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@WomenDeliver

Leading global advocate championing and the health and rights of girls and women.

New York City
Joined March 2009

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Nov 17

    Over the past decade working at the forefront of gender equality and SRHR, Women Deliver has gone through a number of evolutions. Now, facing new challenges, we are prepared to evolve again with a smaller staff, restructured operations, and a focus on core advocacy priorities.

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  2. Retweeted

    . welcomes the two resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on Friday on the impact of on women and girls, reaffirming the importance of a comprehensive response to the pandemic with women and girls at the center.

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  3. Gender is often an ignored factor during health emergencies, even though women comprise 70% of the global healthcare workforce. As the pandemic intensifies around the world, we must center girls and women in response plans.

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  4. Nov 17

    Our financial reality, paired with the effort needed to reform into an anti-racist organization, mean we must recalibrate. By evolving, Women Deliver will be better able to deliver on our mission into the future. Read our full statement here:

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  5. Oct 28

    Read the full list of the Board’s recommendations, the findings of the investigation, and the path forward for Women Deliver here: 9/9

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  6. Oct 28

    Thank you to all those who came forward and shared their testimonies, offered recommendations, asked tough questions, and challenged our organization to reexamine the role we must play by becoming an anti-racist organization. 8/9

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  7. Oct 28

    While we regret that it took a public reckoning for the issues at Women Deliver to be addressed, the journey to become an organization where racism has no place is the right thing for us, for our staff and partners, and for our mission of creating a gender-equal world. 7/9

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  8. Oct 28

    These changes build on our transformation process that includes addressing past wrongs; reforming internally; transforming our advocacy; embracing accountability; and changing how we partner. 6/9

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  9. Oct 28

    And improving HR infrastructure to implement official, consistent, and transparent policies across the entire organization, including reporting for grievances, complaints and concerns. 5/9

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  10. Oct 28

    Creating a staff representative position to represent the voices of all staff at Board meetings; encouraging formation of a staff council to facilitate a structured dialogue with management, address concerns, and ensure staff influence; 4/9

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  11. Oct 28

    The Board announced a number of changes to include: embarking on an inclusive search for a new leader; promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels; ensuring that staff and leadership reflect the global nature of our work; 3/9

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  12. Oct 28

    The Board of Directors recognizes that it needs to have better systems and structures in place to ensure that concerns such as micro-aggressions, tokenism, and a toxic work culture don’t ever happen again, or if they do, are appropriately addressed. 2/9

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  13. Oct 28

    Early this summer, several current and former employees at Women Deliver publicly shared testimonies of racial discrimination, harassment, bias, and a toxic work environment and the Board of Directors launched an independent investigation. 1/9

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  14. Oct 28

    “After thorough reflection, I have made the decision to relinquish my post and step back to allow for a person from one of the many communities and groups we work for and with to lead the organization," said . Read the statement here:

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  15. Oct 28

    Katja Iversen has decided to step down as President/CEO of Women Deliver. She will leave her position on 30 October 2020.

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  16. Oct 27

    It's time to put girls and women front and center in our response. Read our recommendations on how to address the needs of girls and women in response and recovery plans:

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  17. Oct 26

    Girls & women are too often invisible to decision-makers because data about them & their lives is either incomplete or missing. We identified 150 and knowledge gaps that need to be filled to address the needs of girls and women:

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  18. Oct 26

    Check out the ✨ new ✨ webpage below! This resource outlines why governments & the private sector should take bigger, bolder actions in support of .

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  19. Retweeted
    Oct 23

    We're pleased to see an emphasis on in the newly adopted Communique that was released in conjunction with the this week. Explore it here:

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  20. Oct 25

    Girls & women are healing our planet 🌏 — yet they are underrepresented in executive leadership roles, climate negotiations, and media coverage of . They deserve better! We need climate feminism to ensure inclusive policies & solutions.

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