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Title:
The Mother & Child Project : raising our voices for health and hope
Author:
Gates, Melinda, 1964- author of introduction, etc.
Contents:
Choosing joy for mothers and children / All lives have equal value / Third world women / Maternal and child health: how healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy saves lives -- Mihret Gebrehiwot's story: Ethiopia -- A mama knows / Contraception is a pro-life cause in developing world / Family planning as a pro-life cause / Transforming the world / the burden we should share / Baby free until 2013 / Women and girls' health / She counts / New ideas, new opinions / Who will take care of my children? / A "big tent" approach / Personal and professional reasons to be thankful for child spacing / Why Christians should care about maternal health / Contraception uncoupled / From mother to mother / Strong mothers: the key to healthy families, communities, and nations -- Beryl Anyago's story: Kenya -- Helping women isn't just a "nice" thing to do / Maternal health and the strategy for empowering women / Better moms make a better world / Healthy mothers create healthy societies, and a safer world / How I became a maternal health advocate / Family planning and linkages with US health and development goals / Making dreams come true / Other concerns: male involvement, child marriage, slavery, and orphan care -- Namatta Lillian's story: Uganda -- Kiran Awasthi's story: India -- What's so scary about smart girls? / Men as difference-makers / From the shade of an acacia tree / Too young to wed / Child marriage and dowry deaths / A promise to girls / Forced to confront the impossible / Brothels, survival, and hope / Contraceptives in the developing world / Speaking up for other mothers / Every child deserves a family / Why maternal health matters to people of faith -- Dorine's story: Burundi -- The good Samaritan in the global village / The first-responder church / You just never know / Blessed for all generations / What kind of people ought you to be? / On shame and stewardship / Sovereign over us / The old new thing / The village nearby / Appendix: What you can do. -- How you can become an advocate -- How you can give: partners in maternal health.
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