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Baby clothes, razor blades and water buckets: Exposing the brutal global inequalities in maternal care

The Independent·Rachel Hagan·28 days ago
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When 28-year-old Anshiya prepared for the birth of her sixth child at a health centre in rural Ethiopia, she did not pack the usual hospital bag, but instead a bucket. Her community in Gada Tokuma Kebele, in the south of the country, has chronic water shortages. She is used to carrying water , but what's different this time is that – at eight months pregnant – Anshiya is packing the bucket alongside baby clothes. Today, on International Day of the Midwife, WaterAid , is showing what expectant mothers pack before going into labour. It forms part of its “Time to Deliver” campaign , which The Independent has worked on. The contrast is stark, from Japan, where 43-year-old Ayako is bringing water from a concert by an artist she loves for comfort, to British 34-year-old Amira who is packing her mother 's bracelet. “It reminds me of her, and of home”, she said.…

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