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dc.contributor.authorFreedman, Lynn*
dc.contributor.editorSweetman, Carolineen
dc.contributor.editorKerr, Joannaen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T10:12:16Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T10:12:16Zen
dc.date.issued2003-05-01en
dc.identifier.issn1355-2074en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/741954259en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/131507en
dc.descriptionThe UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the latest international development strategy. At the Millennium Summit in September 2000, the Millennium Declaration, signed by all UN member countries, set out a number of Millennium Development Goals. . The debates around the choice of MDGs, and the first steps of implementation, have threatened to push many women's health concerns off the policy map. But I argue in this article that there is space for feminist action around the remaining MDG on reducing maternal mortality. I discuss strategies to address maternal mortality and emphasise the importance of all women having access to EmOC (emergency obstetric care) in the event of birth complications. Using this MDG, we have an important opening for strategic advocacy focused on accountable health systems that can deliver the care necessary to save women's lives and improve their health. That focus will enable us to demand that attention be given to the globalisation policies that have contributed to the devastation of health systems in many parts of the world. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.en
dc.format.extent12en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/strategic-advocacy-and-maternal-mortality-moving-targets-and-the-millennium-dev-131507
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectHealth
dc.titleStrategic advocacy and maternal mortality: moving targets and the millennium development goalsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9221en
dc.identifier.journalGender & Developmenten
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.keywordMaternal and child health
oxfam.subject.keywordMDGs
oxfam.subject.keywordMillenium Development Goals
oxfam.subject.keywordGender and Development Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordGaD
prism.issuenameWomen Reinventing Globalisationen
prism.number1en
prism.volume11en
dc.year.issuedate2003en


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