Women Deliver

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Women Deliver is a global advocacy organization focused on improving maternal health.^{[not verified in body]} The organization is based in New York, and its work covers a number of areas including access to a healthy diet, clean water and sanitation, health services, and appropriate education during pregnancy and childbirth.^{[not verified in body]} It is targeted towards reducing maternal mortality and increasing access to reproductive health.

Women Deliver was founded by Jill Sheffield,^{[not verified in body]} and launched at the Women Deliver conference in London in October 2007.^{[not verified in body]}

On June 7 to June 9, 2010, Women Deliver hosted a second conference in Washington, D.C., attended by around 3,500 people from 146 countries.^{[not verified in body]}

Women Deliver's third conference, Women Deliver 2013, was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from May 28-30, 2013, with around 4,500 participants from 149 countries.^{[not verified in body]}

The fourth Women Deliver's global conference was held in Copenhagen from 16-19 May 2016,^{[not verified in body]} following the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).^{[not verified in body]}

The 2019 conference was held in Vancouver, Canada on 2-6 June.^[1] The sixth conference was held on 17-20 July 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda.^[2]

In 2020 the organization issued a public apology after some staff spoke out about a culture of racism. The "investigation" was completed four months later, claiming that no one was responsible.^[3] Staff members called this a "slap in the face" to junior and mid-level staff.