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SIERRA LEONE: ‘GRANNY’ MIDWIVES TOSSED ASIDE IN NEW HEALTH PLAN
FREETOWN, Jul. 28, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Posseh Sesay will never be able to bear children again following a tragic experience at the hands of the traditional birth attendant (TBA) in her village.
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ZIMBABWE: 'FREE' MATERNAL HEALTH CARE TOO COSTLY FOR MOST
BULAWAYO, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - As African Union heads of state consider child and maternal health at the 2010 summit in Kampala, Uganda, the perennial question of user fees has reared its head in Zimbabwe. Fees for services are opening a growing gap between policy and implementation in maternal health care in the Southern African country.
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KENYA: JURY STILL OUT ON TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS
NAIROBI, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The government of Kenya has been encouraging women to deliver in hospital. Home deliveries by traditional birth attendants are considered to be a major contributor to maternal deaths.
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ZAMBIA: LOBBY GROUP DEMANDS MORE WOMEN IN PUBLIC OFFICE
LUSAKA, Jul. 22, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - With women having achieved little in terms of representation in decision-making positions in Zambia, a national women’s lobby group is hoping to change this in the 2011 general elections.
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SWAZILAND: CRITICAL PROGRAMS FOR PREGNANT MOMS DISMANTLED
MBABANE, Jul. 21, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Affectionately known as Gogo Zondo by the community of Ndvwabangeni in northern Swaziland, Margaret Zondo is a traditional health practitioner who helps treat the sick and delivers babies.
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AFRICA: ANTIRETROVIRAL GEL LOWERS HIV AND OFFERS HOPE
JOHANNESBURG, Jul. 21, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - When women from the predominantly rural Vulindela district in KwaZulu-Natal first began participating in an HIV-prevention trial, many were unable to negotiate the use of condoms or even discuss safe sex with their partners.
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LIBERIA: MEN TESTING NEW ROLE AS MIDWIVES
ZWEDRU, Liberia, Jul. 14, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Henry Teh gently slides down a blue hospital sheet to expose the bare belly of a pregnant woman. As he pokes around to feel the position of the fetus, the midwife-in-training knows he is breaking tradition and changing the face of obstetric care in Liberia.
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MALAWI: WOMEN CANDIDATES PRESSED TO GIVE VOTERS FREEBIES
LILONGWE, Jul. 13, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Mable Malinda wants to compete in the local government elections but the independent candidate who is using her life savings to fund her campaign only has 500 dollars left in her bank account. She has already spent three times as much buying handouts for voters – an unofficial requirement when contesting elections in Malawi.
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MALAYSIA: WOMEN ACTIVISTS MAKE FEW INROADS AS DECISION-MAKERS
PENANG, Malaysia, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Women make up more than half of those who take part in protests and other activities organized by their political party on issues affecting low-income workers, says Rani Rasiah of the Socialist Party of Malaysia.
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MALAYSIA: DEBATE ON SEX EDUCATION RISES WITH TEEN PREGNANCIES
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul. 21, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The prospect of motherhood filled 17-year-old Fatimah’s heart with dread.
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INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS: WOMEN JOIN FORCES FOR POLITICAL EQUALITY
PORT-LOUIS, Jul. 14, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - "Instead of moaning all the time, why don’t you create your own (political) party?" some men asked Brigitte Rabemanantsoa Rasamoelina, a female politician from Madagascar. She accepted the challenge and in February formed Ampela Mano Politika, a political party which started with only 22 female members and now has over 5,000 female members ... and 10 men.
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RIGHTS-BAHRAIN: WOMEN URGED TO REJECT POLYGAMY
MANAMA, Jul. 22, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - In her 30s, Muza has been married for years but has managed to remain financially independent. In fact, she was even able to help build the home she has with her husband, using the money she earned as a teacher.
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URUGUAY: MILLENNIUM GOAL ON MATERNAL HEALTH IN SIGHT
MONTEVIDEO, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Uruguay is on the point of reaching the Millennium Development Goal for reducing the maternal mortality ratio, but it is still behind in other aspects of maternal health, like providing integrated sexual and reproductive health care, fighting syphilis and checking on mothers and babies during the postpartum period.
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PARAGUAY: WOMEN MANAGE DAIRY FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY
ASUNCIÓN, Jul. 14, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - A year ago, Ramona Pereira was a prisoner of mind-numbing domestic drudgery in a rural village in Paraguay. Now she is the leader of a committee of women dairy producers in her community, and at 38 she feels like a new woman.
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COLOMBIA: MIDWIVES SEEK LEGAL RECOGNITION, RESPECT
BOGOTÁ, Jul. 13, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - In Colombia, western medicine has nearly succeeded in pushing midwives -- "parteras" or "comadronas," as they are known in Spanish -- out of existence. But some tenacious practitioners are pushing for a law to formalise the role of midwife as a health worker.
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BRAZIL: MORE THAN 200 WAYS OF BECOMING A MOTHER
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul. 13, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - "You can only have one mother," as the saying goes, but in Brazil there are 215 ways of becoming a mother, one for each of the ethnic groups in this South American country. Promoting maternal health while respecting cultural traditions is a major health challenge.
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HEALTH: WOMEN VITAL IN GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST AIDS
VIENNA, Jul. 20, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Empowering women could more effectively help in curbing the spread of HIV, Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and philanthropist said at the AIDS conference here Monday.
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U.N.: LACK OF FUNDS HAMPERS GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST AIDS
VIENNA, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The global conference on AIDS in Vienna last week will be remembered for "Broken Promises Kill", a slogan echoed by a coalition of activists who had gathered from around the world.
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SRI LANKA: WAR OVER, WOMEN NOW FACE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL
VAHARAI, Sri Lanka, Jul. 25, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - It was a typically hot, humid day in this eastern coastal village. The sun burned down from a cloudless sky, roasting the skin as an angry sea breeze swatted the faces of the few foolish enough to venture out onto the deserted main road that runs through town.
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