October 2012 – Global Moms Challenge

Changing the Way We Approach World Food and Nutrition: Part 2

The voice of change is as simple as repeating, over and over and over. Someone will listen. ~ Kelly Pugliano, EatPicks.com

Experts on how the world cooks and eats joined us recently for a live chat in our community. You joined in with great questions, tweets and thoughtful dialogue. This is the second of a two part series on the essence of our far-ranging conversation and the call to action for all of us. This second post focuses on solutions and bringing this issues home to us here in the USA.

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Changing the Way We Approach World Food and Nutrition: Part 1

Experts on how the world cooks and eats recently came together for a live chat in our community. You joined in with great questions, tweets and thoughtful dialogue. This is the first of a two-part series on the essence of our far-ranging conversation and the call-to-action for all of us. This first post focuses on challenges and problems.

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My Dad Cheated Death, and Others Can Too

When my father was 13, he was diagnosed with polio.

During the summer of 1949, my father attended a summer camp in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. While there, he broke his glasses and was taken to a nearby town to have them repaired. Two weeks after the trip, he fell ill with a high fever and stiff muscles. The camp doctor suspected polio was the diagnosis and transported my father directly to a hospital in his home state, New York.

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A Win for MAMA, Fast Company Honors the Partnership with Top Award

Last night, Fast Company—the world’s leading progressive business media brand—named the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) winner of its Innovation By Design Award in the Service Design category.

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World Food Day: Fortifying our Future

World_Food_Day Three weeks ago I had the honor to sit among some of the most creative, inspiring and influential individuals as a part of our Future Fortified salon to talk about one issue that continues to plague the world – malnutrition, or “hidden” hunger as it is often referred to.

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Just When You Think It Can’t Get Any Better… It Does

I’ve been lucky enough to be part of the Social Good Summit over the past three years. Every year, I’m more excited than the last, including walking around the office humming, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” before this year’s Summit.

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Why is it International Day of the Girl?

Late last year, the United Nations declared that October 11^th, 2012 would be the very first International Day of the Girl. It’s a day that focuses on human rights for girls, highlights gender inequalities, especially in access to education and health care, and addressing discrimination and abuse suffered by girls around the world.

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Africa’s First Female Heads of State on the Power of Women in Government

Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, has forged a new path for women in Africa, as the very first female head of state on the continent. Her Excellency Joyce Banda, President of Malawi, recently joined President Johnson Sirleaf on this journey.

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Moments Matter

Devi Thomas is the Director of the Shot@Life Campaign and a busy working mother. Both her roles just got a little easier! Enjoy her guest post for us today.

Let's face it. Parenting takes a lot out of you. Sometimes by the end of the day, I barely have enough energy to give my two year old a bath let alone take a minute to fill out his baby book with milestones and memories. But, these moments matter and I know 10 years from now I'll wish I could remember each and every one of them.

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How Edna Adan Built Somaliland’s First Maternity Hospital

By Teri Whitcraft

Edna Adan has spent much of her life being first. The daughter of a prominent medical doctor in Somaliland, she was the first girl in her country to learn to read, the first Somali woman to drive, the first certified nurse-midwife, and the first lady of Somalia — her husband was Prime Minister Ibrahim Egal.

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