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For nearly 30 years, International Medical Corps has worked to relieve the suffering of those impacted by war, natural disaster and disease by delivering vital health care services that focus on training, helping devastated populations return to self-reliance.
The most important lesson of terrible premature presidential-campaign speculation is that nearly everyone who engages in it will be terribly, hilariously wrong. It doesn’t matter if you’re a complete buffoon, like Dick Morris, author of the 2007 classic “Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race,” or someone fairly serious and “savvy,” like New York Times politics reporter Matt Bai, who posited current nobody Mark Warner as the future of the party in a 2006 Times magazine cover story now best (if barely) remembered for its altered and unflattering photo of the subject. There will be events no one could’ve predicted — like “obvious” future Republican presidential contender George Allen using an obscure racial slur on camera, or John Edwards being generally John Edwards — that destroy promising careers in an instant.
Hillary Clinton, cookstoves and "The Girl Effect" - Joan Walsh - Salon.com
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.
Global Campaign Targets Hidden Dangers of Dirty Cookstoves | Health | English
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.About Us - Girl Effect
Adolescent girls are capable of raising the standard of living in the developing world. Girls are the most likely agents of change, but they are often invisible to their societies and to our media. When everyone- girls, parents, teachers, executives, artists, hairdressers, forest rangers, rock stars, presidents, investors, advertisers, skateboarders, truckers, cowboys, organizations, chefs, teenagers- knows about the Girl Effect, then real change can happen.
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.
The fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) will be held at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. from March 30 - April 1, 2012. Visit www.cgiu.org to watch the webcast. Watch Plenary and Breakout sessions webcasts from the 2011 Annual Meeting.