The weblog for UbuMama, a worldwide safe motherhood project, is finally taking shape. This is one of several community/technical projects I’m giving time and attention to these days.
[UbuMama is] …a Zulu word for motherhood, and an arts-based project dedicated to bringing mothers’ stories of giving birth in the developing world into public view, to honor the lives of mothers and to increase the commitment to saving the lives of women dying in childbirth.
Each minute, a woman dies from complications experienced during pregnancy and childbirth. More than 500,000 women die each year and 99% of these deaths occur in the developing world.
Almost all of these deaths are preventable.
Some good background on the project and resources links added yesterday. Looking forward to stories and images from around the world, as this movement gets born.