Mar 26 2010
Edna Adan has shared some photos from the recent Women in the World Summit in New York City. Here are four of the best of what was taken. There are many (many!) more photos in the Edna Hospital Photo Gallery.
Mar 13 2010
Lynn Sherr has published a new article profiling Edna Adan at the Daily Beast. “The biggest gift I want to leave behind is not a building, but the skills I leave with the women. I want to train 1,000 midwives.” Her progress so far is astounding. Since the hospital opened, they have delivered more than [...]
Mar 13 2010
Edna Adan is among the participants who will participate in a panel discussion on Saturday at 4:50pm EST titled “Toppling Traditions.” You can watch the conference live at The Daily Beast web site: http://www.thedailybeast.com/womenintheworldlivevideo
Mar 10 2010
The Daily Beast has added more material to their section Women in the World. Here is a video from Liya Kebede: Why Are So Many Mothers Dying? Supermodel Liya Kebede tells Plum TV about her quest to end the easily preventable deaths of mothers around the world. Plus, Read Kebede’s article on her journey to [...]
Mar 07 2010
Edna Adan will visit New York City next weekend to participate in the Daily Beast’s Women in the World Summit and she will appear on one of the panels. The following is from Tina Brown, editor of The Daily Beast. Now, I’m thrilled to announce The Daily Beast will be producing a compelling live event [...]
Mar 07 2010
This past Thursday night was a great day – we held the graduation of the third group of General Registered Nurses to be trained at our hospital. At first we had planned to hold the ceremony in the open but were pushed indoors by the rains. The graduation ceremony of the 34 girls and 11 [...]
Mar 04 2010
Encouraging news out of Afghanistan: Some mullahs in Afghanistan are distributing condoms. Others are quoting the Quran to encourage longer breaks between births. Health experts say contraception is starting to catch on in a country with the world’s second highest maternal death rate. Afghanistan has one of the world’s highest fertility rates, averaging more than [...]
Mar 04 2010
Our friend Nicolas Kristof writes in today’s New York Times about a child-bride in Yemen – which is located very near to Somaliland – who was granted a divorce at the age of ten. She is now a best-selling author! Nujood’s memoir spent five weeks as the No. 1 best-seller in France. It is being [...]