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  1. Women Who Care

    12/4/07 7:20am by cooper and emily
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    Sera Bonds is one. Big Time. Three years ago, Sera founded Circle of Health International to provide health services to women in areas of conflict and disaster. One woman, an idea, some training, and a mission, and she's saving the lives of women around the world. I talked to Sera yesterday. She's been traveling the country raising money for the programs she runs. It's been a long couple of weeks and she's ready to get back to what she knows best, training healthcare workers in remote parts of the world.  Read more >

  2. BlogHers Act Canada in Action

    11/29/07 3:06pm by cooper and emily
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    BlogHers Act Canada is on a quest to rid Canada of Bisphenol A, a chemical used in the production of plastics that has been found harmful to humans. Some baby bottles are laden with Bisphenol A. According to researchers, most people in developed countries have levels of Bisphenol A in their bodies, but no one has determined how much of the hormone disrupter is safe in humans, much less in babies.  Read more >

  3. Healing Mind, Healthy Woman

    11/21/07 7:07am by cooper and emily
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    As the season of high stress kicks into gear, Harvard professor Alice Domar's words are worth remembering: Daily practices of mind-body medicine -- ranging from relaxation to emotional expression to simply being good to yourself -- are no different than sound nutrition and regular exercise. They are genuine forms of health maintenance, with the potential to treat illnesses as well as to prevent them from developing in the first place.  Read more >

  4. The BlogHers Act Mini-Site: our landing page for saving women's lives

    11/16/07 4:13pm by cooper and emily
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    Here is something wonderful to be thankful for -- the new BlogHers Act landing page is live!  Read more >

  5. Lifelines

    11/13/07 8:14pm by cooper and emily
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    Ever wonder how different your life is from that of a woman half a world away, or how similar? The UNFPA has created a new web tool, called Lifelines, to give us a bit of insight into our common, and very different, milestones. Am  Read more >

  6. Maternal mortality ratio falling too slowly to meet goal

    11/9/07 5:59pm by cooper and emily
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    One of the more depressing pieces of news to come out of the Women Deliver Conference in London last month (if you haven't already, be sure to watch these videos from the conference) came from the WHO: maternal death rates, according to the Millennium Goal # 5 are falling much more slowly than anticipated and at this rate will not meet the  Read more >

  7. Millennium Goal #5

    11/6/07 6:08pm by cooper and emily
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    Back in September 2000, all the nations of the world signed on to the Millennium Goals, one of which was to reduce maternal deaths by ¾ by the year 2015.  At the time, everyone -- the leaders of something like 190 countries -- actually thought this a realistic goal.     Read more >

  8. Blogging for Good in the World - Successfully

    10/31/07 12:58pm by cooper and emily
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    Here's a question, "Why do some global health initiatives get LOTS of attention while others get so little?" Put another way, why does so much of the world's resources go to HIV/AIDS and immunizations, and so little go to maternal health, malnutrition or pneumonia?  Read more >

  9. Blog Day for MOTHERS Act - October 24

    10/23/07 5:38pm by cooper and emily
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    Our very own Katherine Stone appeared this morning on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet to talk about Blog Day for MOTHERS Act -- happening THIS WEDNESDAY -- and did a wonderful, amazing job. Go to the Mike and Juliet site to watch Katherine talking in the Green Room after her interview and see what a natural she is on camera.  Read more >

  10. Healthy Moms, Healthier World

    10/22/07 6:42pm by cooper and emily
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    Standing alone on the cover of the special issue of the British medical journal The Lancet are these words, in large letters, "Since the human race began, women have delivered for society. It is time now for the world to deliver for women." The world is waking up to the importance of maternal health to the health of the globe. (And now let's all pause together and mutter under our breath our own version of The Lancet quote, "About time.") At the Women Deliver conference in London, 1,800 participants attended from 109 countries, including a five-member U.S. congressional delegation lead by Rep. Lois Capps of California, and 70 cabinet ministers and parliamentarians.  Read more >

cooper munroe and emily mckhann

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We are Emily McKhann and Cooper Munroe and we are co-founders of The Motherhood (www.themotherhood.com). We share two blogs Been There (www.beenthere.typepad.com) and Cool It Moms (www.coolitmoms.com), are business partners and we believe, with all our hearts, in the power of women online to change the world.
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