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The Future Birth tour begins

The “Future Birth: With woman, with child” begins to day in Darwin. Our speakers have assembled from around the world: Susanne Houd from Greenland via Copenhagen, Michel Odent from London, Sandy Kirkman from Wales and Sally Tracy from Sydney. I know that this is going to be a fabulous program and everyone on the team is eager to start.

Darwin is a small city and very remote with Australia, yet 54 midwives have registered! There won’t be too many left to attend to the needs of the women in this town today.

From here we will be travelling to Perth, where a huge contingent awaits us. It will be good to start slowly with a more intimate group as we explore a number of issues that have particular relevance to this part of the country: meeting the childbearing needs of remote, indigenous populations and how woman-centred services can be provided within the public health system.

Posted by andrea at March 07, 2005 05:42 AM