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Deliver, produced by the Federation of Women Lawyers-Kenya (FIDA Kenya) and the Center for Reproductive Rights in New York, pointed out that public health facilities often suffer from lack of supplies and congestion. Claris Ogangah-Onyango, legal counsel for FIDA Kenya, points out the obvious: When the majority of beds in maternity hospitals are occupied by women with post-abortion complications, there is not enough space and care for other women. The government is mostly concerned with post-abortion care, she says, and most of the funding goes to that. But theyre not doing anything to stop [unsafe] abortions. What has really affected our work in Kenya is that we have very few women in our parliament [just 18 of 222 members], says Ogandah-Onyango. When we take our issues to the government, they are blocked. FIDA and other womens organizations have approached the candidates for the next parliament to sign a document that they will support gender-friendly bills. Putting more women in government would make a big difference. And what can women in the U.S. do to help their Kenyan sisters? Lobby for change in the policies that govern reproductive health, she says. U.S. women can also support the efforts of groups such as FIDA Kenya (www.fidakenya.org), which is now part of the Reproductive Health and Rights Alliance in Kenya. Sisterhood is a global mission. Economics and politics and even social conscience aside, we know that only by empowering all women can we ensure the future of the world. --Michele Kort, with Mary Kathomi Riungu reporting from Nairobi For the full article, see the Winter 2008 issue of Ms. magazine, now available on newsstands and by subscription from http://www.msmagazine.com/.
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