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Remove filterNovember 20th 2012
Ann Pettifor
Launch of the AU’s CARMMA website
Advocacy International is proud to have helped produce a new website for the African Union’s Campaign for the Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA).
The website promotes maternal and newborn survival, and provides evidence on progress in achieving the targets African leaders have set. Continue Reading
Categories: Design
Tags: Maternal Health
October 16th 2012
Ann Pettifor
Ai’s Creative Adviser launches Catapult – Crowdfunding for Girls
Ai’s Creative Adviser Maz Kessler has just launched Catapult, a crowdfunding website for girls. Maz designed and developed Catapult as a way to help address the huge global problem of gender inequality. As part of the launch, she penned this article introducing the project and its potential impact:
Originally published on The Huffington Post and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Categories: Advocacy, Design
Tags: Gender Equality
January 2nd 2012
Ann Pettifor
Advocacy International in Sierra Leone and Ethiopia
Sierra Leonian mother and her baby
Our director, Ann Pettifor and project manager, Georgia Lee have just returned from extended visits to Sierra Leone and Ethiopia, as part of a DFID-funded project to reduce maternal and newborn mortality. Ai is part of a consortium that includes the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University College London, IMMPACT in Aberdeen and the White Ribbon Alliance.
