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title: "Quick Hit: Amnesty International Unveils Maternal Death Clock"
date: 2010-09-20T22:02:45-04:00
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[From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Quick Hit: Amnesty International Unveils Maternal Death Clock

By Rachel Walden • September 20, 2010

Please note: This entry -- originally posted at [Our Bodies, Our Blog](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog) -- has not been updated since the publication date listed above.

[From Amnesty International](http://www.amnestyusa.org/demand-dignity/maternal-health-is-a-human-right/stop-the-maternal-death-clock-end-maternal-mortality/page.do?id=1691094):

  
  
> Beginning September 20 at 9 a.m. EST, the start of the Millennium Development Goals Summit, the Maternal Death Clock began to tick - keeping track of the total number of maternal deaths in the world.
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> September 20-22 world leaders are gathering in New York to chart a course forward on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - the framework that will guide the fight against global poverty through 2015.
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> The one goal aimed at decreasing maternal deaths has fallen far short of where it needs to be to meet the MDG target of cutting maternal deaths by 75% by the target date.
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> Hundreds of thousands of women and girls continue to die in pregnancy and childbirth each year. Most of them live in developing countries and low-income communities. In fact, one woman dies in childbirth every 90 seconds.
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> Join Amnesty International in making sure that human rights are at the heart of the MDGs!

  
  
If you go to the [site](http://www.amnestyusa.org/demand-dignity/maternal-health-is-a-human-right/stop-the-maternal-death-clock-end-maternal-mortality/page.do?id=1691094), there's a petition, more information, and code for embedding the death clock widget.

  
  

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