International Midwifery articles from March 2003

International Midwifery archives from March 2003

ICM's increasing influence is based on its strong governance and structure.
March 1, 2003... The beginning of the month of March heralded several new 'beginnings' for those working for and within ICM. The first was the bringing together of the Regional Representatives and the Board of Management as the Executive Committee within 12...

The world's midwives represented at the ICM's Executive Committee.
March 1, 2003... It was a great pleasure that every single member of the Executive Committee was able to be present at this important meeting, including all Regional Representatives, Board of Management members and the Vice-President and Immediate Past...

Conducting international research in midwifery: ICM Congress workshop, Vienna, April 2002.
March 1, 2003... Background A workshop on international research in midwifery was held at the triennial International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Congress in Vienna, April 2002. The workshop was planned after it was noted in discussions at the ICM...

Nursing and midwifery research: review of policies, resources and support at strategic and operational levels.
March 1, 2003... In keeping with other health care professionals, midwives and nurses are expected to be able to demonstrate their effectiveness. The purpose of this paper (1) is to describe some of the research models, support systems and policies in place...

Gender and equity in tertiary education: the Zimbabwe experience.
March 1, 2003... A unique institution, the Women's University in Africa (WUA), which is destined to promote gender equality and equal opportunities for women in tertiary education, was launched in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2002. The vision that culminated in the...

Healthy Newborn Partnership. (News from ICM, members and partners).
March 1, 2003... Secretary General Petra ten Hoope-Bender attended a meeting of the Healthy Newborn Partnership (HNP) held in February 2003, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on behalf of the ICM The agenda focussed on interventions to reduce neonatal mortality such...

Skilled Attendant For Everyone. (News from ICM, members and partners).
March 1, 2003... The International Research Partnership for Skilled Attendant For Everyone (SAFE), based at the Dugald Baird Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, has created a strategy development tool intended to improve skilled attendance at delivery. The...

African health leaders and women's advocates call for action to save women's lives from unsafe abortion.
March 1, 2003... More than 100 African leaders from 15 countries, who attended Africa's first regional consultation on unsafe abortion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in March 2003, called for strong action to address this global public-health problem. WHO data show...

Women's liberty is threatened.
March 1, 2003... In January 2003, a letter from Jill Sheffield of Family Care International was published in the New York Times. She wrote: 'Two years into the Bush presidency, it is apparent that reversing or otherwise eviscerating the [US] Supreme Court's...