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Women, Newborns and Health: Today’s Evidence, Tomorrow’s Post-2015 Agenda

Women, Newborns and Health: Today’s Evidence, Tomorrow’s Post-2015 Agenda

by The Daily Eye Team January 21 2015, 12:39 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 40 secs

2014 was an inspiring year for those fighting for women’s rights and better access to health and education, with global campaigns such as #HeForShe launched by Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women Emma Watson, Orange day (activism against gender-based violence), and the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Malala Yousafzai. These activists have called for greater dialogue regarding gender inequity and women’s crucial role in sustainable development, a welcome transition that opens minds to the fact that women should be the main decision-makers when it comes to their sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health (SRMNH). Health workers also made global headlines this year as they were selected by TIME magazine as the 2014 Person Of The Year, specifically the Ebola Fighters who answered the call to work in the crisis areas.

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HUMRA QURAISHI


Humra Quraishi is a writer, columnist and journalist. She has authored Kashmir: The Unending tragedy, Reports From the Frontlines, Kashmir: The Untold Story, Views: Yours and Mine, Bad Time Tales, More Bad Time Tales, Divine Legacy: Dagars & Dhrupad and Meer. She has co- authored The Good The Bad and The Ridiculous: Profiles, Absolute Khushwant and a series of writings with the late Khushwant Singh. Her take on what's it like to be a singleton in today's turbulent times, is part of the Penguin published anthology, Chasing the Good Life: On Being Single. And, one of her essays, The State Can't Snatch Away our Children is part of the Zubaan published anthology, Of Mothers And Others. Her essay in the volume on the 1984 Sikh riots, 1984: In Memory and Imagination is titled, Why not a Collective Cry for Justice!  


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