MMS Bulletin #132
Juli 2015
Promoting young women’s rights related to safe motherhood
Access to quality services and realizing the rights to safe motherhood for young mothers
Assuring that women are able to exercise their rights to safe motherhood is critical to the health of all women during pregnancy, birth and following birth; however this is particularly true for pregnant adolescents. These young women face elevated risks when they experience pregnancy and birth and therefore have an increased need to be able to realize their rights. Enfants du Monde (EdM), in collaboration with local partners, is contributing to promoting women’s rights related to maternal health in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Colombia, El Salvador and Haiti. In each of these countries, the percentage of women experiencing a first pregnancy before the age of 18 is particularly high, at 40%, 28.2%, 19.7%, 24.4% and 15% respectively. EdM’s work in promoting rights related to maternal and newborn health (MNH) is occurring within the context of implementing programmes based on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) framework “Working with Individuals, Families and Communities (IFC) to improve MNH.” Programmes are implemented to promote the following rights: the right to health, including sexual and reproductive health services; rights relating to privacy, decision-making and security; rights to education and information; the right to respectful care; and the right to participate.
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