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October 28th, 2009

Videos on how Maternal Mortality Affects CommunitiesVideo post

Conversations for a Better World
When a woman dies during pregnancy, childbirth or due to complications after delivery, it affects not only the family, but also the whole community.

October 25th, 2009

Morocco: A Lenient Sentence

In September, we learned about Zineb Chtit, the young Moroccan girl who was severely beaten while working as a maid. Last week, it was announced that Zineb's attacker Nawal Houmin, the wife of the couple who had hired her, was to be punished for the crime with a sentence of 3 years imprisonment and a $13,000 fine. Jillian C. York shares reactions from the blogoma.

October 24th, 2009

Pregnancy and Prisons: Women's Health and Rights Behind BarsVideo post

Conversations for a Better World
It is still a struggle to ensure human rights for pregnant women worldwide, and it seems that in the process, pregnant women in prison are many times overlooked. What have been some of the steps made to ensure that they are also treated humanely, with respect to the life they carry?

October 23rd, 2009

Adoption: Securing the Rights of Mothers and Children

Conversations for a Better World
Women speak out from all sides of the issue: adoptees, natural mothers and adoptive mothers try to make sense of the legal, reproductive and human rights issues behind adoptions.