A Manifesto for Motherhood: How the next UK Government can ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth safe and every child healthy
Women and Children First UK and a coalition of UK-based NGOs, professional associations and civil society networks have launched a Manifesto for Motherhood. Every prospective parliamentary election candidate has received the Manifesto and been asked to commit to: scaling up financing for maternal, newborn and child health; placing maternal, newborn and child health at the heart of health system strengthening; and realising the UK's international commitments on sexual and reproductive health and rights and advocate for other countries to do the same.
A Manifesto for Motherhood: How the next UK Government can ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth safe and every child healthy.
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, 40 per cent of them in the first month of their lives. This illustrates a clear failure of governments in their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of women and children.
The Manifesto for Motherhood challenges all candidates who hope to be election as Members of Parliament at the forthcoming UK General Election to commit to three key asks and ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, and every child is healthy.
To read the full Manifesto, please click here.
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