Muslims act on maternal mortality

The evaluation report which I wrote on the At Our Mothers' Feet campaign run by MADE in Europe and which was launched last week at the House of Commons was covered yesterday in the Church Times.

The article notes that:

"The evaluation reports that 29 community workshops were delivered by MADE, attended by 776 people (the target agreed with the DfID was 600). It highlights one held with a group of women from Somalia - where one in 16 women die during pregnancy or childbirth. Many who attended were brought to tears, and the group began fund-raising to help improve infrastructure in the country. The final strand of the project involved inviting Muslim NGOs to workshops. To date, 14 have pledged to increase their work on maternal health - just one short of the DfID target."

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Martyn Joseph -This Being Woman.