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25 Jan 2012
Health Women

International Museum of Women Presents MAMA: Motherhood Around the Globe

International Museum of Women Presents MAMA: Motherhood Around the Globe











“Little Burden:” A mother in China carries her child on her back. Credit: Syed Javaid A. Kazai / IMOW

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 24, 2012

The International Museum of Women (IMOW) today opened its 2012 global online exhibition MAMA: Motherhood Around the Globe, which explores emerging issues, unique challenges, and changing perspectives of motherhood throughout the world. The newly launched exhibition can be found at http://www.imow.org or directly at mama.imow.org and expects to attract more than 100,000 visitors over the next nine months. The exhibition will showcase original creative works, including art, film, music, photography, essays and interviews, reflecting the stories, visions and voices of motherhood from more than 60 countries—with more than 200 works to be rolled out by September 2012.

The exhibition aims to inspire a global conversation about mothers’ lives and rights in the 21st century and to boost awareness on issues such as improving maternal health worldwide. According to the United Nations (2010), a woman dies every 90 seconds from preventable causes during pregnancy and birth. As part of the exhibition, global maternal health advocate and founder of Every Mother Counts, Christy Turlington Burns, has joined the Museum to present an online visitor pledge for maternal health rights. With a goal of 10,000 signatures, the pledge will be delivered to governments and policy makers, culminating with a special presentation in conjunction with the UN General Assembly in September 2012.

“Our MAMA exhibition presents a unique snapshot of mothers today. It is one of the most profound, insightful, and poignant expressions of motherhood ever assembled in one place online,” said IMOW Executive Director Clare Winterton. “Visitors will experience the joys, creativity and leadership of mothers from around the world. They will also get a unique insight into the challenges today’s mothers face on issues from health to balancing work and family, as well as into too often taboo subjects including miscarriage, infertility and the choice not to have children.”

“As a mother, a global maternal health advocate and founder of Every Mother Counts, I’m thrilled to support the MAMA exhibition,” said Christy Turlington Burns. “The diverse stories by mothers from all over the world are an inspiring way to educate the public about maternal health issues, and I encourage people to visit the website to take part in a global conversation on the challenges and possibilities facing mothers today.”

The exhibition features a wide range of powerful contributions with visitors invited to share deeply personal experiences of motherhood from around the world: a Colombian woman gives birth amid an inadequate medical environment; a Nigerian woman talks about the impact of infertility on her marriage; an artist shares wooden sculptures, which symbolically portray what it is like to go through a painful miscarriage; and an embroidered art piece educates the world on what not to say to women who choose not to be mothers.

The exhibition, which will be featured online through September 2012, will feature eight galleries on different topics to be rolled out monthly. Each gallery will focus on a different dimension of contemporary motherhood and will include a remarkable body of work including videos, multimedia art, ideas for the future from global thought leaders, a short story collection, and profiles of heroes who work to improve the lives of mothers and children.

The eight galleries include:

Mama to Be? : Who Decides If, How, And When A Woman Has A Child?

(Launching on January 24th)

Healthy Mama, Healthy Baby: What Are The Realities Of 21st Century Pregnancy And Childbirth?

Mama’s Work: How Do Women Around The Globe Juggle Work And Motherhood?

Mama in Many Ways: How Is The Role Of “Mother” Evolving?

Mama Then and Now: How Do The Experiences Of Mothers, Grandmothers, And Daughters Compare?

Mama and Me: How Do Mothers’ Identities Shift And Change?

Papa: What Is The Changing Role Of The Modern Dad?

Mama Power: What Kind Of Power Do Mothers Wield?

The International Museum of Women is an innovative online museum that inspires creativity, awareness and action on vital global issues for women. For more information on IMOW, go to http://www.imow.org

For more information on Every Mother Counts, please visit everymothercounts.org.

The International Museum of Women and Every Mother Counts online visitor pledge can be found at mama.imow.org/pledg.

