Solutions Panorama

Support Vaccination Programs with
Everyday Purchases
Pampers and UNICEF have been working to
vaccinate women and children around the
world for maternal and neonatal tetanus,
which threatens the lives of approximately 71
million women and their newborns worldwide.
In 2015 alone, maternal and neonatal
tetanus claimed the life of a newborn every
11 minutes. The 1 Pack = 1 Vaccine program
enables consumers to support this lifesaving
program with each purchase of Pampers
diapers. When a customer purchases a pack
of Pampers diapers, Pampers then provides
UNICEF with funding for one tetanus vaccine,
including the cost of transportation for the
vaccinations. Since its start in 2006, the
partnership has provided 300 million vaccine
donations, reached 100 million women
and babies, and eliminated maternal and
neonatal tetanus from 17 countries. Pampers
funding is also helping to mobilize midwives
to educate communities about vaccinations,
even in remote settings, while highlighting
the importance of safe and hygienic birth
practices
Learn more: womendeliver.org
Rally Informal Workers to Grow
Economically
WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment:
Globalizing and Organizing), a global actionresearch-policy
network that seeks to
improve the status of the working poor,
especially women, in the informal economy,
implemented the “Fair Trade for Women
Producers” project. The project aimed to help
organizations of informal workers, particularly
those with women members and leaders,
to seize the opportunities and address the
constraints posed by trade liberalization. The
project’s case studies showed that workers’
organizations resulted in increased access
to financial services, training, and markets,
and the majority of participating collective
enterprises saw significant increases
in financial access and income for their
membership base. Through involvement in
their associations and cooperatives, women
have not only successfully accessed markets,
but have also had opportunities to discuss
and solve problems, learn from each other,
and provide mutual support and protection.
They grow in confidence, earn incomes to help
meet their families’ needs, win the respect of
husbands and other men in their communities,
and begin to participate in community
decision-making.
Learn more: wiego.org
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