“Although the latest UN Statistics reported a trend that there are fewer women dying from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, globally there are still 1,000 women dying a day due to pregnancy and childbirth complications. That is like two giant jumbo jets full of women crashing down daily or 41 women dying every hour and yet no one [...]
READ MORE »Organization grants more than $66,000 to help women and girls affected by earthquake and tsunami December 19, 2011. Contact: Kamali Brooks, Public Relations Manager, 215-893-9000 x130, kamali@soroptimist.org Though it’s been several months since a series of natural disasters devastated the eastern part of Japan (a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, followed by a 20.4 meter high tsunami, [...]
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