Africa: The Shared Challenges of Giving Birth

Hermina lives in the Central African Republic (CAR), Murjanatu in northern Nigeria, and Sabera is a Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh. Though they live in vastly different places, the struggles they have faced simply for being pregnant bring them closer together.

“I walked from five to nine in the morning,” says Hermina Nandode, cradling her baby wrapped in a colourful blanket. “I had to come alone–my parents arrived the next day. My husband wanted to come, but his bicycle broke down.” She’s…