Task Force Members Rep. Donovan and Rep. Quigley in The Hill
We are calling today for a dynamic U.S. initiative led by the Trump administration and Congress to unlock the potential of adolescent girls and young women [...]
Report: Her Health, Her Lifetime, Our World
The Task Force has generated a bold vision for a major U.S. initiative by the Trump administration to unlock the potential of adolescent girls and young women [...]
Video: Christy Turlington Burns outlines Task Force’s Final Proposal
The proposal provides a feasible, cost-effective, and forward-looking platform that Americans across the political spectrum have consistently supported and builds on the record of longstanding global health leadership by the [...]
CSIS Task Force on Women’s and Family Health Report Launch
In October 2015, we embarked on this effort in the belief that there is an exceptional opportunity – and pressing need – for U.S. leadership in this critical area. The [...]
Imperiling Progress
With each passing week, the political unrest and repression in Ethiopia is attracting new levels of global attention: from Feyisa Lilesa’s protest sign at the Rio Olympics in [...]
Lancet Series on Maternal Health
“Ending preventable maternal and child death is an admirable goal that we can all be proud of….But we need to get to a place as a [...]
Using Incentives to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Nigeria
Nigeria, Africa’s largest nation by population, has some of the worst maternal health indicators in the world. The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) stands at 576 per 100,000 [...]
Task Force Member Christy Turlington in New York Times
The medical-legal, hospital and insurance barriers that are out of sync with women’s needs contribute to the United States’ high maternal mortality rate. The country has systemic [...]
Report: Healthy Experiments
In May 2016, a delegation from the CSIS Task Force on Women's and Family Health traveled to Ghana to examine U.S.-Ghana bilateral cooperation on reproductive, maternal, [...]
Report: Public-Private Partnerships for Women’s Health in Zambia
Zambia is a lower-middle-income country struggling with critical health challenges, including high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality, malnutrition, cervical cancer, and a severe HIV/AIDS epidemic [...]