Awareness and perceptions of women regarding human rights related to maternal health in rural Bangladesh.

Background: The global development community has increasingly come to frame preventable maternal mortality and morbidity principally as a violation of women's basic human rights, necessitating a human rights-based approach to be appropriately addressed. In this article, we explore how human rights are understood and perceived in relation to maternal health at the local level in rural Bangladesh. This is essential given the momentum at the global level to promote rights and apply rights-based approaches to maternal health.

Opting for home birth in rural Bangladesh: An assessment of the current status and reasons.

Background: In Bangladesh, over half of women give birth at home, generally without the support of a skilled birth attendant. In this article, we examined the decision-making around birthplace and explored the reported reasons of preferring home birth over facility birth in a rural district of Bangladesh.

Methods: A cross-sectional household survey with 1367 women was conducted in Brahmanbaria district.