White Ribbon Alliance UK works to transform sexual and reproductive healthcare, emphasising the wellbeing and human rights of women, girls, and gender-diverse individuals. We prioritise the eradication of gender-based violence and the promotion of gender equality. We push for advancements in trauma-informed care, safeguarding mental and physical wellbeing, and promoting policy reforms to protect the most vulnerable members of society.
OUR MISSION
White Ribbon Alliance UK (WRA UK) is a people-led movement working to transform sexual and reproductive healthcare and end gender-based violence, emphasising the health and rights of women, girls, and gender-diverse individuals.
With a particular focus upon disparities in Black maternal health and inclusive gynaecological care for LGBTQ+ and disabled individuals, we advocate for an urgent reduction in pregnancy-related deaths, improvement in inclusive gynaecological services provisioning, and prevention of midwife burnout and attrition. We aim to equip and empower midwives, mothers, birthing individuals, healthcare professionals and birth workers with essential tools, data, and support to affect positive change in maternity health services.
WRA UK prioritises the eradication of gender-based violence and the promotion of gender equality. We push for advancements in trauma-informed care, safeguarding mental and physical well-being, and promoting policy reforms across the UK and the world.
WRA UK envisions a world where every community member actively contributes to achieving equitable, respectful, and high-quality gynaecological care for all, underpinned by a deep commitment to gender equality and the comprehensive education of the public and medical professionals on sexual and reproductive health rights. Our approach in this is simple; we ask, we listen, and we act.
OUR WORK
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Free From Harm
Free From Harm raises awareness of the need to eliminate violence and minimise trauma in the perinatal period, by highlighting the structural inequalities that enable these harms to occur. It also helps midwives to recognise when their own human rights are not being upheld and understand how this impacts them and the care they are able to give.
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What Women Want
The What Women Want campaign asked 1.3 million women and girls about their top priority for their own reproductive and maternal health, listened deeply to their needs and aspirations and acted by mobilizing women, communities, and advocates to bring demands to local decision-makers—turning What Women Want into What Women Won.
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Respectful Maternity Care Charter
The Respectful Maternity Care Charter addresses the issue of disrespect and abuse toward women and newborns who are utilizing maternal and newborn care services and provides a platform for improvement. The charter specifically delineates how human rights are implicated in the context of pregnancy and childbirth and affirms the basic inalienable rights of women and newborns.
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March with Midwives
March With Midwives envision a UK maternity workforce that operates within a culture of respect, autonomy and choice that enables them to support women and birthing people to achieve healthy, safe and fulfilling maternity journeys. We aim to raise awareness of the critical state of UK maternity services and campaign to prevent unnecessary harm.
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Safer Beginnings
DeImproving maternal outcomes, and addressing the safety of women and their babies, is one of the most important challenges facing maternity systems today. Safer Beginnings was an 18 month programme of work delivered by White Ribbon Alliance UK in partnership with Best Beginnings and funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport through the 2021-2022 TamponTax Fund.
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Childbirth Choices Matter
Childbirth Choices Matter are a collective of women, doulas, NHS midwives and independent midwives (IMs) who have come together to strengthen the rights of women and birthing people to choose the circumstances in which they give birth to their babies, including place of birth and midwifery led continuity of carer.