I am in Kenya this week blogging about reproductive rights.
200m women worldwide want to use contraception but have no access to it.
Melinda Gates has launched a campaign to change this. A group of bloggers from around the world are visiting various projects in Kenya to report on the reality of life without contraception.
Access to contraception means that women can decide when, how many and in with which age gap they have their children.
This has far reaching effects on the lives and the lives of their families.
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250 000 maternal deaths worldwide, high infant mortality, unwanted babies, unsafe abortion.
I have been here for several days and have written a couple of blog posts about the projects we have visited. I've been having wifi issues so no pics yet, but I have tweeted some pics - you can follow me @lynncschreiber to see them.
I've met an amazing woman who is a Mother Mentor in a HIV/AIDS support project. She meets newly diagnosed mothers and helps them come to terms with their illness and learn how to increase the chances that their babies will be HIV negative.
She was so inspiring. She told me that she is living positively and is so happy that her son is a Negative Baby. She now tells other women about family planning and how to access it. The program is run by the CDC - who are doing amazing things for rural communities.
Women walk for hours to health clinics only to find that they are out of contraceptive supplies.
The Gates Foundation is teaming up with the UK government to host a worldwide family planning summit in London this July.
I will also be linking to the blogs of the others on the trip.
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MmeLindor. · 22/06/2012 08:40
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