WRA Voices
- September 18, 2011
- The WRA at the UN General Assembly in New York: Monitoring Progress and Campaigning on Health Workers
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- September 20, 2011
- Use of Skilled Birth Attendants in Nepal
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This posting comes from Yuba Raj Baral, a PhD student at London Metropolitan University. He is researching maternal and newborn health issues in Nepal. Research is a necessary in order to hold governments accountable in their commitments to Every Woman, Every Child because it provides evidence of the on-going problems, where a government’s commitments have fallen short of expectations and where more assistance is necessary to reducing maternal mortality.
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- By Yuba Raj Bharal
- September 19, 2011
- US Midwives Take Action for Global Midwifery
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- September 20, 2011
- The White Ribbon Alliance holding Governments to Account to promises for Women and Children
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- September 21, 2011
- Team Every Mother Counts: Reducing Maternal Mortality through Awareness
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This September, WRA called on our members to submit stories and photographs that illustrate progress made in maternal and newborn health, as well as the efforts of advocates to hold governments accountable to commitments that have been made to Every Woman, Every Child. The following story comes from Lauren Young. Lauren is running the New York City marathon in honor of her sister Pam, who died needlessly during childbirth.
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- September 22, 2011
- Reducing Maternal Mortality in Northern Afghanistan
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As you will be aware, Afghanistan has the highest rate of maternal mortality in the world.
I would like to share with you the efforts of a small NGO which is endeavouring to meet MDG5 in a number of very poor villages (currently 20) in the mountains near Mazar-e Sharif in the north of the country.
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- September 24, 2011
- White Ribbon Alliance Voices
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On Monday September 19th, Gloria Iribagiza won the WRAVoices Award 2011, at the WIE Symposium in New York City, for her ‘inspirational journalism making the voices of women heard around the world’.
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- September 28, 2011
- WRA Voices: Speaking out for women, children and health workers
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During the week of September 19th, 2011, WRA members from Yemen, Pakistan, Kenya, Bangladesh and Tanzania came together in New York to represent WRA at numerous events set to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly. Their mission was to amplify the voices of frontline health workers, girls and women from communities around the world.
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- September 28, 2011
- Men Play their Part for Girls' and Women's Health
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Men have always been stalwart supporters and leaders of the White Ribbon Alliance. Often the decision makers of their own societies, many men across Africa and Asia have actively taken up the cudgels for their sisters, wives, mothers and daughters.
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- October 12, 2011
- Uganda Safe Motherhood Week Kicks Off
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In the press briefing held at the ministry headquarters in Kampala, the Permanent Secretary Dr. Lukwago Asuman informed the press that a series of activities will run throughout the week which will be crowned with Safe Motherhood Day on 17th October.
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- By Nsinda Elman and Senfuka Samuel
