How to add your voice
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Choose a message that speaks to you.
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Add your own reason for being on her side.
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Post it with #OnHerSide.
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I'm #OnHerSide because a girl deserves information about family planning long before any crisis occurs. Are you?
I'm #OnHerSide because no woman should die giving life to another. Are you?
I'm #OnHerSide because access to life-saving tools and commodities would be within reach. Are you?
I'm #OnHerSide because a mother deserves the same safe, respectful care whether she is rich or poor, in a city or a village. Are you?
I'm #OnHerSide because newborn survival starts with the care a woman gets before, during and after birth. Are you?
I'm #OnHerSide because every teen deserves access to the contraception she chooses, not just the one she can get. Are you?
Social Media Messages
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Most maternal deaths are preventable. So when a woman dies giving life, I’m #OnHerSide in calling for life-saving tools and commodities that reaches her before it is too late. Are you?
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Most maternal deaths are preventable, and the solutions are already known. Antenatal care. Skilled care during birth. Emergency care if complications happen. Support after delivery. Being #OnHerSide means turning what we know into what she can actually reach.
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99% of maternal deaths occur in developing countries. A woman’s chance of surviving pregnancy should never depend on where she was born. #OnHerSide means access to life-saving tools and commodities, NOW!
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Maternal death is one of the clearest signs of global inequality. @WHO notes that 99% of maternal deaths occur in developing countries. Being #OnHerSide means calling for health systems, financing and political attention to focus on the women facing the greatest risk, especially those living in poverty, rural areas and fragile settings.
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A woman’s lifetime risk of maternal death is 1 in 4,900 in developed countries, compared with 1 in 180 in developing countries. That gap is political. #OnHerSide in calling for access to life-saving tools and commodities
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The lifetime risk of maternal death shows how deeply unequal women’s health still is. @WHO notes that a woman’s lifetime risk of dying from a maternal cause is 1 in 4,900 in developed countries, compared with 1 in 180 in developing countries. Being #OnHerSide means closing the gap!
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About 2.7 million newborns died in 2015, and 2.6 million babies were stillborn. #OnHerSide means protecting the most vulnerable amongst us.
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Maternal and newborn health are bound together. @WHO estimated that in 2015, 2.7 million newborn babies died and 2.6 million babies were stillborn. Being #OnHerSide means protecting both lives together, through quality pregnancy care, skilled birth attendance, emergency care and support in the first weeks after birth.
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More than 15 million births every year are among girls aged 15–19. A girl’s body should not be forced into adulthood before her life is ready. #OnHerSide
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Adolescent pregnancy is never just a “girls’ issue.” It is about information, power, protection, poverty, schooling, services and whether adults are willing to talk honestly before a crisis begins. @WHO notes that more than 15 million live births each year are among girls aged 15–19. I’m #OnHerSide in calling for honest information, counselling, contraception, protection and support that lets girls grow first.
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Complications from pregnancy and childbirth remain an important cause of death among girls aged 15–19. Being #OnHerSide means refusing to treat teenage pregnancy as inevitable.
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Many women still cannot access modern contraception. Choice is not real when the service is too far, too expensive, too judged or out of stock. #OnHerSide
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When a teenager becomes pregnant, the risks do not stop at stigma or school dropout. WHO warns that pregnancy and childbirth complications are an important cause of death among girls aged 15–19 in low- and middle-income countries. Being #OnHerSide means reaching girls earlier with information, counselling, protection, contraception and care that does not shame them for needing help.
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The first month of life is when the risk of death is highest. Being #OnHerSide means being on the side of her newborn’s firstbreath, first day and first chance
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Reproductive choice has to exist in clinics, counselling rooms, pharmacies, schools, homes and communities. @WHO notes that despite increased contraceptive use over the past 30 years, many women in all regions still do not have access to modern contraceptive methods. I’m #OnHerSide in calling for contraception that is available, affordable, accurate and free from shame.
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Women’s health does not end when the baby is born. A mother’s wellbeing and a newborn’s survival are tied together in the first hours, days and weeks of life. @WHO notes that the first month is the period when the risk of death is highest, with prematurity, birth asphyxia and infections among the main causes. I’m #OnHerSide in calling for newborn care that is ready from the first breath.