'Midwives speaking out on COVID-19' has been peer-reviewed and published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.

The paper is open-access and explores the impact of the pandemic through the experiences of 101 midwifery organisations worldwide.

Read more 👇

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Interested in writing about impact from your own work? Check out our call for contributors below:

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OVJ08 📣

New article from Rodante van der Waal Dr. Kaveri Mayra Feminist Noire 🤍 | Anna Horn (She/Her) & Rachelle Chadwick, titled- #ObstetricViolence : An intersectional refraction through #abolition #feminism 🙌🏾

Feminist Anthropology Journal
Dana Davis
Sameena Mulla (she/her)
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How many times have you visited a health facility and not felt respected? We started a movement to change that. Tell us what respectful care looks like to you for your chance to win $5,000! #RespectMeans , #WhatWomenWant #GenerationEquality bit.ly/3zBi1wW

We cannot wait to dig into this new podcast challenging the standards and stereotypes society tries to impose on women. Grabbing our 🍿 for some hot takes 👀
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New publication 📣

Here's a gem that we poured our hearts & soul into. The next game changer in #ObstetricViolence research. With Rodante van der Waal
Feminist Noire 🤍 | Anna Horn (She/Her) Rachelle Chadwick Feminist Anthropology Journal
🌟Trigger warning🌟
Please read & share. 🙏🏽
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What a tragic way to take the Hippocratic oath -- committing to serve people while under siege, without medicine or medical equipment. My deep admiration for the resilience of these young doctors who are trying to save lives under terrible conditions.
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#Selfcare only works to improve health when we build supportive policies and environments that encourage trust and believe that people know what's best for them. We're not doing enough to create this environment. White Ribbon Alliance Kenya - what can we do differently?

#SelfCareHotTakes 🌶️

📚Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s Abolition Geography reading group starting this time next week

Sunday 26th June, 8pm UK time

Starting with discussion of the introduction by Brenna Bhandar and Alberto Toscano

Interested? Join us!

🚨🚨🚨Deadline approaching: June 30, 2022: Call for Proposals – Violence, gender and power: feminist struggles around violence against women: feministafrica.net/2022/05/05/cal…

Very few midwives have submitted applications or been awarded a Senior Investigator Award. The webinar will inspire, with the possibility of mentorship to follow. 20 June 5pm
Sara Webb Royal College of Midwives 💙 PhDMidwives Prof Jane Sandall CBE Vanora Hundley Dr Kerry Evans, RM

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Very happy to share the #BirthMapping methods paper. This too is straight from the:1) doctoral research & 2) heart 🤗🥰 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/16…
IJQM Birth Place Lab Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity (CGSHE) Michael Smith Health Research BC Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre International Confederation of Midwives Prof Jane Sandall CBE @TheZedster UoS Social Statistics and Demography UBC Medicine

What incredibly tasteless and twisted minds it must take to think up, approve and create these stinking body spray ‘gang rape’ innuendo ads..!! Shameful.

Very proud to have been part of this landmark legal inquiry. Now to see what people do with it because the time for conversation, as we continually say, is OVER. Time for action and change. #OurBodiesAreNotBroken

There were many accounts of women and staff hearing Asian women being referred to as 'princesses' or 'precious' and black women as 'aggressive' or 'angry'

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💧Dr Bashi Hazard HRIC International Confederation of Midwives Feminist Noire 🤍 | Anna Horn (She/Her) Mimi Niles, Midwife, PhD, MPH Dana Davis WRA UK

Today Birthrights released 'Systemic Racism, Not Broken Bodies' which details the detrimental effect racism in maternity care has on Black, Brown & minority ethnic women & birthing people.

We 👏 the expert panel for their commitment to this work. Benash (she/her) Sandra Igwe
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Congratulations to Professor Emerita Mary Renfrew from School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee on becoming the first midwife elected to Academy of Medical Sciences 👏 🎉

Read how her work has touched the lives of millions of parents and newborns here 👉 buff.ly/3yycjeO

#WHA75 is rapidly approaching and we want to officially introduce our delegation!
We have selected a diverse and inspiring group of women to represent our collective movement and call for action on gender transformative leadership
Meet them and join us!

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