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Report of the Virtual National Meet

Thank you for joining us for the observance of National Safe Motherhood Day 2021!
Extending our gratitude to all those who attended the National Virtual Meet as well as those who participated in celebrations organized by our various state alliances and members. We asked, we listened, and now we’re excited to ACT – with all of you – to make sure that what women want, is what women get.

Following are the highlights from the Virtual Meet on What Women Want: Listen. Act. Change held on April 12, 2021. This occasion enabled the entire White Ribbon Alliance of India membership to come together to celebrate the National Safe Motherhood Day and to pledge to promote safe motherhood in India.
Maa Banne Ka Pehla Ehsaas, a Dastangoi performance: Art can be a powerful medium to raise awareness. At the National Meet, India’s first female dastango, Ms. Fouzia, performed a powerful, mesmerizing rendition of a woman’s journey of childbirth as narrated by various women who were part of the What Women Want campaign.
Release of What Women Want India Action Agenda: We celebrated women’s voices and aspirations by highlighting the findings of the What Women Want Campaign. From 2016 to 2019, this campaign led to nearly 3.35 lakh women from 27 states and Union Territories of India articulating what they want from their maternal and reproductive healthcare institutions. This successful campaign, conceptualized in India, went global in 2018, reaching over 1.2 million women worldwide. Vaidya Smita Bajpai, State Coordinator, WRA Rajasthan, released the WWW India Book of Findings that calls for action to ensure that what women want is what women get.
Read the WWW Report
Trailer of God Ki Delivery: Popular playwright, theatre director and producer Mr. Atul Satya Kaushik, released the trailer of his play ‘God ki Delivery’, written and produced with WRAI, encapsulating some of the insights that emerged from the What Women Want campaign and highlighting the struggles a woman faces while giving birth – even if she is giving birth to god. The full play will be up on our social media soon!
Closing Remarks: Dr. Manju Chhugani, Member of the WRAI Executive Committee, Dean and Principal, Rufaida College of Nursing, gave the closing remarks and vote of thanks, leading the participants through a pledge renewing our commitment to promoting safe motherhood in India.
Message from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India: Dr. S.K. Sikdar, Advisor RCH, MoHFW, Government of India, through an audio message greeted everyone on the occasion of NSMD and congratulated WRAI on the What Women Want Campaign. He also called for continued efforts to promote the right to respectful and quality health care in India.
Sharing of What Women Want Global Dashboard: Mr. Harish Chand from World Vision India, a WRAI partner, presented the What Women Want Global Dashboard - an online, interactive data visualization tool that brought together the voices of over 1 million women, including women from India. It offers an unprecedented level of access to women’s demands to allow anyone, anywhere to see exactly what women want when it comes to their healthcare, and be able to meaningfully respond.
Visit the Global Dashboard
Announcing the first-ever #WRAIPhotoContest - Hamara Swasthya, Hamara Adhikar: Ms. Renuka Motihar, member Executive Committee, WRAI, introduced the White Ribbon Alliance India Photo Contest 2021. Inviting amateurs, professionals, or anyone with a phone camera to capture an emotion, interaction, activity around maternal health, a woman seeking services or a service provider delivering them, or even of women at large accessing these health services. Last date of submission of entries - April 30, 2021.
Know more about the Photo Contest
In conversation with Anup Soni: Evidence suggests that men’s involvement in maternal health needs to be improved. Dr. Aparajita Gogoi, National Coordinator, WRAI, and Executive Director, C3, engaged in an insightful conversation with Anup Soni, actor and TV anchor, on "Where is the M(an) in Motherhood?" Anup spoke about the importance of men's involvement and support during their partner’s pregnancy. Stay tuned as we share the full interview and his rendition of "Jo bhi Inki Maangein hai"
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