The Human Rights Council met today to discuss two pressing human rights issues: violence against women and maternal mortality. WCF welcomes the council’s commitment to work to accelerate the attainment of gender equality and the protection and promotion of equal rights for women and girls around the world.
Saving Lives
Up to half a million women and three million newborn babies die each year in pregnancy and childbirth or soon afterwards, the majority of them in Africa and South Asia. For every woman who dies at least twenty more suffer complications which leave them with lifelong disability and pain.
Our unique programmes are saving the lives of mothers and babies every day. We need you to help us to equip women with their most vital survival tool: knowledge.
