State Legislative Toolkit Now Available
Curious how your state licensing law measures up when compared to national and international standards? Need help planning a campaign to secure licensure for CPMs in your state? Would information about the benefits of midwifery care be useful in your efforts to promote CPMs? NACPM has heard your requests for help and is providing a State Legislative Toolkit to address your needs – please click through for more information.
Midwives’ Voices, Midwives Realities: An International Perspective
The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), World Health Organization (WHO), White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) and partners are calling for an end to the discrimination, harassment and lack of respect that hinder midwives’ ability to provide quality care to women and newborns. The first global survey of midwifery personnel led by the WHO, the ICM and WRA, Midwives’ Voices, Midwives Realities: Findings from a global consultation on providing quality midwifery care, reports findings from 2400 midwives in 93 countries.
Just as we are all committed to the highest quality care for all women, newborns and their families, so must we be united in our fervor to ensure that the midwifery workforce is supported by quality education, regulation, and safe working conditions. Midwives must be respected, compensated and valued as equally as other professionals. Frances Ganges, ICM Chief Executive
It’s time to recognize the pivotal role midwives play in keeping mothers and newborns alive. Their voices have gone unheard for too long, and too often they have been denied a seat at the decision-making table. Dr Anthony Costello, Director of Maternal, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health at WHO.
Related links:
International Confederation of Midwives Facebook Page
White Ribbon Alliance’s Promotion of Midwifery webpage
The Lancet, “Midwifery and Quality Care: findings from a new evidence-informed framework for maternal and newborn care“
PLOS ONE, “What Prevents Quality Midwifery Care?”