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		<title>Are Western filmmakers entitled to tell Africa&#8217;s story?</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/are-filmmakers-entitled-to-tell-africas-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Russell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloggers Unite!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who is really entitled to tell someone’s story? My initiative MDGFive.com  aims at giving professional artists at the local level – filmmakers, musicians, poets, photographers, etc – a place where they can influence imagery and story about their own places and their own people. ]]></description>
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		<title>Stigma and discrimination surrounding HIV/AIDS</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/08/stigma-and-discrimination-surrounding-hivaids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angella</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A young woman in Uganda contracts HIV/AIDS and faces relentless prejudice that alters every aspect of her life. She is only one of the millions of young people whose physical challenges are multiplied by the cruelties of social discrimination. Hello everyone. My name is Angella Musiimenta, and my interest in researching young people with HIV/AIDS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many hands: how to reach HIV positive youth</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/08/many-hands-how-to-reach-hiv-positive-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/08/many-hands-how-to-reach-hiv-positive-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Sera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=4870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HIV positive youth encounter profound and varied challenges. We say we want to help, yet we continually let them down when we don&#8217;t provide the services they need. It&#8217;s a growing problem without a single solution. NUMAT is one of many organizations that is serving the underserved through a layered approach that supports, nurtures and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fifty years of the Pill</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/05/fifty-years-of-the-pill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/05/fifty-years-of-the-pill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 14:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bhumika Ghimire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Let's talk about the Pill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birth control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the pill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's been fifty years since the Pill was introduced in America. How far have we come since then--and how far do we still have to go?]]></description>
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		<title>Access to contraception begins with questions on the ground</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/05/access-to-contraception-begins-with-questions-on-the-ground/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/05/access-to-contraception-begins-with-questions-on-the-ground/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 20:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marysia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Let's talk about the Pill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=2717</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How do we best ensure modern contraceptive access for the over 200 million women worldwide—the one in six women—who currently do not have it?]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing trend of U.S. mothers dying during pregnancy</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/05/increasing-trend-of-u-s-mothers-dying-during-pregnancy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 18:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Friedman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal mortality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=2721</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though it's important to reduce maternal mortality worldwide, let's not forget to address the needs of mothers in the U.S.]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring mothers worldwide</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/05/honoring-mothers-worldwide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/05/honoring-mothers-worldwide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 17:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Frist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maternal death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Development Goal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=2694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Mother's Day, Americans recognize the amazing women whose dedication has shaped our families and lives. But let's not forget to honor mothers worldwide. ]]></description>
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		<title>3 art videos that make you think</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/11/artvideos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/11/artvideos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa Ruffino</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Conference on Population and Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=1123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Art and policy joined forces as the Art Center College of Design launched a campaign  to spread awareness. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Helping unwed mothers in Morocco through entrepreneurship</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/11/helping-unwed-mothers-in-morocco-through-entrepreneurship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/11/helping-unwed-mothers-in-morocco-through-entrepreneurship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jillian C. York</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social work]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=1371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[68-year-old Aicha Ech Chenna has just been awarded the world's largest faith-based prize for entrepreneurship, the Opus Prize. She has formed a social work practice with the sole purpose of helping unwed mothers. ]]></description>
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		<title>Videos on how maternal mortality affects communities</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/videos-on-how-maternal-mortality-affects-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/videos-on-how-maternal-mortality-affects-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliana Rincon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal mortality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal survival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=1095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When a woman dies during pregnancy, childbirth or due to complications after delivery, it affects not only the family, but also the whole community. These videos, by different human rights organizations, go beyond statistics to tell us the stories of women and their families as they struggle to understand why it is that so many women are dying during childbirth and what needs to be done to stop this.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>In labor and in chains: Pregnancy and prisons</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/in-labor-and-in-chains-pregnancy-and-prisons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/in-labor-and-in-chains-pregnancy-and-prisons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliana Rincon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[correctional facilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal survival]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=935</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pregnant women are still giving birth handcuffed and with their feet shackled. In some places, it is a struggle to ensure human rights for pregnant women. What have been some of the steps made to ensure that they are treated humanely and with respect to the life they carry?]]></description>
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		<title>When it comes to Tuberculosis, testing isn’t exactly free</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/09/when-it-comes-to-tuberculosis-testing-isn%e2%80%99t-exactly-free/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/09/when-it-comes-to-tuberculosis-testing-isn%e2%80%99t-exactly-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rumbleth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Youth, Love & Sexuality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=668</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We must understand the barriers that plague even the most well-intentioned campaigns to promote health. The actual cost of a Tuberculosis test is free, but there are indirect costs: one week of lost wages; and emotional and physical stress. ]]></description>
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		<title>Invest in Women &#8211; it Pays!</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/invest-in-women-it-pays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/invest-in-women-it-pays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Sheffield</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[investment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[newborns]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the moment the world loses 15 billion dollars every year in productivity that doesn’t happen because mothers and their newborns are dying – one mother a minute, four million newborns every year. A mother’s death always means deeper poverty and hardship for her family and community. It often means an early death for her [...]]]></description>
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