Center for Development and Population Activities http://www.cedpa.org/ 2010-03-21T14:25:44+00:00 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) 2010-03-08T19:00:00+00:00 2010-03-08T19:00:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2306/ CEDPA

Thousands of women leaders. Hundreds of countries. 35 years. It’s a recipe for building stronger nations. Celebrate International Women’s Day with CEDPA by meeting some of our remarkable alumni. We are changing the world, one woman at a time.

2010-02-26T20:30:00+00:00 2010-02-26T20:30:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2292/ CEDPA

Twenty-four women from 13 Latin American countries have joined CEDPA in Mexico City this month to develop advocacy strategies to confront the AIDS epidemic in their communities.

2010-02-22T21:30:00+00:00 2010-02-22T21:30:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2289/ CEDPA

Ektam felt that she and her children were cursed. Then she met Pura Ram, a volunteer from CEDPA/India’s Child, Maternal and Reproductive Health Awareness Initiative, who provided her with information that changed their lives forever.

2010-01-27T21:30:00+00:00 2010-01-27T21:30:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2285/ CEDPA

CEDPA President Carol Peasley comments on why women and civil society should be the focus as relief efforts in Haiti shift from saving lives to providing food and shelter, and, eventually, to long-term development.

2010-01-08T20:00:00+00:00 2010-01-08T20:00:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2279/ CEDPA

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today addressed hundreds of health and development leaders to reaffirm the U.S. government’s commitment to achieving universal access to reproductive health. Watch the speech online at www.icpd2015.org.

2010-01-08T16:30:00+00:00 2010-01-08T16:30:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2278/ CEDPA 2009-12-16T15:45:00+00:00 2009-12-16T15:45:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2274/ CEDPA

CEDPA mourns the loss of Florence Uduma, a program assistant in our Nigeria office. Her dedication and kindness will be greatly missed by CEDPA, her community and her family.

2009-12-12T20:15:00+00:00 2009-12-12T20:15:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2275/ CEDPA

Fourteen young women joined CEDPA in December to sow the seeds of economic empowerment for women in a region that receives more news headlines for conflict than for cooperation.

2009-12-01T18:30:00+00:00 2009-12-01T18:30:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2273/ CEDPA 2009-11-25T17:30:00+00:00 2009-11-25T17:30:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2271/ CEDPA

Solange Bindang realized when she joined other women leaders for CEDPA's Global Women in Management program in Cameroon that her work to improve the lives of women could be strengthened by joining forces with other regional organizations.

2009-10-30T17:15:00+00:00 2009-10-30T17:15:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2267/ CEDPA

CEDPA President Carol Peasley comments on what the delay in nominating a USAID Administrator means as the Obama Administration moves forward on foreign aid reform.

2009-10-30T14:30:00+00:00 2009-10-30T14:30:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2266/ CEDPA

Studies predict that increasing women’s participation in the labor force of the Middle East and North Africa could grow household income by as much as 25 percent. Today, only 17 million of the 61 million women of working age in the region are employed.

2009-10-26T19:45:00+00:00 2009-10-26T19:45:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2265/ CEDPA

“The reality is that violence against women is a humanitarian tragedy...a social and economic impediment, and a threat to national security,” said Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky opening the hearing on the International Violence Against Women Act.

2009-09-22T14:45:00+00:00 2009-09-22T14:45:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2257/ CEDPA

“We want men to believe that taking care of a pregnant woman and a child are the responsibility of the husband as well as the wife,” says Grace Elias Magembe, one of 26 participants in this month's WomenLead training program funded by USAID.

2009-09-15T19:15:00+00:00 2009-09-15T19:15:00+00:00 http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/2254/ CEDPA

Tune in Online to view CEDPA/India Country Director, Aparajita Gogoi, and the authors of "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” in a panel discussion of the book hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center.