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Woman of the Week: Joan Dunlop
We celebrate the accomplishments of Joan Dunlop in advancing women’s rights. Joan Dunlop, was a British women’s health advocate and activist and the first president of the International Women’s Health Coalition. Ms. Dunlop devoted herself to expanding women’s rights to control their own bodies. She worked at the Population Council, with Rockefeller, helping to broaden…
Read MoreSaving Mothers is Published
We are very excited to announce that Saving Mothers was featured in “The Week Magazine”! AND we are pleased to announce that the manuscript “How a Training Program in Rural Guatemala is Transforming the Role of Traditional Birth Attendants from Cultural Practitioners to Unique Healthcare Providers” created by Dr. Tara Shirazian (Cofounder and President of SM), Sasha Hernandez (SM Research Fellow…
Read MoreWoman of The Week: Elizabeth Dearborn Hughes
Elizabeth Hughes started the first women’s college in Rwanda! She is an extraordinary individual who has worked to ensure that both men and women have the same chances to succeed. In an interview with MSNBC she stated that sixty-eight percent of her students are the first women in their family to graduate college. Women in…
Read MoreDR Vaccination Program Began
The Dominican Republic’s government, with the support of both the Ministry of Health and Education, launched a campaign on Monday to vaccinate about 200,000 schoolgirls between the ages of 9-10 against the human papillomavirus (HPV). This campaign began as a result of the work conducted by Saving Mothers. Saving Mothers has been working directly with…
Read MoreA Malaria Vaccine!
The world’s first vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries – Ghana, Kenya and Malawi – starting in 2018! The vaccine needs to be given four times – once a month for three months and then a fourth dose 18 months later. The pilot will involve more than 750,000 children aged between five…
Read MoreTeaching Cooperadoras in the DR
This week our own Cofounder and President of Saving Mothers, Dr. Tara Shirazian, went to the Dominican Republic to teach cooperadoras, or community health workers, about pap smears and gynecological issues for women!
Read MoreWoman of the Week: Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks was a poor black tobacco farmer born in 1920 who became ill with cervical cancer when she was in her thirties. In 1951, her cells were taken from her cervix without her knowledge. On October 4th, 1951, Henrietta passed away from late stage cervical cancer. These cells are now called HeLa, the most…
Read MoreNational Women's Health Week
It is #NationalWomensHealthWeek. We not only want to dedicate this week to the individuals that have devoted their lives to reducing disparities in health care for women, but also to the many women who still face significant disparities in accessing basic health care. It is these women whom Saving Mothers fights for every single day.
Read MoreSaving Mothers Events
Upcoming Saving Mothers Events: The LALM Jam Session to benefit Saving Mothers Free admission, donations to Saving Mothers Sunday, April 23rd, 7:30-11pm 151 Bleecker St, NY 125 Years of Women at Brown Conference Featuring Saving Mothers For Brown Alumni Friday, May 5th- Sunday May 7th Providence, RI Chipotle Fundraiser, Proceeds to Saving Mothers Sunday, May…
Read More4th Week of the School of POWHER
From our local staff member Jes, who created the School of POWHER program: “Saving Mothers staff is teaching blood pressure measurement, a technical skill, to women considered to be unteachable because they are indigenous, “uneducated”, and women. This photo definitely captures them in their natural element learning such a western practice. It is what I…
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