India is an emerging global superpower, but far too many women and girls continue to face severe barriers while trying to access life-saving healthcare. Tens of thousands of Indian women needlessly die every year because of pregnancy, childbirth, and unsafe abortions. Families accept these deaths as destiny or fate, unaware most maternal deaths can be prevented with access to appropriate healthcare.

In June and July 2009, the Cambodian government forcibly relocated HIV-affected families living in Borei Keila, a housing development in Phnom Penh, to substandard housing at Tuol Sambo, a remote site 25 kilometers from the city. The families were resettled into crude, green metal sheds that are baking hot in the daytime and lack running water and adequate sanitation.