Is overlooking mom's special holiday an effective way to call attention to women who die from pregnancy and childbirth complications around the world?
On May 13, model and activist Christy Turlington Burns is asking you to skip Mother's Day... and observe "No Mother's Day," instead. The effort, part of Turlington Burns' Every Mother Counts campaign, is designed to call attention to the 358,000 mothers around the world who die each year from pregnancy or childbirth complications, 90 percent of which are preventable. Turlington Burns wants women to discourage loved ones from buying them gifts, and to stay silent on Mother's Day — no answering the phone, no updating of Facebook profiles — to show "how much a mother is missed when she is gone" (see the campaign's video below). Is this an effective way to show solidarity with at-risk moms-to-be?
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Monday, May 07, 2012
Christy Turlington's 'totally confusing' war on Mother's Day - The Week
Is overlooking mom's special holiday an effective way to call attention to women who die from pregnancy and childbirth complications around the world?
On May 13, model and activist Christy Turlington Burns is asking you to skip Mother's Day... and observe "No Mother's Day," instead. The effort, part of Turlington Burns' Every Mother Counts campaign, is designed to call attention to the 358,000 mothers around the world who die each year from pregnancy or childbirth complications, 90 percent of which are preventable. Turlington Burns wants women to discourage loved ones from buying them gifts, and to stay silent on Mother's Day — no answering the phone, no updating of Facebook profiles — to show "how much a mother is missed when she is gone" (see the campaign's video below). Is this an effective way to show solidarity with at-risk moms-to-be?
See full Article.
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