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“Women’s Lives Matter” was a discussion on October 7, 2014, about the dramatic economic and social impacts of a woman’s death during pregnancy or childbirth, featuring an expert group of panelists. The discussion emphasized strategies for using research findings to advocate for sustained funding and new policy approaches for reproductive and maternal health in the context of post-2015 agenda setting.
The panelists were:
Dr. Ana Langer (moderator), Director, Women and Health Initiative
Alicia Yamin, Lecturer on Global Health in the Department of Global Health and Population and Policy Director at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health
Amy Boldosser-Boesch, Interim President & CEO, Family Care International
Jeni Klugman, Author of Investing in Women’s Reproductive Health (2013) and lead author, Voice and Agency (2014); Senior Adviser, The World Bank Group and Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Aslihan Kes, Researcher on A Price Too High to Bear, Economist and Gender Specialist, International Center for Research on Women
For more information see http://familycareintl.org/blog/2014/10/01/womens-lives-matter/