What Women Want: Demands for Quality Healthcare for Women and Girls is “a global advocacy campaign to improve quality maternal and reproductive healthcare for women and girls and strengthen health systems. Through this survey, we specifically aim to Educate and empower individuals about the importance of quality, equity and dignity in women’s and girls’ healthcare, Support women and girls to demand access to high-quality and dignified care and place women’s and girls’ self-articulated needs at the center of health policies, programs and accountability. According to the survey on 5000 rural women conducted by UVS, the top 5 needed things were-
1. Respectful and dignified care (103,584)
2. Water, sanitation, and hygiene (90,625)
3. Medicines and supplies (82,805)
4. Increased, competent and better supported midwives and nurses (65,028)
5. Increased, fully functional and closer health facilities (59,388)