Les Amis de l’IHES
Les Amis de l’IHES helps to promote the cutting edge research carried out at IHES as widely as possible. They organize conferences aimed at a broad audience, to introduce current research projects and organize cultural events of a scientific nature.
Les Amis de l’IHES is an association which was created on 8 October 1998 to coincide with the Institute’s 40th anniversary celebrations. Louis Michel was Chairman until he passed away on 30 December 1999; he was succeeded by Marcel Berger, former IHES Director, by Jean-Marc Deshouillers, professor at the University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 and by Valentin Poénaru, former professor at the Paris-Sud University (Orsay) from 2009 until 2022. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, former IHES Director, was appointed President on 31 May 2022.
Conference by Marleen Temmermann on November 10th 2023
New event organized by Les Amis de l'IHES with Marleen Temmerman on November 10th 2023 at 5:30 pm in the Marilyn and James Simons Conference Centre and on Zoom
Marleen Temmerman, obstetrician and WHO expert, gave a conference (in French) entitled:
“Why are Pregnancy and Childbirth still so deadly?”
According to a recent update from WHO, worldwide every two minutes a woman dies in childbirth, totalling 800 women every day or 287,000 women annually. Why, after almost 30 years since ICPD and Beijing Declaration and numerous other declarations, commitments, and reaffirmations, is global health failing on women and girls, and on gender equity? What is holding back governments and institutions from realising their commitments?
The need for transformational shift on gender equity in global health is urgent. For it to happen, we need to start by understanding the supremacies, hierarchies and powers that create and enable the structures in global health and unearth the dynamics these structures operate within.
Marleen Temmermann has presented the causes of maternal mortality in the world and the possible keys to address the problem.
Contact : Ingrid Peeters
