"Clinton Takes Role in Fighting Domestic Killer"

"All around the world, women will cook meals for their families today, and as a result, in certain parts of the world, one of them will die every 16 seconds.

That statistic is one of the reasons Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had planned a stop in Ethiopia on her current trip through Africa, to highlight an initiative she strongly supports: bringing cleaner cook stove technology to many parts of the developing world. The visit was canceled after Clinton's trip was cut short because of a volcano in Eritrea that could have hindered air travel.

'The simple act of cooking shouldn't be one that kills you,' said Leslie Cordes, interim executive director of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a public-private initiative overseen by the United Nations.

Through its partnership with more than 75 governments, nongovernmental organizations, foundations, academic institutions, women's self-help groups and local communities in the developing world, the alliance works to reduce market barriers that hinder the distribution of less toxic-emitting stoves while raising global awareness of the many hazards posed by older stoves in parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America."

Jamie Crawford reports for CNN June 13, 2011.