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Mr. Harper’s Maternal and Child Health Summit, Part 4: Is it divisive to care about the 47,000 women who die yearly from unsafe abortions?

Mr. Harper’s Maternal and Child Health Summit, Part 4: Is it divisive to care about the 47,000 women who die yearly from unsafe abortions?

By Diana Rivington and Elizabeth McAllister

More maternal and child health funding is welcome, but the lack of focus on the human rights of women and girls is not.

In taking stock of last week’s maternal, newborn and child health summit, Prime Minister Stephen Harper gets kudos for pledging more money to achieve UN Millennium Development Goal 4, to reduce child mortality, and Goal 5, to improve maternal health. But the second target of Goal 5, ‘achieve universal access to reproductive health,’ ...

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Mr. Harper’s Maternal and Child Health Summit, Part 3: Delusions about International Leadership

McLeod Group Blog, May 27, 2014

Once again Canada’s development cooperation policies are being driven by domestic interests, not the development outcomes and the results the government claims to be seeking. We are going it alone and indeed this time even pretending that everybody else is following our lead. In truth, maternal and child health has been both a global and Canadian priority for decades, with an accelerated focus on reproductive health and rights following the 1994 UN Population conference in ...

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Mr. Harper’s Maternal and Child Health Summit, Part 2: The Hole in the Donut

Mr. Harper’s Maternal and Child Health Summit, Part 2: The Hole in the Donut

McLeod Group Blog, May 25, 2014

The Harper government’s Muskoka Initiative is based on the fact that “women and children in developing countries are significantly more likely to die from simple, preventable causes, due to lack of proven, affordable and cost effective solutions that most Canadians take for granted,” as  the Canadian government puts it.

The idea was—and is—that by committing major funding, Canada and other donor governments can significantly reduce child mortality and the number of women who die during ...

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Mr. Harper’s Maternal and Child Health Summit, Part 1: ‘Saving’ Women and Children by Targeting ‘Walking Wombs’

Guest blog by Rebecca Tiessen, University of Ottawa, May 22, 2014

Maternal health should be about women’s health before, during and after pregnancy, not just mothers. Some women who require maternal healthcare will not become mothers because fetuses and babies may not survive or because the women may not choose to raise these children. Therefore, an effective and comprehensive maternal health strategy is key. It should include services that address women’s maternal health needs, while also addressing the broader societal ...

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