Women, Newborns and Health: Today's Evidence, Tomorrow's Post-2015 Agenda

2015! The year of the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the global commitment we made to improve the lives of those most in need. The global research and policy community has been gathering the evidence and the lessons learnt on what has worked for whom and how. As a result, the UN General Assembly's Open Working Group has identified 17 new goals that cover far-reaching sustainable development issues, such as ending poverty and hunger, improving health and education, making cities more sustainable, combating climate change, and protecting oceans and forests. In December 2014, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon published his Synthesis Report: The Road to Dignity by 2030 to guide the way forward for the post-2015 agenda, #action2015. Targets include reducing maternal mortality, ending preventable deaths of newborns and children and ensuring universal access to reproductive health care services. 2014 was an inspiring year for those fighting for women's rights and better access to health and education, with global campaigns such as #HeForShe launched by Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women Emma Watson, Orange day (activism against gender-based violence), and the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Malala Yousafzai. These activists have called for greater dialogue regarding gender inequity and women's crucial role in sustainable development, a welcome transition that opens minds to the fact that women should be the main decision-makers when it comes to their sexual...
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