Because maternal health is a human right
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Every minute a woman dies needlessly in childbirth.
We want to make sure the UK Government shows leadership in addressing the preventable deaths of women and children around the world and we need your help to make sure they listen.
Pregnancy is not a disease, yet it kills one woman every minute. Almost all of these deaths are preventable and 95% of them occur in developing countries.
Each year millions of women face death, serious illness and permanent disability because of complications relating to pregnancy and birth, while many more must cope with unplanned pregnancy because family planning is not available. For some women the only recourse is unsafe abortion.
In addition to risking their own health each time they have a baby, mothers in many parts of the world also face the possibility of seeing their children die before they reach their fifth birthday. Last year, almost 9 million children under five died. This illustrates a clear failure of governments in their obligations to respect, protect and fulfill the human rights of women and children.
Every day should be Mother's Day
Today still too many women are affected by various discrimination and can't access their right to maternal health.
Campaign highlights
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Every day should be Mother's Day
benc
on 12 March 2010
Each year millions of women face death, serious illness and permanent disability because of complications relating to pregnancy and birth. Act now ...
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Maternal health is a human right
15 photos
vero
on 10 March 2010
Pregnancy is not a disease, yet it kills one woman every minute. Almost all of these deaths are p...
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Amnesty supporters stage 'die-in' - Yahoo! News UK
vero
on 08 March 2010
Check out our Amnesty student activists!
More info on our campaign on maternal health at http://www.amnesty.org.uk/mums
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A minute for Mothers - Save the Children UK
vero
on 04 March 2010
Do you have a minute to save mothers around the world?
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Pushing for action on maternal mortality :: Oxfam GB
vero
on 03 March 2010
Check out this slideshow put together by Oxfam. It highlights the need for action on maternal heath.
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Caring Talk Save Lives
vero
on 24 February 2010
Great audioslideshow with stories from pregnant women in Bangladesh. It also shows the work of the organisation Women and Children First.
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Nicaragua prevents treatment of pregnant cancer patient | World news | guardian.co.uk
vero
on 24 February 2010
Pretty sad.
Take action - http://www.amnesty.org.uk/ban
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Sierra Leone Caravan for maternal health
vero
on 23 February 2010
Sierra Leone is a country where one in eight women die in child birth. Amnesty Internationals team put together a mobile film, music and theatre sh...
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Giving Life, Risking Death
8 photos
vero
on 01 February 2010
Women in Burkina Faso are trapped in a vicious cycle of discrimination that makes giving birth po...
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Delicia talks about problems to access health services in Peru
vero
on 04 December 2009
Delicia explains how her daughter suffers from miscarriages and is unable to travel to the closest clinic to get medical treatment. Delicia hopes ...
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Remote village uses social media to raise health issues - Guardian Weekly
vero
on 04 December 2009
Great initiative > Using mobile to improve people’s mobility and their access to basic services in Peru.
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Demand Dignity - MATERNAL MORTALITY IN SIERRA LEONE
Alice Fuller
on 14 October 2009
Help by sending a letter to President Koroma
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Nicaragua: Women's lives endangered
vero
on 28 July 2009
Nicaragua's total ban on abortions is denying girls and women life-saving treatment, preventing health professionals from practising effective medi...
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Barriers to maternal health in Peru
vero
on 09 July 2009
Hundreds of poor, rural and Indigenous women are dying because of a scandalous lack of maternal healthcare.
Act Now
Here are some useful things to do.
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