Safe Motherhood

From August 2013 to September 2015, I worked as Head of Business Development at Jita Social Business Limited (a joint venture of CARE International and Dannone Communities). During that period, I had lead to lead lots of varieties projects, like from rural market activation to health entrepreneurs development to establish…

Raising awareness for safe motherhood at the world’s biggest open air music festival — By Brigid McConville, White Ribbon Alliance For the past ten years, White Ribbon Alliance has been building support and visibility at Glastonbury Festival in the UK — the world’s biggest open air music festival, with 200,000 visitors and 2,000 journalists from 70 countries.

Faridah Luyiga Mwanje shares what stimulated her to campaign for safe motherhood in Uganda It’s only when I lost someone close that I clearly understood that some maternal deaths are preventable if all concerned parties played their part to save a life. My sister, Remie Wamala (RIP), was 36 years…

What a week for Birthdays. My daughter turned 10, Harvard School of Public Health turned 100, and Paul Farmer celebrates his birthday today! What a week for Birthdays. My daughter turned 10, Harvard School of Public Health turned 100, and Paul Farmer celebrates his birthday today! After celebrating reaching my…

My work with the International Museum of Women (IMOW) comes to a close as we launch MAMA: Motherhood Around the Globe! MAMA is a global online exhibition that fittingly enough, took 9 months to develop and will take 9 months to unfold, via topic galleries highlighting key issues related to…

www.imow.orgThis month is a fitting time for me to start a new consultancy with the International Museum of women, producing next year’s exhibition on Global Motherhood and Maternal Health, launching this fall. I’m so excited to have this opportunity to help bring artists and advocates together on this important issue…