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		<title>Clean water for Gaza: Maryam&#8217;s story</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/10/clean-water-for-gaza-maryams-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MADRE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many Palestinian women living in the Gaza Strip, 40-year-old Maryam struggles to provide safe drinking water for her family. Israel has restricted the movement of people and goods into Gaza since 2007, resulting in a severe shortage of clean water. Gaza’s water supply is contaminated by salt and toxic nitrate. Broken water pipes allow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing trend of U.S. mothers dying during pregnancy</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/05/increasing-trend-of-u-s-mothers-dying-during-pregnancy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 18:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Friedman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though it's important to reduce maternal mortality worldwide, let's not forget to address the needs of mothers in the U.S.]]></description>
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		<title>It affects us all: Maternal healthcare</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/03/it-affects-us-all-maternal-healthcare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marysia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though many politicians in the U.S. believe that maternal healthcare is unnecessary, maternal healthcare should be universal and guaranteed for every woman.]]></description>
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		<title>Do men belong in the maternal health movement?</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/01/do-men-belong-in-the-maternal-health-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire Bangser</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=2233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though many mistakenly believe maternal health to only be an issue pertaining to women, it's an issue that society as a whole needs to address. ]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore: Mothering the mother</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/11/singapore-mothering-the-mother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Chandranayagam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=1168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A teenaged mother in Singapore discusses her decision to see her pregnancy through. The one person who helped her through the experience? Her mother. Watch on!]]></description>
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		<title>Videos on how maternal mortality affects communities</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/videos-on-how-maternal-mortality-affects-communities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliana Rincon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a woman dies during pregnancy, childbirth or due to complications after delivery, it affects not only the family, but also the whole community. These videos, by different human rights organizations, go beyond statistics to tell us the stories of women and their families as they struggle to understand why it is that so many women are dying during childbirth and what needs to be done to stop this.]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption: Let&#8217;s safeguard human rights for mothers</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/adoption-lets-safeguard-human-rights-for-mothers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/adoption-lets-safeguard-human-rights-for-mothers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliana Rincon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[child marriage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=1048</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Women speak out from all sides of the issue: adoptees, natural mothers and adoptive mothers try to make sense of the legal, reproductive and human rights issues behind adoptions.]]></description>
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		<title>Activism and motherhood in Asia</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/activism-and-motherhood-in-asia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Chandranayagam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empowerment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=1054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Humanitarian activist mothers in Asia are becoming icons for human rights causes worldwide. What does a woman sacrifice for the cause she fights for?]]></description>
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		<title>In labor and in chains: Pregnancy and prisons</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/in-labor-and-in-chains-pregnancy-and-prisons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/in-labor-and-in-chains-pregnancy-and-prisons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliana Rincon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[correctional facilities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=935</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pregnant women are still giving birth handcuffed and with their feet shackled. In some places, it is a struggle to ensure human rights for pregnant women. What have been some of the steps made to ensure that they are treated humanely and with respect to the life they carry?]]></description>
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		<title>What I learned from teenage mothers in Brazil</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/teenage-mother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Hong</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How do we avoid imposing our Western imperialists talk about “rights” on young women whose core beliefs diverge from ours?]]></description>
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