PHA-Exchange> International Confederation of Midwives' 27th Triennial Congress & Job List

[George Lessard]

The International Confederation of Midwives is an international 
non-governmental organization that unites 85 national midwives' 
associations from over 75 countries. It both represents and brings 
together the midwives of the world.

http://internationalmidwives.org

The 27th Triennial Congress will be held July 24-27 2005 in Brisbane Australia.
http://www.midwives2005.com/index.shtml

International Midwifery Job Listings
<http://internationalmidwives.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=5&allstories=1>
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http://digbig.com/4bjhj

The mission of the Confederation is:

To advance worldwide the aims and aspirations of midwives in the 
attainment of improved outcomes for women, their newborns and  
families during the childbearing cycle, using the ICM midwifery 
philosophy and model of care.

The goals of the Confederation are to:
Work to improve women's health globally.
Promote and strengthen the midwifery profession
Promote the aims of the organization internationally.

The Confederation works to develop the role of the midwife as a 
practitioner in her own right by advancing the provision of maternity 
care and so improve the standard of care provided to mothers, babies 
and the family throughout the countries of the world.

ICM also supports and advises associations of midwives in liaison 
with their governments, and represents midwifery to international 
bodies and agencies in meetings, consultations and in direct 
relationships with heads or governing bodies of such organizations.

Finally, it will advance globally the position of the midwife and the 
value of midwifery and aim to achieve a reduction in rates of 
maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity.

We welcome visitors to the ICM website, and encourage you to browse 
through the information in the different sections. Please read the 
news, learn about meetings and congresses, or draw on ICM documents 
and policy to inform your research, practice and campaigning. You may 
find that you would like to join or contribute to the work of one of 
the ICM committees. If you need more details about any of these 
areas, send an e-mail message to ICM HQ: 
info at internationalmidwives.org