MAMA: MOTHERHOOD AROUND THE GLOBE is made possible by generous grants from Google and the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and in-kind media support from BabyCenter.

MEDIA – For More Information Please Contact:

Tiffany Woolf

917-532-3366

tiffany(at)woolfpr(dot)com

For photos and images, please visit: mama.imow.org/media

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03 Nov 2011
Health Stress

Women Entrepreneurs from Denver/Boulder Excited to Take Part in One Day Business Acceleration Event

Women Entrepreneurs from Denver/Boulder Excited to Take Part in One Day Business Acceleration Event












Broomfield, CO (PRWEB) November 03, 2011

Mama Means Business and its founder Tara Powers today announced a special Denver-area event for women entrepreneurs who are seeking to launch new businesses or advance existing ones.

The MAMA MEANS BUSINESS EVENT takes place on November 18, 2011 at the urbanely stylish Aloft Hotel in Broomfield, Colorado from 8 am until 5 pm and is keynoted by former Colorado State Representative, four time cancer survivor and “mompreneur,” Dianne Primavera on the topic “Reengineering your future, taking risks and overcoming obstacles.”

The Mama Means Business Event makes excellent use of ONE DAY for women solo-preneurs and business owners to discover how to accelerate their business successes with less stress by building an authentic business model that generates exceptional income and provides strategic tools and techniques to give new businesses a kick-start and take existing businesses to higher levels.

At the Mama Means Business Event attendees will design their own Business Acceleration Blueprint™ to radically grow their income in only 12 months and transform their lifestyles. Attendees can expect to:

o    Clarify their vision and values in order to make better business decisions that are in complete alignment with who they are.

o    Overcome their inner critic and recognize the ways that they may be holding themselves back from their true potential.

o    Define their expert status and learn how to use it to create a committed group of supporters and advocates.

o    Make a stretch goal for 2012 revenue and a simple plan to make it happen, including creating additional streams of income.

o    Leverage their talents and learn from skilled marketing professionals what marketing strategies and methods are proven to work for their unique business lifecycles.

o    Identify their support plans and whom they need in their corner to move forward faster.

o    Mastermind with other entrepreneurs and receive advice and feedback on their business growth model.

See Video Intro from Tara Powers

Says, Dr. Shelly Dowling, founder of Laser Focused Weight Loss, of her Mama Means Business training experience:

“I’ve done a lot of workshops, brainstorming sessions, and masterminding groups and this is one of the most effective things I have ever done because what I got was a plan from beginning to end that I can take action on. I think Tara does a great job and I look forward to doing more work with her!”

Presenters and speakers for this event include:

Andrea Vahl, Co-author of Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies and Social Media Strategist and Coach, is presenting on the “Secrets to Using Social Media to Get More Likes, Links, Followers and Fans and Ultimately Make More Money!”

Hilary Blair, National Networking and Presentation Coach and an Instructor at the Denver Center for Performing Arts Academy, is presenting “From the Elevator to the Shark Tank: How To Pitch your Business with Confidence and Ease.”

Melani Ward, Recognized Marketing Strategist and Content Expert is presenting “The 5 Step Cure for the Boring, Useless and Poverty Ridden Website.”

Special guests include:

Bamboobies Creator, Founder, and Mom of 3, Kerry Gilmartin will do an interview with Tara on stage about how she grew her business more than 700% in the past year and got her products into over 200 stores worldwide.

Art from Ashes Executive Director Catherine O’Neill will lead participants through a creative visioning exercise to discover their true meaning of success.

For more information on the event and to REGISTER, go to mamameansbusinessevent.com

Event SPONSORS: Information on remaining sponsorship opportunities is available at mamameansbusiness.com/sponsor

“I just finished Tara’s course and I have to say it was one of the most enriching, wonderful experiences I’ve had. I actually took this course having just an idea about something and now I have a complete strategy and plan and I know I’m going to succeed!” – Tanya Stork, Realtor

About the Mama Means Business Founder and Event Organizer:

Tara Powers, M.S. is The Cheerleader for mom-preneur businesses providing women with already proven resources that help them launch or grow successful businesses FAST. She teaches women business owners how to align their values with their vision and so they can create the lifestyle they dream of having and accelerate their business quicker and with less headaches.

