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White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood (WRA)


The White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) is a nonpartisan, non-profit and non-governmental organization that aims to increase global grassroots advocacy and government accountability for safe motherhood.[1] Every minute somewhere in the world a woman dies in pregnancy or childbirth. 99% of these deaths occur in developing countries. Almost all can be prevented.

The WRA is raising awareness of this shameful injustice – and demanding deep-rooted political change to end the needless deaths of mothers around the world.


Mission Statement

The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood is a grassroots movement that builds alliances, strengthens capacity, influences policies, harnesses resources and inspires action to save the lives of women and newborns around the world.[2]


Overview

The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood (WRA) is an international coalition of individuals and organizations formed to promote increased public awareness of the need to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for all women and newborns in developing, as well as, developed countries. Membership is free, and anyone can join by registering through the WRA website.[3] The WRA began in 1999 through the efforts of a group of individuals and organizations committed to raising awareness of the over 500,000 unnecessary deaths each year due to pregnancy and childbirth complications. The WRA’s advocacy efforts grew from 1999 to 2009 into a global movement with thousands of individual and organization members in over 100 countries.

The WRA has been a leader in holding governments and institutions to account for the tragedy of maternal mortality. WRA is amplifying the voices of people suffering from the greatest burden of morbidity and mortality of complications due to pregnancy and childbirth.


National Alliances

The WRA’s successful model centers on cultivating and sustaining stakeholders for safe motherhood through the support of national, regional, and global alliances. The Alliance members truly represent a “global community” comprised of local, national, and international NGOs, medical practitioners, community and faith based organizations, UN organizations, government representatives, academics, and individuals..

National Alliances are coalitions and partnerships in respective countries that have moved from awareness of maternal mortality to action at the community, district, and national levels, and have developed sustainable country-driven campaigns. Each National Alliance is built according to its own needs and circumstances, but all share the common goal of improving access to information and maternal and neonatal services for women and their families. Since 1999, the WRA has expanded to currently include 13 National Alliances established in Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Nepal, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia.


http://www.whiteribbonalliance.org/ http://www.whiteribbonalliance.org/members.cfm?a0=membership http://www.mothersdayeveryday.org/ http://www.millionmums.org/ http://www.whiteribbonalliance.org/GlobalMaternalMortality.cfm?a0=obj

  1. ^ http://www.whiteribbonalliance.org/
  2. ^ http://www.whiteribbonalliance.org/
  3. ^ http://www.whiteribbonalliance.org/members.cfm?a0=membership
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