Video: Accelerating Equality for Women and Girls around the World

On Thursday, December 3rd, EngenderHealth co-hosted a lively event at the Paley Center in New York with Equality Now and Ashoka featuring each organization's leader in conversation with Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, authors of Half the Sky. The speakers and audience members engaged in a stimulating discussion on many dimensions of womens health, rights, and welfare, with moderating by Maria Hinojosa of NOW on PBS. Watch the video and learn more about a range of subjects, from media representations of women and girls to the decline of the footbinding tradition in China.

The video is in two parts, each one approximately an hour long. Part 1 of the video includes discussion among the panelists, and Part 2 features the panelists responding to questions from the audience. Both will play in the video player above, or you can watch them directly on YouTube: Part 1 and Part 2.

For more information, please visit the following web sites:

• Equality Now
• Ashoka
• EngenderHealth
• Half the Sky
• EngenderHealth's Reader's Companion for Half the Sky

Save the Date: Accelerating Equality for Women and Girls Around the World

If you live in the New York City area, please join us on Thursday, December 3, for this important event. "Accelerating Equality for Women and Girls around the World: A Conversation with Media, Activists, Entrereneurs, and You" will include:

• Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, authors of Half the Sky
• Taina Bien-Aime, Equality Now
• Bill Drayton, Ashoka
• Ana Langer, EngenderHealth

The event will be moderated by Maria Hinojosa, Senior Correspondent, NOW on PBS.

This event is free and open to all, but space is limited. To attend, you must RSVP to rsvp@engenderhealth.org. For more information, read the online invitation, or call 212-561-8456.

EngenderHealth's Carrie Ngongo Receives Special Recognition in New York Times Contest

Congratulations to EngenderHealth's Carrie Ngongo! Carrie, Senior Program Associate with Fistula Care, received an honorable mention in New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof's Half the Sky contest.

Carrie’s reflection on motherhood and the inspiring work to help women with fistula get treatment was selected from more than 700 entries.

You can help EngenderHealth make motherhood safer around the world! Join us.

And don't miss EngenderHealth's Reader's Companion for Half the Sky!

Inspired by Half the Sky? Check out our new Reader's Companion!

Inspired by Half the Sky? EngenderHealth’s online Reader's Companion to Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s best-selling book will deepen your understanding of women's health and rights and the change that is happening around the world, every minute, every day. Hear the voices of those working on the front lines of global health and development, and of the women and men who are beating impossible odds and improving lives in their communities.

EngenderHealth is named in Half the Sky as an organization doing important work to support women in developing countries. Chapter-by-chapter, the Companion offers diverse perspectives, interviews, facts, and stories that expand on the topics in the book, drawing on EngenderHealth's expertise and program experiences around the world.

Learn more about what you can do to turn oppression into opportunity for women and girls everywhere!