International Medical Corps - International Medical Corps. Kandahar Treasure. Hillary Clinton, cookstoves and "The Girl Effect" - Joan Walsh. I’m attending the first day of the Clinton Global Initiative, where Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just announced the launch of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a public-private partnership. Before you shake your head at the former president’s powerful wife being confined to the kitchen, the toxins released by open fires and inefficient stoves create one of the five most serious health risks to people in developing countries, putting them at risk for pneumonia and lung cancer. It’s great to see the CGI put women at the center of its global business, and the secretary of state led into a plenary on “Empowering Women and Girls,” with a panel that includes Jordan’s Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Coca Cola CEO Muhtar Kent, moderated by Katie Couric.
It’s a great discussion, but I was moved by a short film that opened the plenary, “The Girl Effect.” Global Campaign Targets Hidden Dangers of Dirty Cookstoves. For most people around the world, sitting around a hot stove, waiting for a delicious meal is a highlight of the day. But in places without reliable electricity, people are exposed to dangerous levels of smoke that, over time, have devastating consequences. This week in New York, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the founding of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a public-private partnership set up to encourage the production and use of more efficient stoves.
"As we meet here in New York, women are cooking dinner for their families in homes and villages around the world," Clinton said. "As many as three billion people are gathering around open fires or old and inefficient stoves in small kitchens and poorly ventilated houses. " She also pointed out that inefficient stoves that burn coal, wood or other fuel can produce enormous amounts of airborne toxins that slowly poison entire families. "The results of daily exposure can be devastating. Day One of Women Deliver: Melinda Gates, Ban-Ki Moon, Hillary Clinton « Majority Speaks. The three-day international conference Women Deliver 2010 opened in Washington, D.C., Monday morning, and the Ms.
Blog was there on the scene. The conference intends to hammer home the point that maternal and reproductive health is a global priority. Want to do something to help? You can click here to urge President Obama to keep the U.S.’s promise to ensure women everywhere universal access to reproductive-health services, family planning, and basic education by 2015. No Woman No Cry 8:10 p.m. The movie is visually compelling, and lets viewers see intimate moment,s from doctors brusquely dismissing poor pregnant women in Bangladesh to post-abortion care in Guatemala (where nobody says the word abortion). Turlington Burns had been working for CARE International as a maternal advocate and said she wanted to create more interaction with these issues on a global level. --Danielle Roderick A Closer Look at the New Statistics on Maternal Mortality 3:25 p.m. Dr. 3:23 p.m. –Patrice L. Facebook. Clinton Global Initiative Press Center - Press Releases.
Contact: press@clintonglobalinitiative.org In Total, 45 New Commitments Announced Today to Alleviate Poverty, Increase Access to Health Care and Education, and Create a Cleaner Environment New York, NY – On the opening day of the Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed a major new cookstove initiative that could change the lives of millions of people, particularly women and children.
At the plenary session on Empowering Girls and Women, Secretary Clinton discussed the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a new commitment made by the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Foundation, the World Food Program, Royal Dutch Shell, the World Health Organization, the U.S. “This initiative exemplifies what's possible when business, governments, and civil society come together to address a pressing global issue," President Clinton said. New commitments are announced during each session at the Annual Meeting. Hertz Corporation and Jack D. Clinton Global Initiative.