In Niger, one in seven women can expect to die during childbirth.

Scars resulting from the procedure increase the incidence of tearing during intercourse and childbirth.

TAKES NOTE that complications during pregnancy and childbirth are still the leading cause of death for women in the reproductive age in developing countries and that mortality during childbirth has not decreased over the last decade in the poorest countries.

Non compensation of salary during childbirth leave is a serious offence and is subject to fines.

Every woman during pregnancy and during and after childbirth is provided with specialized medical care in institutions of the State health care system.

Another consequence of rape is increased maternal mortality related to the higher risk of complications during childbirth.

Millions of women continued to die during childbirth, particularly in rural Africa, where there was little access to medical assistance.

The percentile distribution of the female population in fertile age for medical assistance during childbirth, per residence area in 1997, was the following

In these countries, early childbearing and a lack of skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth contribute to extremely high levels of maternal mortality.

With respect to the Goal on maternal health, all women should have access to skilled care during childbirth, as well as to emergency obstetric care.

Mothers still die in childbirth.

The Labour Law (Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 43 99) stipulated that, during pregnancy, delivery and childcare, a woman has the right to childbirth leave for one year continuously, while for twins, a third and any following childbirth, it is 18 months (art.

Of these, 40 had made the childbirth in the maternity and a slightly higher percentage, 45 , received after childbirth assistance.

More and more fathers are present at childbirth and also during the period after the birth in the hospital, where it is possible to stay in family rooms.

These population characteristics coupled with more general health risk factors, such as higher smoking rates and incidence of sexually transmitted infections, increase the risks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women during childbirth.

Introducing community solidarity mechanisms for dealing with pregnancy and childbirth risks (MURIGA).

According to a proposed amendment to the Labour Law, which is in the process of adoption, childbirth leave may be used by the father, in agreement with the mother, 60 days after childbirth.

Although the under five mortality rate has admittedly fallen from 248 to 180 per 1,000 live births, the Central African Republic still has the highest rate of maternal death during childbirth (1,100 women per 100,000 live births).

You know, childbirth in this part of the world is a wonderful event.

Around the world, one woman dies every minute and a half from childbirth.

And so I agree very emphatically that the pain of childbirth is not remembered.

This applied to the benefit payable during the 16 weeks surrounding childbirth (for self employed women) and that payable for four weeks in the case of adoption for each of the adoptive parents (for self employed men and women).

Article 33 of that law covers legal issues that encourage reproductive processes, the right of women to decide the question of maternity for themselves, and the provision of the appropriate medical services during pregnancy, childbirth, and the post natal period.

On an elemental level, we have all felt that spirituality at the time of childbirth.

Example establishment of women's health cooperatives such as the MURIGA (pregnancy and childbirth support cooperatives).

The costs usually strike in the prime of women s economically productive lives, devaluing their future contributions to society. At the extreme, more than 400 African women and girls die every day during pregnancy or childbirth, scarring families and plunging surviving children into hardship.

Mother to child transmission (MTCT) may take place during pregnancy, childbirth, or while breastfeeding, in which case mothers with HIV are held to be solely responsible for infecting their child, thus constituting another source of gender discrimination for women living with the virus.

The main objective of the movement is to reduce the rate of maternal mortality through the increased awareness of spouses, members of the family and the community about the importance of saving women's lives during childbirth and after they have become mothers.

Pregnancy and Childbirth Joy or Despair WLSA research report into Women and gender generated crimes of violence 2001

Childbirth entitles every woman to suspend work for fourteen (14) consecutive weeks, of which eight (8) after delivery.

This is not yet our norm in surgery let alone making checklists to go onto childbirth and other areas.

Almost half the deaths among Afghan women of reproductive age are the result of complications of pregnancy and childbirth.

In 1989, the duration of maternity leave had been 14 consecutive weeks, six weeks before and eight weeks after childbirth.

Childbirth leave in Republika Srpska lasts 12 continuous months, or 18 months for twins and the third or every following child.

Government regulation No. 1 of 1951 provides female workers with one and a half month's leave, both before and after childbirth.

Women of Turkish and Moroccan origin generally undergo childbirth at hospital, while home births are more common among ethnically Dutch women.

In Darfur, UNFPA provided supplies and equipment for safe childbirth, blood transfusions, prevention of sexually transmissible infections and other reproductive health needs.

Yet we still have very far to go. Every year, hundreds of thousands of women die in childbirth, 99 of them in developing countries.

As in the case of child mortality most cases of maternal death (74 per cent) are directly associated with pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium.

Seven women out of every 1000 die for reasons relating to pregnancy and childbirth and there is one midwife for every 1857 assisted births.

As a result, without urgent action, businesses are likely to face a huge skills shortage, especially in emerging markets and developing countries, where most economic activity will be concentrated. Indeed, the adult illiteracy rate in Somalia is 63 , and 39 in Nigeria in South Sudan, more girls die during childbirth than complete primary school.

She's 37 years old, she hasn't won a marathon of any kind in eight years, and a few months previously she almost died in childbirth.

Official data on female mortality due to pregnancy, childbirth or post partum complications show an average of 144 deaths per year between 1992 and 2002.

In Estonian legislation, provisions concerning the special protection of women in connection with pregnancy and childbirth are not considered as direct or indirect discrimination based on sex.

Such suspension may be extended by three (3) additional weeks in case of illness which has been duly certified and is the result of pregnancy or childbirth.