Protect Guatemalan Mothers from Death!

In the 21st century, mothers keep dying in the supposedly most advanced species on the planet – humans!

Care2 tells that Indigenous women in Guatemala are three times more likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth than non-indigenous women. These alarming statistics are the result of a range of factors including discrimination and cultural, financial, and physical barriers.

Health authorities in Guatemala are trying to address this issue but they need to carry out a lot of serious research in order to have a clear undersatdning of the causes of pregnancy and/or childbirth-related deaths.

In an email notification, Care2 has asked all caring people to Sign the Petition, to be forwarded through Health Poverty Action's Mothers on the Margins campaign, urging the Guatemalan government to protect indigenous mothers.