WRA Voices

May 20, 2010
WRA Global Secretariat Awards Small Grants for Removing Barriers to Quality Healthcare
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Congratulations to organizations in Fiji, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Nigeria!

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May 3, 2012
Health Workers Central to Campaigns for Women and Children
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White Ribbon Alliance India's Ragini Pasricha gives her reflections on the global campaign skillshare organized by White Ribbon Alliance and Save the Children and highlights the importance health workers have to play in campaigns for women and children.

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Tags: Health Workers
May 2, 2012
Global Campaigns Skillshare – the time is right
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The time is right for Save the Children and White Ribbon Alliance to work together in ending preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths.

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By Senfuka Samuel<br />WRA Uganda
April 29, 2012
White House Correspondents' Garden Brunch Supports White Ribbon Alliance
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The 19th Annual White House Correspondents' Garden Brunch hosted by the White Ribbon Alliance and CARE’s Mothers Day Every Day Advisor Tammy Haddad and friends honors White Ribbon Alliance and CURE- Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy.

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February 29, 2012
Burkina Faso Members of Parliament Undertake Fight Against Maternal Mortality
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WRA Burkina Faso met with members of Parliament in Burkina Faso to adocate for improvements in maternal health, decreased mortality and increased availability to emergency obstetric care.

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Tags: Burkina Faso, Parliamentarians, IWD, Action of the Month
July 22, 2011
Wandering Minstrels Endorse Mothers Wellbeing
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In Birbhum district of West Bengal in India, WRA West Bengal members met with Bauls (wandering minstrels) and spoke to them about the status of maternal health in the areas.  They sat down with the Bauls and wrote lyrics for songs on safe motherhood –to create awareness and sensitize communities of West Bengal.

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Tags: India
March 9, 2012
Women are the Fabric Exhibition Launches at United Nations
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Yesterday evening, on International Women’s Day, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched their new and moving exhibition of quilts made by women from around the world.  Women are the Fabric is a collection of 20 handmade pieces that contain powerful messages and appeals for action.

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Tags: Stories, IWD
November 23, 2011
WRA National Alliances Gather in India for a Workshop on Capacity Self-Assessment
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Twelve White Ribbon Alliance National Alliance representatives gathered last week in India for a Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop to learn how to facilitate a Capacity Self-Assessment for their National Alliance. It was a time for learning, understanding, action and fun!

 

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Tags: Capacity Building · India · Indonesia · National Alliances · Nigeria · Tanzania
February 24, 2012
Ending Child Marriage in South Asia
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White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood leaders participated in the first regional meeting of Girls Not Brides: A Global Partnership to End Child Marriage Held in New Delhi, India from 9-10 February 2012, this meeting brought together 70 women and men from a range of grassroots, national and international organisations working to end child marriage across South Asia.

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Tags: child marriage, India
February 8, 2012
Working with Politicians and Local Leaders to Improve Maternal Health
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WRA members around the world are working to make politicians more aware of the need to make maternal health a priority.

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Tags: Action of the Month, Advocacy, Tanzania, Uganda, Nepal, Indonesia
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