


July 11, 2008
G8 Leaders Fail to Act to Save Women's Lives Lost in Childbirth: Neglected Urgency of Appeals by White Ribbon Alliance and Women Leaders to Invest in Maternal Health


July 11, 2008
Japan's Hochi Sports News reports that Maya Masai and Takuma Sato, the F1 Racing Driver, participated in the WRA's Stories of Mothers Lost exhibit kick-off event in Tokyo


July 11, 2008
The Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper reports on the Stories of Mothers Lost exhibit held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building


July 8, 2008
WRA President/Executive Director Director Theresa Shaver interviews with Asahi Shimbun Newspaper about MDG-5 after the People's Summit 2008, held Hokkaido in conjuction with the G8 Summit.


July 7, 2008
"No child should ever be orphaned at birth" writes Sarah Brown in The Times


July 7, 2008
Gwyneth Paltrow, ELLE and a host of stars support the White Ribbon


July 6, 2008
Asahi Shimbun Newspaper writes writes of Sarah Brown's visit to Japan to promote global safe motherhood


July 5, 2008
Japan's Jiji Press writes "Call for Improving Global Maternal Health: Japan and UK First Ladies Appeal in Tokyo"


July 5, 2008
Daily Express writes of the the leading women including Gwyneth Paltrow, Yoko Ono and Dame Judi Dench who are urging the wives of world leaders to take action to stop mothers dying during childbirth


July 2, 2008
Japan's Ai Awaji of Jiji Press writes: 'Microcredit can kill two birds with one stone: Vietnamese health NGO sets up mechanism for sustainable project'


July 1, 2008
Read WRA Tanzania's latest newsletter!


June 30, 2008
The Guardian's Madeleine Bunting writes of the WRA's Promise to Mothers Lost campaign in "Pregnancy should be a cause for cheer, not a reason to fear for your life."


June 27, 2008
From South Africa to Glastonbury Festival: Banners made by children during WRA's music convoy from Johannesburg to Cape Town carried messages of hope to thousands attending UK's Glastonbury Festival


June 24, 2008
Democratic Women Push President Bush for Greater Commitment to Address Maternal Mortality


June 11, 2008
Early Day Motion on Maternal Mortality Submitted to UK House of Commons


June 9, 2008
Read the newly released WRA WRA June newsletter!


June 5, 2008
The Uganda Weekly Observer writes "US House votes to cut mothers' deaths"


June 4, 2008
WRA Challenges World Economic Forum on Africa to Invest in Women's Health


June 4, 2008
An Open Letter from the WRA WRA to World Leaders at the World Economic Forum on Africa - Invest in Women's Health to Save Women's Lives Lost in Pregnancy and Childbirth!


June 4, 2008
Read Congress Daily - the official newspaper from the ICM Congress - Sarah Brown enlists midwives to join Promise to Mothers Lost and its call for G8 leaders to invest in maternal health.


June 3, 2008
WRA Musical Convoy to Cape Town - reported in the Cape Times


June 3, 2008
Sarah Brown Addresses the International Confederation of Midwives Congress in Glasgow


May 30, 2008
Cape Argus newspaper writes of the "Convoy to Cape Town - Presented by the White Ribbon Alliance"


May 30, 2008
"Music tour with a message" - The Mercury writes of WRA's convoy to Cape Town


May 28, 2008
WRA member organization JOICFP JOICFP featured on France 24 - "Japan sends its lost bikes to Africa"


May 25, 2008
Actress Diana Quick Calls for More Action to Cut Deaths in Childbirth in Hello Magazine


May 23, 2008
WRA Praises Congressional Resolution to Save Women's Lives Needlessly Lost in Pregnancy and Childbirth


May 23, 2008
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Resolution to Reduce Maternal Mortality at Home and Abroad


May 22, 2008
WRA's Umhlaba Ulalele - "the "the World is Listening" Musical Convoy to Cape Town to Kick-Off May 28th!


May 21, 2008
'Improving maternal health worldwide' from The Hill by Isobel Coleman & Laurie Garrett


May 11, 2008
Reuters reports on WRA - Malawi "Battling to take death out of birth in Africa"


May 11, 2008
Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl Dahl write "Keeping New Mothers Alive" in the Washington Post


May 9, 2008
Ban Ki-moon gathers global health experts to improve care for world's poorest


May 2, 2008
The Guardian writes of the work of the WRA in "Millions of mothers lost"


April 30, 2008
"Stories of Mothers Lost" book launched at a special reception at No. 11 Downing Street


April 18, 2008
Francis Ugwoke reports on WRA organizational member WINET's meeting with Enugu State Ministry of Health and local Priest to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for women in Nigeria.


April 16, 2008
WRA Joins with Maternal Health Health Champions on Capitol Hill to Ask US to Meet Obligations to World's Poorest Nations by Investing to Save Women's Lives Lost in Pregnancy and Childbirth


April 16, 2008
Lizzy Achuagu of Nigeria's Daily Star reports on WRA member WINET - "Women task govt on health care delivery"


April 16, 2008
"Maternal mortality on the rise" by Neha Rathi of The Asian Age, New Delhi


April 16, 2008
View the webcast of the luncheon luncheon briefing, "Maternal Mortality: How Can We Save Women's Lives?," co-sponsored by CARE USA, PATH, White Ribbon Alliance, and Women's Policy Inc., held on Capitol Hill.


