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Mothers are society’s weavers.
Yet too often, the world is letting mothers down.
We know how to save mothers’ lives.
That is why, as Secretary-General, I have spoken out for the needs of mothers and pregnant women at every opportunity.
On Mothers’ Day, let us honor mothers around the world by pledging to do everything we can to make motherhood safer for all.
We saw what Save the Children is trying to do about it, at a nutrition center serving mothers and children in Gaza City.
The needs are basic: promoting breastfeeding, food supplies for young children, and medical attention for mothers.
As a result, one in three adult women are living in or on the edge of poverty, with the picture especially bleak for single mothers, almost two-thirds of whom are working in dead-end, poorly compensated jobs without flexibility or benefits.
Half of single mothers in the US make less than $25,000 a year.
In the mid-1980s, Jamaican social workers visited stunted children in their homes for one hour each week for two years, teaching their mothers how to play with their children to promote development.
In poor countries, babies born to mothers under 18 are 60% more likely to die in their first year than those born to older women.
The Fight for FoodGENEVA – Every year, 3.5 million mothers and children below the age of five die in poor countries because they do not have the nutrition they need to fight common diseases.
While the latter is an understandable expense historically, the time has come for the EU and G8 to make different political choices that help keep 3.5 million mothers and children alive and well.
This monthly cash payment goes directly to mothers, provided that they keep their children in school and send them for regular medical checkups.
This innovative program is not only a human-capital investment in millions of children; it also allows mothers to work.
And yet, most of the attention centered on mothers, newborns, and children; elderly populations in developing countries were largely ignored.
Health-care workers who serve expectant and new mothers could also be trained to provide in-home care for the elderly in multigenerational households.
In ten of the 15 countries evaluated in the Progress Report, fewer than half of mothers exclusively breastfeed their children.
To increase breastfeeding rates, governments need to ensure that mothers receive the guidance and help they need.
According to the World Health Organization, many mothers’ lives could be saved simply by injecting oxytocin to stop bleeding, using sterile delivery tools, and delaying pregnancy until adulthood.
The Trump administration’s draconian approach is particularly dangerous for newborns and mothers.
Nevertheless, Trump and congressional Republicans have taken steps to bar federal- and state-level funding for Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides vital health-care services to millions of pregnant women and mothers.
In the developing world, one girl in seven is married by the age of 15; nearly half become mothers by the age of 18.Girls attending secondary school, by contrast, are much less likely to marry and bear children before reaching adulthood.
Providing girls with secondary education also reduces family sizes, and, when they do become mothers, it improves their children’s health and chances of survival.
A comprehensive Mexican program, PROGRESA, delivers targeted education grants for children, health-care services and nutritional supplements for pregnant women, nursing mothers, and children under five, and annual health check-ups for other household members.
Among the many factors pushing women to migrate are pervasive gender bias and social prejudices against single mothers or widows in their country of origin.
Women need more systematic support to facilitate their choice to pursue high-powered careers without giving up their roles as mothers and caregivers.
Mothers can spend more time in the job market, breaking long-standing barriers of gender inequality.
In Brazil, for example, we are working closely with key local organizations, including the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, to improve disease prevention – with a focus on helping mothers who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes while pregnant and are now at risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Moreover, women’s financial inclusion helps combat social marginalization and improves family wellbeing; when mothers have a degree of control over household finances, their children are less likely to die from malnutrition and more likely to thrive.
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