Tara is the founder of Mama Means Business and is an experienced consultant, facilitator and business strategist with over 12 years as a successful corporate consultant to Fortune 500 companies around the country. She has worked directly with such companies as Crocs, Janus, Aflac, Virgin America Airlines, Key Equipment Finance and Western Union.

Tara has been a featured expert on The Real Mom TV Network as well as a current member of the exclusive Millionaire Protege Club with Ali Brown and James Roche. Tara’s mission is to help encourage more conscious companies one person at a time.

The Mama Means Business Event is donating 10 percent of event proceeds to support the Pachamama Alliance, whose mission is to empower indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest to preserve their lands and culture and to educate and inspire individuals everywhere to bring forth a thriving, just and sustainable world.

All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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01 Nov 2011
Health Problems

Women?s Health Litigation Update: Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris Representing Women in Mesh Implant Cases

Women’s Health Litigation Update: Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris Representing Women in Mesh Implant Cases










Birmingham, AL (PRWEB) November 01, 2011

Attorneys with Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris are representing women who have suffered injuries as a result of receiving a transvaginal mesh implant (TVM) for treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or stress urinary incontinence (SUI), according to Cory Watson attorney Jon Conlin.

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a medical condition that occurs when the internal support structure of the vagina fails. During transvaginal mesh implant surgery, a synthetic mesh is inserted to help hold the woman’s internal organs such as the urethra, cervix , bladder and rectum in place. In July, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration published a report on the safety and effectiveness of transvaginal placement for pelvic organ prolapse stating that market data from manufacturers indicates that in 2010, more than 75,000 women had transvaginal mesh surgery, (TVM surgery) to repair pelvic organ prolapse. This accounted for some 75% of all POP procedures performed, according to industry and FDA estimates.

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in May, 2011 revealed troubling results with transvaginal mesh implant procedures, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned, “The most frequent complications included erosion through vaginal epithelium, infection, pain, urinary problems, and recurrence of prolapse and/or incontinence. There were also reports of bowel, bladder, and blood vessel perforation during insertion.”

The FDA issued an urgent safety communication in July, 2011 (” FDA Safety Communication: UPDATE on Serious Complications Associated with Transvaginal Placement of Surgical Mesh for Pelvic Organ Prolapse”) indicating that women who have received transvaginal mesh implants have reported a number of complications including infection, pain, urinary problems, internal bleeding, vaginal scarring, pain during sexual intercourse, tissue erosion and recurrence of prolapse, incontinence or both.

The FDA communication says FDA officials met to discuss a potential ban on the mesh, after receiving more than 3,875 injury reports associated with the mesh; three of the reported cases involved fatalities.The communication advised patients and their healthcare providers to consider alternatives to transvaginal mesh (TVM).

Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris attorneys are on record as being at the forefront of litigation involving medical devices used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence since 1999 when the firm was one of the first firms in the country to bring these cases to trial in the Lizzy Jackson vs. Boston Scientific litigation and the successful resolution of approximately 750 cases as part of the In Re: ProtoGen Sling and Vesica System Products Liability Litigation MDL No. 1387 settlement. Attorney Ernest Cory served as Lead Plaintiffs’ Counsel in the litigation.

Cory Watson Crowder and DeGaris is a Birmingham, Alabama law firm recognized nationally for its practice areas of complex litigation including class actions, pharmaceutical drugs litigation, defective medical device litigation, products liability litigation, business and securities litigation, environmental litigation, multidistrict litigation and mass torts. The firm has an extensive practice in individual personal injury and wrongful death cases. Additional information is available at http://www.cwcd.com.

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