The New York Times, October 11, 2005

Editorial

The list of Bush appointees who seem to be rising on political connections rather than expertise continues to grow. A recent example is President Bush's choice to head a key office at the State Department that coordinates the delivery of life-sustaining emergency aid to refugees of foreign wars, persecution and natural disasters. The nominee is Ellen Sauerbrey, the former Maryland state legislator and twice-defeated Republican candidate for governor who was state chairman of Mr. Bush's 2000 campaign.

By Adrienne Germain and Jennifer Kidwell

Monday Developments, August 8, 2005

Five years ago, the world’s governments defined eight Millennium Development Goals to inspire action and monitor progress on eliminating global poverty by 2015. They represent a vision for collaboration among all people committed to moral, as well as material, global progress.

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Summary: By Adrienne Germain, President, International Women's Health Coalition, and Ruth Dixon-Mueller, Consultant for the International Women's Health Coalition (Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 36, No. 2, June 2005, pp. 137-140). Outlines connections and gaps between the achievement of sexual and reproductive health and rights as defined by the 1994 ICPD Programme of Action and subsequent global agreements, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (4 pages).

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Summary: By Adrienne Germain (Published in Restoring American Leadership: 13 Cooperative Steps to Advance Global Progress, a joint publication of the Open Society Institute and the Security and Peace Institute, April 2005). Outlines key opportunities for the Bush administration to play a leadership role in accelerating global cooperation on women's health and human rights, especially in slowing the advance of HIV/AIDS
(7 pages).

Click here to download Restoring American Leadership from the Open Society Institute's website.