Global women’s health and rights
It is an exciting time as the world becomes united in new ways like Twitter and Facebook to discuss important issues. Americans for UNFPA is hosting a chat on Twitter today to share ideas about global women’s health and rights. I encourage you to participate by adding #forwomen to the ideas you tweet. You can also watch the conversation at: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23forwomen There is also an article in Women's eNews http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=4019 Despite Promise, Better Maternal Care Is Unrealized 2009 marks the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt. Anushay Hossain says the revolutionary promises to improve women's reproductive health globally must not be forgotten. They discuss the tragic loss of women's lives from pregnancy-related complications, with the vast majority in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The article includes some sad, yet important statistics: "The Women Deliver Initiative, which works to promote action on maternal and newborn health, estimates that 1 in 8 women die in childbirth in Afghanistan. In the United States it's 1 in 4,800; in Sweden it's 1 in 20,000. The fact that these ratios can vary so widely tells us that these deaths are preventable. It comes down to how much we value the lives of the women in our country." A fact that I feel needs more attention is that The World Health Organization identifies maternal mortality as a major indicator of women's overall position in society. I hope you will join the discussion both here, share your comments, we like to hear your thoughts and ideas and join me on twitter - DebraPBonaro
By Anushay Hossain - WeNews commentator
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Wow. I have never thought
Wow. I have never thought about the women giving birth in Afghanistan before. I just had the realization of the comment 'it comes down to how much we value the lives of the women'. I was badly abused by the medical community during my first birth. I was a single mother and at the time had 'no value' to the father of my baby. I was married to an abusive drug addict with during my second pregnancy and I had a massive hemorrhage which would have killed me if I had not already been in the hospital. Again... I carried no real 'value' as far as the father was concerned. I was an object to him. So I then found someone who both loved and respected me. Love is not enough. Respect must be part of the equation. My last baby was born gently at home in the water. I had never before equated my experiences to the 'value' or rather 'lack of value' that was unfairly placed upon me.
I cannot imagine the experiences that women in suppressed countries go through.