Global Women's Rights: Global Sexual Reproductive Health &
Rights Ninety-nine percent of pregnancy related deaths occur in
the developing world. Each year, 529,000 women and girls die
worldwide due to complications related to pregnancy. Millions
more are left maimed or injured. In addition some 70,000 women
and girls die annually from unsafe, often illegal abortions.
These, however, are just estimates. Experts believe actual
numbers of women dying or injured are much higher. Countless
deaths of women and girls go unreported. The vast majority of
these fatalities are preventable. The Feminist Majority
Foundation's Campus Program plays an instrumental role in
educating our groups on 431 colleges campuses in 44 states
across the United States about the far reaching impacts that
policies made in the United States have on the reproductive
health and lives of women around the world. The FMF Campus
Campaign mobilizes college students on global reproductive
health and rights issues. In January 2009, after an 8 year l