Sentences with phrase «giving women access»

The anniversary of the benefit comes just as the Guttmacher Institute releases new data showing that giving women access to affordable birth control, through publicly funded family planning services, helped prevent 2.2 million unintended pregnancies in 2010, which would have resulted in 1.1 million unplanned births and 760,000 abortions.

Congress is to consider a bill giving women access to legal abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.

March 28, 2014 • Christine Lagarde says giving women access to the job market isn't just about equal opportunity — it makes economic sense.

It believes it can cut this number by increasing access to family planning, addressing unsafe abortion and making birth safer by giving women access to skilled and well - equipped health workers.

Decisions about where and with whom to give birth are not always simple, but giving women access to good information to aid in those choices is a huge step in creating a system where all women are able to choose the care and place of birth that is right for them.

It makes even better sense to cut the cost of hospitalizations by giving women access to healthcare that does not require them to be in hospital in order to have a baby.

When I heard Hillary Clinton's statement at the recent 2015 Women in the World Summit that «Deep - seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed» for the sake of giving women access to «reproductive health care and safe childbirth,» at first I was confused.

As a result, over the past decade global luxury brands started expanding into the capitals of oil - rich countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the U.A.E., giving women access to shopping on par with the biggest European cities (Dubai is home to the world's largest shopping mall) and higher consumer expectations.

Some, like the My Medela, also give women access to breastfeeding advice and consultants.

$ 5 gives a woman access to the centre, so pitching in $ 20 - 30 / month makes a tangible difference.

Planned Parenthood was founded nearly 100 years ago to give women access to the health care and rights they need to build their future.

One suggested cause of the 1960s sexual revolution was the development of the birth control pill in 1960, which gave women access to easy and reliable contraception.

Not exact matches

«Women entrepreneurs need access to capital, mentorship and access to networks to give them a better shake.

«When women work, it creates a unique multiplier effect: women are more likely than men to hire other women, to give them access to capital, mentorship and networks,» she said, as Abe sat nearby.

This partnership would give us direct access to all the man and women who serve in the military along with spouses and dependents around the world.

Particularly in niche markets like petite apparel where designers have largely neglected the market, this type of approach gives women options they've never had before and designers access to new revenue streams.

«We need to end period poverty and improve access to sanitary products right across Scotland, and that's why I will soon be launching a consultation on a member's bill proposal which will give all women in Scotland the right to access these products for free, regardless of their income.»

What attracted him to Kapor, in particular, is its emphasis on empowering minority communities: Between 2015 and 2017, the firm says it will have invested $ 40 million in startups that give women and people of color better access to technology and business opportunities.

The new measure is aimed at giving poor women in particular access to reproductive health services.

majority - women - owned businesses (51 % +) are given fair and equal access to corporate and public sector procurement opportunities locally, nationally and internationally

Payment gateway firm PayU, CIIE - Ahmedabad, and 50K Ventures are coming together to create an entrepreneurial eco-system to make small and medium entrepreneurs use online payment systems, get more women entrepreneurs to use the online platform and give access to mentorship.

«Our collective commitment to giving back to the communities where we live and work has meant that thousands of women and children have access to safe shelter and the chance to rebuild their lives after violence.»

Planned Parenthood give access to birth control to poor women.

Too bad if more people vote FOR those who support giving poor women access to health care than vote as you do.

Because feminism has given women in the U.S. access to higher education, the voting booth, contraception, and property rights, and is still so misunderstood that women themselves say they have no use for it.

In a century that had seen two hideous world wars and innumerable examples of massive human suffering, John Paul established a new Feast of Divine Mercy, giving men and women a practical means of accessing the forgiveness of a loving God.

Given the history of medical experimentation and the lack of access to medical resources for certain groups of people, we must be especially concerned that women, racial and ethnic minorities, prisoners, and the poor are not exploited as a result of this research or of human cloning itself.

Raven + Lily currently helps employ marginalized women in Ethiopia, India, Cambodia and the United States at fair trade wages to give them access to a safe job, sustainable income, healthcare, education, and a real chance to break the cycle of poverty for themselves and their families.

In non-western worlds, in 3rd world countries women are still used as slaves, their property of men, women do not have access to contraception, to give birth to children in safe places, they are ganged raped and have no right sometimes even to divorce abusive spouses.

