Advocacy

Dare to create a world where giving birth doesn't mean gambling with your life

 

No Woman Should Die Giving Life

Half a million women and girls die each year in childbirth.  In fact, childbirth is one of the leading causes of death for women in the developing world.  No other health disparity so disproportionately affects poor, marginalized women. Across the developing world, mothers die from the same basic complications: bleeding, infection, hypertension and obstructed labor. Simply put, with basic medical care, the vast majority of these deaths can be prevented. Without it, mothers will continue to die.

Saving mothers’ lives requires the strategic coordination and deployment of resources, skilled doctors and midwives, ambulances, roads, clean sheets and basic medical tools, just to name a few. We are dedicated to raising awareness and lobbying governments to make the necessary investment in the next generation.

Investing in Mothers Lives

Investing in women's lives is an investment in growth, in sustainable development, in human rights, and in future generations. Help us make sure that moms get the funding they deserve!

This month, President Obama proposed $700 million in funding for maternal health and $590 million for reproductive health and family planning.  These are significant increases over last year's budget and they represent a critical new commitment to safe motherhood.  The Liya Kebede Foundation is working hard to make sure that this funding stays in the budget, but we need your help!  Let your Senators and Representatives know that you care about maternal health. 

Click here to send a message to Congress!

Safe Motherhood is Everyone's Responsibility

Maternal mortality affects us all, even in countries where it rarely occurs.  When a mother dies, her children, her family and her community suffer.  Children who have lost their mothers are up to ten times more likely to die within two years.  They are less likely to be immunized, more likely to be malnourished, more likely to contract HIV and more likely to be exploited.  When we lose our mothers, we lessen productivity, deepen gender inequality and destabilize societies.  At the Liya Kebede Foundation, we believe that maternal mortality is everyone's problem. 

We are working to save the next generation of mothers.  Will you join us?

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