Nancy Durrell McKenna is an award-winning photographer, film-maker and author who specialises in work around pregnancy and birth in the UK and in developing countries.

In 2003, she achieved a long-held ambition and founded the UK registered charity, SafeHands for Mothers, of which she is Executive Director. As Executive Director her goal is to focus public attention on the need to reduce maternal mortality worldwide and contribute in a positive way to achieving it.

SafeHands for Mothers calls for renewed efforts to combat the huge numbers of women who die in pregnancy and childbirth worldwide. Incredibly, between 500,000 and 600,000 women die every year - 99% of these are in developing countries.