`` Stand up For African Mothers '' is a campaign aiming to highlight the plight of African mothers . Launched by AMREF , it wants to ensure that all pregnant women in Africa have access to midwives . The group has nominated Ugandan midwife Esther Madudu for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize . In an interview with CNN last year she said there was no need for her to be given the prize because she had done so much good work and helped thousands of mothers.
`` Stand up For African Mothers '' is a campaign aiming to highlight the plight of African mothers . Launched by AMREF , it wants to ensure that all pregnant women in Africa have access to midwives . The group has nominated Ugandan midwife Esther Madudu for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize . AMREF aims to train 15,000 midwives in Africa by 2015 .