hi, Ok am ready to to chat now... will go to skype and invite you.
Charles On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Christine Munduru <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > >
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