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•95 percent of all maternal deaths occur in Asia and Africa. Less than one percent of maternal deaths occur in the developed regions, and only four percent in the Latin America and Caribbean region.
•Honduras is the only developing country to see a significant decline in maternal mortality (40% decline between 1990 and 1997).
Birth in Timor Leste
Agnès Dherbeys - EVE photographer
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After four centuries spent under Portuguese administration and two decades worn out by fierce Indonesian occupation, newborn East Timor is faced with the challenge of rebuilding a country.

In 1999 alone approximately 75% of the country’s infrastructure was destroyed by pro-Indonesian militias. Today, the fragile stability of the country is undermined by so-called ethnic and political unrest.

Access to health care is among the graver issues faced in East Timor. The majority of pregnant women give birth at home, most of the time without any medical assistance and without any basic knowledge of hygiene; as a result, many women die while giving birth. The fertility rate in East Timor is the world’s highest: 7/8 children per woman.

Elisabeth is 29 years old and expecting the birth of her fourth child. The first one was born in September 1999 in the mountains where Timorese were taking shelter from militia machete fury.

To reach Elisabeth’s house, you have to walk 20 minutes in Foho Aiturilaran after driving along an earth track where most of cabs would charge you more to take you. The traditional midwife goes almost every day to Elisabeth’s. “I am lucky; the other midwives are too scared to walk in the mountain at night,” Elisabeth says.

The delivery will take place on the floor. The Dayia (traditional midwife) opens the vagina with coconut oil. The baby will come after hard contractions; Elisabeth is quite anxious but she holds on.

Three days later, the Face Matan ceremony takes place; the placenta (the little sister) will be buried in the “kitchen” where it will always be watered. The baby’s name is chosen during the Face Matan. It will be Ines.

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More than merely a collection of emerging women photographers, EVE is the result of a common aspiration: to mobilize each of its member’s photographic approach and interpretation of the world in order to provide an original and powerful series of work.

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