Thousands of women and girls die every year in Sierra Leone as a result of treatable complications of pregnancy and childbirth.
According to Amnesty International these deaths are not natural or inevitable, but preventable and unacceptable. This is not just a health emergency; it is a human rights scandal.
Amnesty International has published, on September 2009, a report on maternal mortality as a human rights issue. The report Out of Reach: The Cost of Maternal Health in Sierra Leone is downloadable from Amnesty International website.
Watch the video of Amnesty International about maternal mortality
Watch the video interview to two women activist of Hurrarc related to female genital mutilation.
Hawa fights to protect children from genital mutilation, even after having been threatened.
Josephine is involved into the question: she’s a victim.
Hawa fights to protect children from genital mutilation, even after having been threatened.
Josephine is involved into the question: she’s a victim.
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HURRARC (Human Rights Respect Awareness Raising Campaigners) is a Sierra Leone NGO based in Freetown. It was founded in 1992, by Sahr GMP Fania together with other refugees from Sierra Leone at the time of the outbreak of the civil war, to document the Human Rights Violations being committed by all parties. HURRARC has been registered as a Community Based Organisation (CBO) with Freetown City Council. 
