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I stand with Canada to change the birth story because I believe that every adolescent girl, woman and child has the right to be healthy and to live a life free of discrimination.

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99%

Of all maternal deaths occur in developing countries.

Approximately

2

million

girls under age 15 become pregnant every year.

Approximately

2.7

million

newborn babies die every year.

Young mother holding child in BangladeshYoung mother holding child in Bangladesh

What is the   birth story
that needs to change?



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Young family in BangladeshYoung family in Bangladesh

Real people, real impact,
real change

We’d like to take you through the difficult choices many women, men, adolescent girls and children have to make when faced with issues related to maternal, sexual and reproductive health. Find out what it’s like from the people living through it daily.

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  • Young pregnant girl
    Early marriage is a regrettable experience that every lady will not want to experience. It is very common in this community. We are all victims of early marriage which we have all regretted. We wish to have the opportunity to reverse the hands of time.
    A married adolescent girl in Ghana.
  • [There are] long queues at the clinic, no medicines available at the clinic but women are asked to buy. No doctor at the clinic, nurses insulting and mocking young girls. No money for transportation.
    Older woman in Ghana.
  • Young girl with baby
    During the delivery no one told me what to do to take care of myself.
    A girl from Plan Canada-supported communities in Senegal.
Two girls smilingTwo girls smiling

Real stories

These are the inspiring stories of people who are directly impacted by our programs.

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What is #ChangetheBirthStory?

The #changethebirthstory campaign is all about raising awareness on several key topics such as: sexual and reproductive health, maternal and infant health as well as gender equality. This campaign will also present our gender transformative programming* Gender transformative projects have an explicit rights-based intention to transform unequal gender power relations which are often at the heart of many disadvantages faced by women and girls; the focus goes beyond improving the condition of women and girls to improve their social position. Gender transformative projects address the root causes of gender inequality and promote the value of women and girls   projects supported by Plan International Canada and the Government of Canada.

What are we doing to support changing birth stories?

Click below to read more about how Plan International Canada is supporting adolescents, men, women and health workers to #changethebirthstory in their communities.

Adolescent girl in a classroom
» Adolescents
A mother holding her baby
» Women
Father holding his child
» Men
A health worker
» Health workers
Three obstacles to seeking careThree obstacles to seeking careLearn about the barriers

Visit our travelling exhibit

We’ll be visiting malls across Ontario and Alberta sharing stories and information to encourage people to help #Changethebirthstory!

Ontario

Eaton Centre 11-Jun - 24-Jun
Vaughan Mills 25-Jun - 15-Jul
Markville Mall 16-Jul - 22-Jul
Fairview Mall 23-Jul - 29-Jul
Bramalea City Centre 30-Jul - 16-Aug
CNE Indoor 17-Aug - 3-Sep

Alberta

West Edmonton Mall (1) 25-Jun - 22-Jul
West Edmonton Mall (2) 23-Jul - 19-Aug

Rickshaw Ambulance

Ontario

Mississauga Waterfront Festival (MWF) 15-Jun - 17-Jun
Rotary Conference 23-Jun - 27-Jun
Yonge Eglinton Centre 2-Jul - 16-Jul
BRAVE festival (at harbourfront) 28-Jul - 29-Jul
CNE Outdoor 17-Aug - 3-Sep
Yonge Eglinton Centre 5-Aug - 13-Aug

Learn more about the rickshaw ambulance
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