[gender-cedaw-vn] Publication on Budgets and Maternal Mortality

[Vern Weitzel]

Subject: PHM-Exch> Publication on Budgets and Maternal Mortality
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:19:11 -0400
From: Morgan Stoffregen <MStoffregen at REPRORIGHTS.ORG>
To: PHM-Exchange at phm.phmovement.org <PHM-Exchange at phm.phmovement.org>
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[Apologies for cross-postings]

The International Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human Rights (IIMMHR) is
pleased to announce the publication of "The Missing Link: Applied Budget Work as
a Tool to Hold Governments Accountable for Maternal Mortality Reduction
Commitments."

This report, co-authored with the International Budget Partnership, explores the
relevance of civil society budget analysis and advocacy and its potential as a
tool to hold governments accountable for their maternal mortality reduction
commitments. In doing so, it discusses three recent examples of civil society
groups engaged with budget analysis and advocacy: Fundar, Center for Analysis
and Research in Mexico; Women's Dignity in Tanzania; and the Center for Budget
and Governance Accountability in India. The work of these organizations, and the
lessons that we seek to draw from their experiences, underscore that the lack of
real progress in reducing maternal mortality is unquestionably linked to the
failure of governments to make maternal health a budgetary priority.

The report can be downloaded free of charge from
http://www.righttomaternalhealth.org.

We encourage you to forward this to interested colleagues.

Warm regards,
Morgan
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(Ms) Morgan Stoffregen
Coordinator
International Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human Rights (IIMMHR)
www.righttomaternalhealth.org