Teaching Cooperadoras in the DR
This week our own Cofounder and President of Saving Mothers, Dr. Tara Shirazian, went to the Dominican Republic to teach cooperadoras, or community health workers, about pap smears and gynecological issues for women!
Read MoreWoman of the Week: Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks was a poor black tobacco farmer born in 1920 who became ill with cervical cancer when she was in her thirties. In 1951, her cells were taken from her cervix without her knowledge. On October 4th, 1951, Henrietta passed away from late stage cervical cancer. These cells are now called HeLa, the most…
Read MoreNational Women's Health Week
It is #NationalWomensHealthWeek. We not only want to dedicate this week to the individuals that have devoted their lives to reducing disparities in health care for women, but also to the many women who still face significant disparities in accessing basic health care. It is these women whom Saving Mothers fights for every single day.
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Upcoming Saving Mothers Events: The LALM Jam Session to benefit Saving Mothers Free admission, donations to Saving Mothers Sunday, April 23rd, 7:30-11pm 151 Bleecker St, NY 125 Years of Women at Brown Conference Featuring Saving Mothers For Brown Alumni Friday, May 5th- Sunday May 7th Providence, RI Chipotle Fundraiser, Proceeds to Saving Mothers Sunday, May…
Read More4th Week of the School of POWHER
From our local staff member Jes, who created the School of POWHER program: “Saving Mothers staff is teaching blood pressure measurement, a technical skill, to women considered to be unteachable because they are indigenous, “uneducated”, and women. This photo definitely captures them in their natural element learning such a western practice. It is what I…
Read MoreHonor Your Mother by Saving Another
Its about that time! At Saving Mother’s we believe that no woman should die giving life, and we’ve made it our goal to combat preventable maternal mortality worldwide. This Mother’s Day you can help our efforts overseas by purchasing one of our beautiful Mother’s Day ECards to send to your mother. All proceeds from our…
Read MoreWoman of the Week: Rigoberta Menchú Tum
An indigenous Guatemalan woman of the K’iche’ branch of the Mayan culture, Rigoberta Menchú has dedicated her life to promoting the rights of indigenous peoples. She became active in the women’s rights movement as a teenager and later was a prominent workers’ rights advocate. In 1992 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition…
Read MoreThe After Life of Soap
Saving Mothers provides women in developing nations with safe birth kits for labor. In these birth kits, there are items such as soap to provide for a clean and safe delivery. We want to thank the various hotels that have donated soap to our organization. These hotels include the Maritime Hotel, Hotel Elysee, Viceroy Central…
Read MoreNational Safe Motherhood Day
It’s National Safe Motherhood Day. On this day we recognize the 343,000 women in developing nations that die during childbirth each year because of unsafe and unsanitary conditions. It’s time we invest in maternal health.
Read More2nd Week of the School of POWHER
WEEK 2 of our fourth School of POWHER Program in Guatemala: This class is the reproductive anatomy class our local staff loves to do every year as it speaks about reproductive anatomy, sex, and orgasms; all topics never spoken about publicly or privately in Guatemala. Most women Saving Mothers encounters and works with have never…
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