They often have to face the conflicting demands of their social and economic environment, such as providers, family carers and wage earners, in addition to bearers of children. For them safe motherhood is a highly concrete matter, not an abstract concept. The first element in safe motherhood is adequate spacing between pregnancies. That may be taken for granted in your social environment, but in many male dominated social environments that is not the case. An important element of safe motherhood is adequate and appropriate nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Pregnant women require diets that are appropriate even if they are calorifically adequate.
Providing that is no problem in developed countries like yours. But that is not the case in so-called developing countries, as illustrated by the fact that in these countries more than half the pregnant women suffer from debilitating anaemia. I mentioned the role of women as family carers and wage earners. Women are in need of a reduced workload adapted to the constraints of pregnancy, particularly before and after childbirth. The fulfilment of this need is dependent on their social and economic environment.