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From: Manohar Roy <centrum.journal@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:44 AM
Subject: Deadline is approaching to see you name in Ms. magazine
To: palashbiswaskl@gmail.com
Every minute of every day, a woman or girl dies from complications of pregnancy or childbirth – 99% of them in the developing nations. For every girl and woman who dies, twenty more are injured. Tragically, nearly all of these deaths are preventable.
This Mother's Day, join Ms. magazine as we launch the Countdown to 2015 Campaign to call attention to the needless suffering and deaths of these very young girls and women.
Why 2015? In 1994, the U.S. joined with 178 other nations in pledging to achieve universal access to reproductive health services and basic education for women and girls by the year 2015. The cost was estimated at some $29 billion in today's dollars, and the U.S. promised to cover its fair share.
But every year, the U.S. has failed to meet its commitment – and time is running out.
What better way to honor women on this Mother's Day than to add your name to the Ms. Countdown to 2015 Campaign calling for an end to these needless deaths? Ms. will print the names of supporters who join the Countdown Campaign in the Spring issue. And, you can add your mother's name or the name of another very important woman in your life.
The Ms. Countdown to 2015 Campaign is demanding the U.S. fulfill its commitments to help end these tragic deaths. And we must make up for lost time and failed policies. During the Bush years, not only was funding for international reproductive health woefully inadequate, but half of it was limited to harmful and ineffective abstinence-only programs. To make matters worse, President Bush reinstated the Global Gag Rule.
President Obama has increased U.S. funding for international family planning programs and reversed the Global Gag Rule, but we must and can do more.
For $3 billion – or less than one-half of one percent of what the U.S. spends every year on its defense budget – we could meet our commitments and help prevent the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of women and girls every year.
Please join us by adding your name to the Ms. Countdown to 2015 Campaign. And we ask signers to make a tax-deductible contribution so Ms. can raise awareness and promote the Countdown to 2015 Campaign.
At the same time, you can send a letter to President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to urge that the U.S. fulfill its commitments to empower women and girls and end maternal deaths around the world.
I urge you to act today. We have only 5 years left to meet the ambitious – but highly attainable – goal of universal access to reproductive healthcare and education by 2015.
Your name and your voice will make a difference.
Join the campaign & see your name in Ms.: https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1400/t/9823/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=6099
From: Manohar Roy <centrum.journal@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:44 AM
Subject: Deadline is approaching to see you name in Ms. magazine
To: palashbiswaskl@gmail.com
Every minute of every day, a woman or girl dies from complications of pregnancy or childbirth – 99% of them in the developing nations. For every girl and woman who dies, twenty more are injured. Tragically, nearly all of these deaths are preventable.
This Mother's Day, join Ms. magazine as we launch the Countdown to 2015 Campaign to call attention to the needless suffering and deaths of these very young girls and women.
Why 2015? In 1994, the U.S. joined with 178 other nations in pledging to achieve universal access to reproductive health services and basic education for women and girls by the year 2015. The cost was estimated at some $29 billion in today's dollars, and the U.S. promised to cover its fair share.
But every year, the U.S. has failed to meet its commitment – and time is running out.
What better way to honor women on this Mother's Day than to add your name to the Ms. Countdown to 2015 Campaign calling for an end to these needless deaths? Ms. will print the names of supporters who join the Countdown Campaign in the Spring issue. And, you can add your mother's name or the name of another very important woman in your life.
The Ms. Countdown to 2015 Campaign is demanding the U.S. fulfill its commitments to help end these tragic deaths. And we must make up for lost time and failed policies. During the Bush years, not only was funding for international reproductive health woefully inadequate, but half of it was limited to harmful and ineffective abstinence-only programs. To make matters worse, President Bush reinstated the Global Gag Rule.
President Obama has increased U.S. funding for international family planning programs and reversed the Global Gag Rule, but we must and can do more.
For $3 billion – or less than one-half of one percent of what the U.S. spends every year on its defense budget – we could meet our commitments and help prevent the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of women and girls every year.
Please join us by adding your name to the Ms. Countdown to 2015 Campaign. And we ask signers to make a tax-deductible contribution so Ms. can raise awareness and promote the Countdown to 2015 Campaign.
At the same time, you can send a letter to President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to urge that the U.S. fulfill its commitments to empower women and girls and end maternal deaths around the world.
I urge you to act today. We have only 5 years left to meet the ambitious – but highly attainable – goal of universal access to reproductive healthcare and education by 2015.
Your name and your voice will make a difference.
Join the campaign & see your name in Ms.: https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1400/t/9823/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=6099
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