April 15, 2008
Ignatius Okpara writes in the New Nigerian of WRA member WINET's work with Local Government Officials, Supervisors for Health and the Ministry of Health in their Safe Motherhood Campaign in Uroshi, N


April 15, 2008
Representative Lois Capps calls upon the US government to do more to improve maternal mortality at home and abroad


April 14, 2008
"Sounding an alarm: More Indian women die in childbirth in a week than in a year in Europe. Such startling facts came to light at the recent National Safe Motherhood Day" written in The Hindu


April 12, 2008
WRA Calls For International Monetary Fund and World Bank to Invest in Women's Health


April 12, 2008
Media with Conscience News reports 'White Ribbon Alliance Appeal to IMF/World Bank'


April 11, 2008
WRA - India celebrates National Safe Motherhood Day!


April 11, 2008
White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood Seeks An Intern!


April 11, 2008
WRA Awarded Contract for HIV and Safe Motherhood


April 10, 2008
Read Emmanuel Nzomiwu's article article in the Daily Independent about WRA organizational member Women Information Network embarking on educating rural women of Enugu State, Nigeria, in their new campaign.


March 30, 2008
Genital Mutilators Lay Down Tools in Monduli


March 29, 2008
UK Prime Minister and his wife invite businesswomen, including White Ribbon Alliance Board Member guests Aparajita Gogoi and Brigid McConville, to discuss how the powerful can help the powerless


March 29, 2008
Sarah Brown speaks on behalf of the WRA, "There is no excuse for letting mums die as they give birth"


March 28, 2008
President of Tanzania calls for improved rural health services at WRA - Tanzania's National White Ribbon Day


March 28, 2008
France's First Lady Carla Bruni vows her support for the White Ribbon Alliance


March 26, 2008
CNN broadcasted the bicycle donation program of WRA member, the Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Plannning (JOICFP)


March 25, 2008
WRA March 2008 Newsletter


March 22, 2008
Sarah Brown to make her debut debut with televised speech in support of the White Ribbon Alliance


March 21, 2008
Sarah Brown, wife of UK's Prime Minister and Patron of the White Ribbon Alliance, names WRA - India's National Coordinator Aparajita Gogoi an inspirational woman


March 18, 2008
Nigerian WRA Member Organization Celebrates International Women's Day with 'A Promise to Mothers Lost'


March 16, 2008
"Ugly trend: Newborns abandoned, killed"


March 12, 2008
Prime Minister's wife pledges her support to tackle maternal deaths worldwide
(Women and Children First)

March 7, 2008
Philippines: President Arroyo vows to redouble efforts to reduce maternal mortality
(International Planned Parenthood Federation and Thai Press Reports)

March 5, 2008
Congressional resolution seeks stronger commitment of the United States to reduce maternal death at home and abroad


March 2, 2008
Up to million mothers dying needlessly each year in developing countries
UK House of Commons International Development Committee Fifth Report of Session 2007-2008

March 2, 2008
Maternal mortality report shocking


February 28, 2008
World Bank holds screening of White Ribbon Alliance - Burkina Faso participatory film


February 20, 2008
Reggae in Bridgwater helps mothers in India
(BBC)

February 10, 2008
Engine Room supports Tanzanian midwives to bring about change
(BBC)

February 6, 2008
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway visited with members of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood - India


February 1, 2008
Little cash saves pregnant women
Nuapada Chapter of White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood

January 28, 2008
WRA's "Play Your Part" film featured on Insight


January 26, 2008
How Being a Woman Gets You Star Service
(Davos Diary: International Herald Tribune & The New York Times)

January 21, 2008
First Lady Sarah Brown met in New Delhi with a delegation from the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, India


December 21, 2007
Enugu launches free medical services for women, children
(The Daily Independent)

December 6, 2007
Mothers Betrayed
(New Statesman)

November 22, 2007
White Ribbon Alliance Board Member gave testimony to the UK's Parliament International Development Committee regarding international maternal health


October 16, 2007
White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood receives Gates Foundation grant for maternal health advocacy initiative


August 29, 2007
Women who lost lives in pregnancy, pregnancy, childbirth honored
(The Frontier Star)

August 28, 2007
Enugu: NGO Decries High Cost Cost of Ante-natal Service
(The New Nigerian)

August 27, 2007
Group Laments High Maternal Deaths In Enugu
(The Daily Independent)

August 24, 2007
Women Information Network of Nigeria calls upon state and local governments to provide free antenatal care for all pregnant women


August 18, 2007
Tragedy of Malawi's Maternal Mortality in International Advocacy Campaign
(The Weekend Nation)

March 29, 2007
Women and Infants Service Package (WISP)