The Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights has issued a call for action on the 28th of May to raise awareness and promote action and solidarity on the International Day of Action for Women's Health.
AWEPA would like to highlight Mother's Day created as a day for each family to honor its mother and express gratitude for the hardships they bear in bringing up a child.
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges humanity has ever faced and Africa now finds itself at a critical juncture. There is an increased concern about the impacts of climate change and calls for global justice. Whereas the North bears the largest responsibility for the causes of climate change, the South, and especially Africa, will suffer the worst consequences, consequences that are now inevitable.
Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria causes more than 1 million deaths and approximately 500 million cases a year. The disease primarily affects children under five and pregnant women in Africa, and vulnerable groups such as ethnic minorities, the poor and mobile populations in Asia. Malaria affects 40 percent of the world's population - putting 3.2 billion people at risk in 107 countries."
