GPS recognizes that women’s health is severely affected by the lack of effective policies and appropriate services especially in maternal healthcare and for determinants of health. Through community mobilization, monitoring, case documentation, capacity-building, campaigns, and advocacy with service providers and the media, the maternal health and rights programme seeks to make a change in the ground realities in India.

GPS investigates the reasons behind poor maternal health indicators and experiences, engages in advocacy to hold the government accountable for creating and implementing effective maternal health policies, and builds the capacity of underserved and marginalised women to campaign for their rights to accessible and quality maternal health services and entitlements such as nutrition, social security, livelihood, personal safety, sanitation, and safe water.

Objectives

Increasing the ‘voice’ of marginalized women for health planning, in programme monitoring, and in demanding accountability for their right to health. Informing local and national policy makers and other stakeholders including the media about the perspectives and experiences of poor women vis-à-vis health system.