allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Women Politicians Demand End to Maternal Deaths, By Hajiya Bilkisu:
Last week women aspirants from all the states of the federation gathered at the Ladi Kwali Conference Centre of the Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, from August 27-28 2010.
They were there at the invitation of the Abuja-based AdvocacyNigeria for Reduction of Maternal Mortality and its partners, Women Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) and the Nigeria Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI). They are all nongovernmental organisations working in reproductive health and in particular reduction of maternal mortality. They collaborated to host a sensitisation workshop which was to provide the aspirants with the information they require to make maternal health a priority in the manifestoes of the political parties and also make it a campaign issue while they are out in field campaigning. The event was funded by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on OSSAP/MDGs with the support of all the UN agencies in the country. The Head of UN Systems in Nigeria Ms Soumi Soukai presented a goodwill message on their behalf…
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