A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible.

The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding

Women aren't the problem but the solution. The plight of girls is no more a tragedy than an opportunity.

One of the great failings of the American education system (in our view) is that young people can graduate from university without any understanding of poverty at home or abroad.

Usually people are very much focused on keeping their kids alive.

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction