Gloria Iribaziga reports from the closing ceremony at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) where the draft resolution "Access to Health as a Basic Right: The Role of Parliaments in Addressing Key Challenges to Securing the Health of Women and Children" has been unanimously passed.
And the WRA wins praise from IPU Secretary General Anders Johnsson for our engagement of Parliamentarians at the IPU in support of this resolution.
Click above our final video blog from our Citizen's Voice studio at the IPU conference where Nsinda Elman Ugandan WRA volunteer and journalist and WRA Rwanda National Coordinator Gloria Iribaziga interview Parliamentarians including the Hon. Chandima Weerakkody MP Sri Lanka, the Hon. Margaret Mensah-Williams Namibia and Anders Johnsson Secretary General of the IPU as well as Martin Chungong, director of Promotion of Democracy IPU about next steps now all have agreed to make access to health a basic right for women and children.
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About the WRA Citizen's Voice web blogs
March 31 to April 5 2012 the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood (WRA) has produced a 5 min video blog daily from our studio at the 126th IPU Assembly in Kampala (Uganda).
The WRA was at the IPU to promote the fact that access to health is a basic right and to discuss the role of Parliamentarians in addressing key challenges to securing the health of women and children.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in our IPU video blogs are the opinions of individuals and not necessarily the opinion of the White Ribbon Alliance. The WRA is not an independent news outlet, we are a global movement for safe...
2 Comments | Posted April 4, 2012 | 6:51 PM
Click here for today's video blog from our Citizen's Voice studio at the IPU conference where I lead the team of reporters including Nsinda Elman, Ugandan WRA Volunteer and journalist.
The 3rd Citizen's News broadcast brings you up to date reporting on the draft resolution entitled: Access to Health as a Basic Human Right: the Role of Parliamentarians in addressing Key Challenges to securing the health of women and children.
And features interviews with Theresa Shaver, President of WRA, Helene Gayle, President of CARE USA and Hon Sylvia Ssinabulya MP, Uganda.
Nearly 650 Members of Parliament from over 120 countries are attending the 126th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly from March 31st - April 5th, in Kampala, Uganda. This year's theme is Parliaments and People: Bridging the Gap -- and the health of women and children is high on the agenda.
White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) is reporting direct from the Assembly following the progress of the IPU resolution Access to Health as a Basic Right: The Role of Parliaments in Addressing Key Challenges to Securing the Health of Women and Children.
From our Citizens' News studio we will be gathering statements of support from parliamentarians, interviewing key figures and raising the voices of citizens, linking our daily updates to national and global media.
Please help us in sharing the Citizen's Voice from the IPU Assembly where parliamentarians are meeting to discuss current international political, economic and social concerns.
Follow us and join the conversation on Facebook or on Twitter @WRAglobal, #WRAvoices.
About the WRA Citizen's Voice Web blogs:
March 31 to April 5 2012, the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood (WRA) is producing a 5 min video blog daily from our studio at the 126th IPU Assembly in Kampala (Uganda).
We are interviewing key figures in attendance, raising the voice of Citizens and supporters; connecting delegates at the IPU with media in their country and globally via a short video blog highlighting the day's events.
The WRA is at the IPU to promote the fact that access to health is a basic right and to discuss the role of Parliamentarians in addressing key challenges to securing the health of women and children.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in our IPU video blogs are the opinions of individuals and not necessarily the opinion of the White Ribbon Alliance. The WRA is not an independent news outlet, we are a global movement for safe...
5 Comments | Posted February 21, 2012 | 12:21 PM
The Rwandan government has long committed to reduce maternal mortality in order to achieve United Nation's Millennium Development Goal 5. The MDG5 target is to halve maternal and child deaths by 2015.
The commitment spans three focal points. These include:
0 Comments | Posted April 10, 2012 | 11:49 AM