May
5
Mon
2025
22. Joining hands Across the African Continent and the Diaspora – Mothers and Midwives Together.
May 5 @ 19:00 – 19:50
22. Joining hands Across the African Continent and the Diaspora - Mothers and Midwives Together. @ Zoom

Speaker: Elsie Gayle

Facilitator: Celine Lemay

Mothers and Babies of African Descent have some of the poorest outcomes of the childbearing continuum irrespective of their gross national income (GNI) per capita, whether low, medium or high income countries.

The establishment of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent at the United Nations (Geneva) in December 2022 began the journey to create a dedicated forum to focus on midwives and mothers who are on the ground  delivering and receiving maternity care within those communities. Mother and Midwives Across the Diaspora has made intervention at each Permanent Forum Session to support this work.

The aim of the presentation is to share the journey to date of this unique network, to refocus on the value of midwifery to ameliorating mortality and morbidity of Black mothers and babies worldwide. It will describe the approach being used to garner the knowledge and skills of midwives across the world, utilising every means of supporting professional and vocational approaches to achieve its aims. It will share outcomes and achievements.  The presentation will welcome ongoing support of delegates in the furthering of good global midwifery relationships.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/permanent-forum-people-african-descent

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