Women across the country are raising awareness about preventable child deaths by hosting symbolic “baby showers.” Today's blog story comes from Christina Bradic, our Women of Vision Advocacy Intern. Christina shares how hosting a baby shower can be an exciting work of advocacy!

Shortly after beginning working with Women of Vision, I saw in my inbox one morning a story that caught my attention, and to me, was really exciting.  Geraldine Ryerson-Cruz, who works for World Vision US in Washington D.C., spoke out for mothers everywhere- in a very dramatic way.  During the G8 summit in Paris, France, she showed up with a baby basket at the Sarkozy residence as the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, and his wife, Carla Bruni, were expecting a child.  With the baby basket came a note- ‘Congratulations, your baby has won the geographical lottery.  Because your baby will be born in France she is 43 times more likely to celebrate her fifth birthday than a baby born this year in the former French colony, Chad.’

I loved this message. I loved the attention that it received from[...]

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