Dear members read the below email and support where possible. The court scheduled discussion for the constitutional court case on 27th May in Kampala and CSOs are demonstrating tomorrow in Arua, Mityana and Kampala in support, please be part of you are passionate. I hope that our women MPs in West Nile will support this noble cause among other people. They use women for votes and never look behind many times.
Christine We demand an end to Governments broken promises No more needless deaths of pregnant women Join us Friday May 27 at 8:00 AM at KCC/City Hall Gardens Who we are: We are an independent civil society coalition fighting for Government accountability to end the crisis of maternal mortality in this country. Every day in Uganda at least 16 women die needlessly in childbirth because of broken promises and a lack of political will.1 With real Government leadership, motherhood would be safe in Uganda. But now, Government is not ensuring that the health sector provides the lifesaving essential medicines, trained health workers, family planning commodities, emergency services, HIV and malaria treatment, and other basic elements of maternal health care. In fact, Government is actually decreasing health sector spending as a percentage of the overall budget. Instead of increasing investments in the real priorities of Ugandans, Government is spending huge sums of money on areas that are not priorities, such as Shs 1.3 trillion on fighter jets and other defense equipment. We are demanding that maternal deaths and other health priorities get the funding and attention they urgently require. What we are fighting for: This year, Uganda's Constitutional Court will hear a historic petition that could finally help to address this crisis. Constitutional Petition Number 16 of 2011 draws on the tragic deaths of two pregnant women one in Arua in 2010 and one in Mityana in 2009. This petition argues that Government non provision of essential services for pregnant women and their newborns violates the fundamental obligation of the country to uphold the Constitution and defend, protect and promote the right to health and the right to life. The petition calls upon the judiciary to pronounce the escalating maternal deaths in Uganda as an issue that violates the Constitutional rights of Ugandans. We are fighting for what we deserve as Ugandans: our hope is in the decision by Constitutional Court to compel government on its obligations government to immediately address the crisis of maternal mortality. Supporting this campaign is how we are honoring the lives of those mothers, sisters, aunties, wives, colleagues, friends, daughters, citizens and leaders whom we have lost. How you can help: We are requesting your support by recruiting your members to participate in peaceful demonstrations in solidarity with the petition. The demonstrations will be taking place Friday May 27 in Kampala, Arua and Mityana. On the same day, the Petition will be discussed during a Scheduling Conference in Kampala, at Constitutional Court. This is a critical first step we will use to increase pressure on government and to raise the profile of the Petition. We must work together to deliver a strong message that scandalous lack of access to essential services must end. What we are demanding: That Parliament and State House agree on a budget for financial year 2011 that dramatically increases investments in essential medicines, in recruitment and remuneration for nurses, midwives and other clinicians, and in equipping lower level health facilities so that women get the services they need to survive and thrive before, during and after delivery. For more information please contact Mabel Kukunda, UNHCO, with questions and to confirm your participation: [email protected] and 0704546017.
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