WRA Voices
- May 24, 2013
- Respectful Maternity Care endorsed at the International Day of the Midwife in Rwanda
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Excerpt: Rwandan midwives showed their bravery and commitment to improvements in care by providing supportive anecdotal and observed statements for each of the seven categories of disrespect and abuse in maternity care highlighted by the RMC campaign.
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- By Pandora Hardtman
- May 13, 2013
- A Happy Midwife for Healthier Mothers
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Critical shortage in midwives, poor working conditions, uneven distribution between urban and rural areas, and negative perception of the midwifery profession, are some of the challenges that hinder midwives ability to provide quality care in Malawi.
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- By Kiko Mapunda, White Ribbon Alliance Malawi
- May 2, 2013
- Addressing Disrespect and Abuse During Childbirth
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Mande Limbu joined four other maternal health experts in a discussion of the challenges impeding quality care and the steps being taken to address disrespect and abuse during childbirth at the Wilson Center on May 2, 2013.
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- April 19, 2013
- If Women Ruled the World
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Many governments have reduced maternal death rates regardless of the wealth of their country. This is due to one key ingredient, political will – and this was in abundance at today's Westminster round table discussion.
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- By Katy Woods
- March 25, 2013
- This is Our Chance to Make a Healthy Nigeria
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Healthy mothers make a healthy world. This is our chance to make a healthy Nigeria.
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- September 24, 2012
- White Ribbon Alliance's Women's Breakfast for Maternal Health
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To coincide with United Nations General Assembly the White Ribbon Alliance brought together some of New York City's most powerful women at the Women’s Breakfast for Maternal Health to make a difference to mothers and babies around the world.
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- March 1, 2013
- Transforming Promises into Reality
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Betsy McCallon, Executive Director of the White Ribbon Alliance, argues that women’s health must stay at the heart of the post 2015 development agenda, not only to save lives and advance economic development, but to protect environmental sustainability, and to advance wellbeing, equity and social justice. - See more at: http://www.whiteribbonalliance.org/index.cfm/news-blogs/wra-blogs/transforming-promises-into-reality/#sthash.6WPJINNz.dpuf
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- By Betsy McCallon
- February 24, 2013
- Nothing About Us Without Us
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Rose Mlay stresses that good communication between organizations like White Ribbon Alliance and the community, more broadly leads to respect and trust with families and the community at large.
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- February 22, 2013
- Child Marriage – At the Heart of Change for Women
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Samjhana Phuyal, of Nepal’s White Ribbon Alliance (the Safe Motherhood Network Federation), describes how child marriage still haunts her own family.
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- By Samjhana Phuyal, WRA Nepal Member
- February 6, 2013
- We Have Broken Through
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The Global Maternal Health Conference 2013 was held Jan. 15-17, 2013 in Tanzania, with more than 700 participants -- implementers, researchers, policy makers, donors, and other stakeholders with a passion to improve the health of mothers and children.
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- By Mande Limbu
