Women Deliver 2010, "Delivering solutions for girls and women," will focus on political, economic, social/cultural and technological solutions to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5 – to improve maternal health.
ICRW will participate in Women Deliver, including a panel discussion, "Focusing on Hyper-Vulnerable Women and Girls." Innovative community-based programs around the world have demonstrated success in changing underlying vulnerabilities of sex workers, women who use drugs, transgender women and highly vulnerable adolescent girls. This panel will discuss approaches to reducing the economic, socio-cultural, political and environmental vulnerabilities these women and girls face including: advocacy, facilitating an enabling environment, providing critical services, reducing stigma and discrimination, and anti violence programs.
For more information about the conference, www.womendeliver.org/conferences.