We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.

We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.

Investing in women's lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations - and consequently in our own long-term national interests.

When a woman has her first child in places like Africa, they're really young. They can be 12, 13,14, so their frames are really small, and they're usually malnourished.

For my diet, I choose mostly organic. But in general, I am a big believer in trying to strike a balance with everything.

Every day we hear about the dangers of cancer, heart disease and AIDS. But how many of us realize that, in much of the world, the act of giving life to a child is still the biggest killer of women of child-bearing age?

There's a saying in Africa: To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.