UK pledges 100 million pounds to the UN Population Fund

Interview with Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA

"Maternal health can be improved through strengthened political commitment and the dedication of increased resources. Life or death is a political decision," said Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director. "The United Kingdom's generous investment in women will enable UNFPA to provide urgent, coordinated and sustained action to save mothers' lives. There can be no safe future without safe motherhood - no woman should die giving life."