Sometimes — and this is more in accord with what has been said in this book — it has been urged that every access to divine reality (however this may be conceived) which has been opened to men and women is nothing other than the working of the Self - Expressive Activity of God which in Jesus, as we are convinced, is given focal statement in human existence.

Roe v Wade was about giving women who will make the choice to have an abortion access to safe and professional medical care.

Leaving women to pursue domestic piety through Bible reading is like forbidding a restive population to carry weapons while giving them unrestricted access to gasoline and matches.

It is possible to think about the beatified soul partly because (especially in the work of women mystics and Bonaventure, and in light of the practice of dismemberment of the saints for dispersion into reliquaries) «a new use of synecdoche throbs with enthusiasm for body and for all that to which body gives us access.

According to LifeSiteNews, the article makes a «pro-abortion case» but arrives at a «shocking conclusion:» «While abortion is still legal, it is increasingly difficult to access, thanks to the closing of so many abortion clinics and pro-life laws that help women by giving them additional information and alternatives.»

Considering a lot of taxis here in the U.S. wouldn't even want to pick up a woman in labor, actually giving laboring priority access to taxis is pretty great.

Women need to be allowed to choose how they birth, we should feel for those who have no choice, but that works both ways, those who have no access to medical care, and those forced to give birth in a hospital surrounded by strangers and machines.

If more women are given the opportunity to access breastfeeding support groups then breastfeeding statistics will surely rise.

Dr. Fisher believes that dispassionate, rigorous study of birth across all settings is more important than ever given disparities in women's access to trained and licensed care providers, current and future physician workforce issues, rising costs of health care, and unacceptably high rates of adverse outcomes for mothers and infants in the U.S. compared to other industrialized countries.

Support groups such as La Leche League, breastfeeding classes at hospitals or clinics and many online forums like The Leaky Boob dedicated to breastfeeding moms can give you access to a group of like - minded women.

The national survey from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of more than 20,000 women, across 133 NHS trusts in England, put the results down to improvement in access to midwives, choice of where to give birth and the quality of information given.

«We want to give these women easier access to quality care.»

Although uncommon, access to obstetrician - led care is possible when low - risk women have a strong preference for giving birth under the supervision of an obstetrician.

A new partnership between the Women's, La Trobe University and three other Victorian public hospitals is giving pregnant Indigenous women greater access to «gold standard» maternity Women's, La Trobe University and three other Victorian public hospitals is giving pregnant Indigenous women greater access to «gold standard» maternity women greater access to «gold standard» maternity care.

Although affluent and urban women began having their babies in hospitals, however, medically underserved populations, such as rural women with limited access to hospitals and poor women who couldn't afford to give birth in the hospitals, continued to give birth at home.

She set up The Positive Birth Movement (PBM), a global network of antenatal discussion groups, with the aim of improving childbirth and giving women better access to support and information, not anticipating the huge appetite among women for more positive messages about birth.

Goer has also written The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, which gives pregnant women access to the research evidence, as well as consumer education pamphlets and articles for trade, consumer, and academic periodicals; and she guest posts on Lamaze International's Science & Sensibility.

It states that pregnant and postpartum women be given access to coverage for lactation consultants and counselors from trained providers and have coverage for breast pumps and related supplies.

Many women around the world still do not have access to hospital birth and have no other option than to give birth with an unskilled birth attendant.

It could change everything for women who want to breasfeed but don't have correct information or are experiencing problems they can overcome if they're given help, because they will be given EQUAL ACCESS to information that can help them breastfeed and formula samples.

This fact needs to be continually reiterated to decision makers as otherwise manufacturers of breast milk substitutes will capitalise on HIV infection as a reason for promoting free samples of their formula.10 It is extraordinary that the Wall Street Journal painted the baby food manufacturers as heroes poised to save African children from certain death because of their offer to donate free formula to HIV infected mothers.11 The WHO recommends avoidance of breast feeding by HIV infected mothers only if replacement feeding is feasible, safe, sustainable, and affordable — otherwise exclusive breast feeding is recommended during the first six months of life.12 Non-infected women must be given access to credible information, quality care, and support, in order to empower them to make informed decisions regarding feeding of their infant.13