{"id":9256,"date":"2026-04-15T15:31:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/?p=9256"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:39:29","slug":"message-from-ceo-of-merck-foundation-senator-rasha-kelej-on-marking-international-womens-day-2024-through-their-more-than-a-mother-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/?p=9256","title":{"rendered":"Message from CEO of Merck Foundation, Senator, Rasha Kelej on marking International Women&#8217;s Day, 2024 through their &#8220;More Than a Mother&#8221; Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Image_Senator-Dr-Rasha-Kelej-with-infertile-women-in-The-Gambia_APO-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9258\" style=\"width:1026px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Image_Senator-Dr-Rasha-Kelej-with-infertile-women-in-The-Gambia_APO-2.jpg 882w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Image_Senator-Dr-Rasha-Kelej-with-infertile-women-in-The-Gambia_APO-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Image_Senator-Dr-Rasha-Kelej-with-infertile-women-in-The-Gambia_APO-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Main-Image_Senator-Dr-Rasha-Kelej-with-infertile-women-in-The-Gambia_APO-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/figure><p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation with infertile women during her visit to The Gambia.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>I want&nbsp;to wish everyone&nbsp;<strong>Happy International Women\u2019s Day<\/strong>&nbsp;to all the women in the world and to the men who support and empower them.<\/p><p>We at Merck Foundation, together with&nbsp;<strong>First Ladies of Africa,<\/strong>&nbsp;mark&nbsp;<strong>Women\u2019s Day&nbsp;<\/strong>every day<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>through our&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;More Than a Mother&#8221; campaign,<\/strong>&nbsp;which is a strong and unique movement that aims to empower women living with infertility stigma through access to information, education, change of mindset, and economic empowerment.&nbsp;&nbsp;Merck Foundation&nbsp;<strong>\u201cMore Than a Mother\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;is a powerful campaign that defines interventions to&nbsp;<em><strong>build quality and equitable Reproductive and Fertility Care Capacity, Break Infertility Stigma and Raise Awareness about Infertility Prevention and Male Infertility.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Women_s-Day-2023-Posters-english-5-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9259\" style=\"width:1026px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Women_s-Day-2023-Posters-english-5-05.jpg 631w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Women_s-Day-2023-Posters-english-5-05-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Women_s-Day-2023-Posters-english-5-05-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Women_s-Day-2023-Posters-english-5-05-600x599.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Women_s-Day-2023-Posters-english-5-05-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/figure><p>I am happy that we at the Merck Foundation, are contributing to building and advancing fertility care capacity in Africa and Asia, to support childless women and couples. I am very proud to share that we have provided till today more than\u00a0<strong>545 scholarships<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<strong>Embryology, Fertility and Reproductive care<\/strong>\u00a0to young doctors from\u00a0<strong>39 different countries<\/strong>.\u00a0Many of our Alumni are trained to be the first local experts in their countries, where they never used to have local embryologists\u00a0or fertility specialists before our program, such as\u00a0<em><strong>The Gambia, Burundi, Guinea, Chad, Niger, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Malawi, Congo and more<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Women_s-Day-2023-Posters-english-5-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9260\" style=\"width:1026px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Women_s-Day-2023-Posters-english-5-04.jpg 761w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Women_s-Day-2023-Posters-english-5-04-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Women_s-Day-2023-Posters-english-5-04-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Women_s-Day-2023-Posters-english-5-04-600x599.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Women_s-Day-2023-Posters-english-5-04-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure><p>Merck Foundation has also been empowering childless and infertile women through their&nbsp;<strong>\u201cEmpowering Berna\u201d&nbsp;initiative<\/strong>&nbsp;under their&nbsp;<strong>\u201cMore Than a Mother\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;movement. This initiative helps women who cannot be treated for infertility anymore by helping them get trained to establish small businesses so that they can be independent and rebuild their lives. Through&nbsp;<strong>\u2018Empowering Berna\u2019,&nbsp;<\/strong>the lives of many infertile women have been transformed in many African countries like&nbsp;<em><strong>Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Niger, Malawi, and many more.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>Merck Foundation in partnership with&nbsp;<strong>Africa\u2019s First Ladies<\/strong>, has also launched&nbsp;<strong>\u2018More Than a Mother\u2019&nbsp;Children\u2019s storybook<\/strong>&nbsp;to emphasize strong family values of love and respect from a young age which will reflect on eliminating the stigma of infertility and the resulted domestic violence in the future. The storybooks have been localized for each country and in three languages, English, French and Portuguese to better connect with the young readers. The book will soon also be converted to an animation film.<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Read the storybook\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/merck-foundation.com\/merckfoundation\/public\/uploads\/digital_library\/1709299625_510e3ec3a0cc920555d0.pdf\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"964\" src=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Storybook-More-Than-a-Mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9261\" style=\"width:1026px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Storybook-More-Than-a-Mother.jpg 678w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Storybook-More-Than-a-Mother-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Storybook-More-Than-a-Mother-600x853.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure><p>To address this important issue of breaking infertility stigma and also a wide range of other social issues, we annually launch Merck Foundation<strong>&nbsp;\u2018More Than a Mother\u2019&nbsp;<\/strong>Awards in partnership with African First Ladies. I would also like to invite the African Community of Media, Fashion, Filmmaking, and Musicians, students, and potential talents in these fields to apply for the awards this year by sharing their creative work on&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:submit@merck-foundation.com\"><strong>submit@merck-foundation.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><p>It\u2019s all about giving every woman the respect and the help she deserves to lead a fulfilling life, with or without a child.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>Once again, I wish you all a Happy Women&#8217;s Day.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Kind regards,<br>Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej,<br>CEO of Merck Foundation,<br>President of &#8220;More Than a Mother&#8221; Campaign.<\/strong><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/International-Women_s-Day-2023-Posters-english-1-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9262\" 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I want&nbsp;to wish everyone&nbsp;Happy International Women\u2019s Day&nbsp;to all the women in the world and to the men who support and empower them. We at Merck Foundation, together with&nbsp;First Ladies of Africa,&nbsp;mark&nbsp;Women\u2019s Day&nbsp;every day&nbsp;through our&nbsp;&#8220;More Than a Mother&#8221; campaign,&nbsp;which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-message"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Message from CEO of Merck Foundation, Senator, Rasha Kelej on marking International Women&#039;s Day, 2024 through their &quot;More Than a Mother&quot; Campaign | Rasha Kelej<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/?p=9256\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Message from CEO of Merck Foundation, Senator, Rasha Kelej on marking International Women&#039;s Day, 2024 through their &quot;More Than a Mother&quot; Campaign | Rasha Kelej\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation with infertile women during her visit to The Gambia. 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