Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health

2nd iERG open consultation with stakeholders

Mrs Joy Phumaphi, the iERG Co-Chair addresses the participants of the Consultation

29 MAY 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The iERG held their 2nd open consultation with stakeholders to talk about accountability for women's and children's health.
As last year, the Consultation was part of the information-gathering process supporting the development of the second iERG report to be submitted to the UN Secretary-General in September, 2013.
This year the consultation took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the occasion of the Women Deliver Conference 2013.

International Women's Day, 8 March: statement from the iERG

UN Photo/Albert González Farran

8 MARCH 2013 - On International Women’s Day, the iERG emphasises the importance of the commitments and promises made by the international community to women's health through the MDGs and other international agreements and invites all governments, peoples, and communities to rededicate themselves to the equitable and sustainable future of women and girls worldwide.
Women should continue raising their voices; countries should demonstrate their commitment to women and girls by implementing mechanisms for independent accountability.

Health and accountability in post 2015: statement from the iERG

19 February 2013 - As the discussions on the Post-2015 Development Agenda are progressing, the iERG has submitted its comment on the Draft Report of the Global Thematic Consultation on Health.
The iERG mandate is principally linked to the 2015 targets and accountability process.
The iERG strongly endorses the recognition that the present health MDGs should still be priorities after 2015, and the recommendation that accountability and transparency be guiding principles of the new development framework.

Marking the International Human Rights Day 2012

UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti

10 December 2012 - Women and Children desperately need to experience human rights in DRC!! Miriam Were is calling the world community for urgent attention to the rights of women and children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. "The world has been standing by and watching devastation taking place in DRC for decades. What hope is there that the women and children of DRC will ever experience living within the parameters of human right let alone the right to health?", Miriam is asking in her iERG blog.

Key functions of the iERG:

- To assess the extent to which all stakeholders honour their commitments to the Global Strategy and the Commission; including the US$ 40 billion of commitments made in September 2010

- To review progress in implementation of the recommendations of the Commission

- To assess progress towards greater transparency in the flow of resources and achieving results

- To identify obstacles to implementing both the Global Strategy and the Commission’s recommendations

- To identify good practice, including in policy and service delivery, accountability arrangements and value-for-money approaches relating to the health of women and children

- To make recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the accountability framework developed by the Commission

iERG events

Extended mandate for the iERG

23 January 2013 | Geneva - The WHO Executive Board endorsed the draft resolution entitled EB132.R4 “Implementation of the recommendations of the Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children”. The Member States request that the iERG will take responsibility for overseeing the progress of this major piece of work. This resolution will be presented to the upcoming World Health Assembly for consideration by Member States.

Contact us

iERG Secretariat
World Health Organization
20, avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
ierg_secretariat@who.int

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