On 13 September 2007 at Hotel Annapurna in Kathmandu, more than 200 participants from all 8 political parties, Ministry of Health and Population, journalists, INGOs/NGOs, donors, and the general public gathered to make a commitment to ensuring the rights of mothers and newborns in Nepal. This report contains the details of the event.

ADRA Nepal and Safe Motherhood Network Federation have agreed upon a contract of safe motherhood and newborn health workshop to support the eastern region\'s NGOs and GOs for providing knowledge on the sector of policy, technical and social issue and also providing knowledge on how to interlinking between the NGOs itself and NGOs to GO and avoiding repetition of same work in the MNH issues. However, ADRA Nepal and SMNF have jointly organized two days workshop entitle on \"Regional Level Workshop on Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health\" in Biratnagar at Hotel Swagatam on 20-21 November 2005. SMNF Nepal has provided facilitators for technical update and social issues like social mobilization on safe motherhood and newborn health whereas, ADRA Nepal has provided amended national policy on the same issues. In the basis of SM and newborn health knowledge, participants are suppose to work in the group to prepare the presentation regarding SM and newborn health issues and action plan for future work.

For most women around the world, childbirth and motherhood are normal and healthy experiences. However, for many mothers and their newborns, it can also mean death and disability resulting from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. Most of these complications are preventable. In Nepal maternal mortality and morbidity affects almost every home. It is estimated that 740/100,000 women die due to childbirth related causes, and between 6 to 15 women face morbidity as a consequence of unsafe pregnancy and childbirth. Similarly, it is estimated that 3 to 4 newborn mortality rate prevails in the world. Thus, providing information and extensive coverage of reproductive health services to women was identified as a key issue for Nepali women. Moreover, it was clear that a tremendous amount of collaboration, understanding, patience and passion were required to address the issue of safe motherhood and newborn health in this beautiful but difficult country.

This report contains the proceedings from the Advocacy Workshop on \"The Importance of incorporating the Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health Issue in Sectoral Government Ministries Plan of Action\" conducted on 31st March, 2004 at Hotel Himalaya, Kathmandu

This report contains the proceedings from the Central Level Safe Motherhood Advocacy Workshop conducted on 1st - 2nd Sept., 2005