Tag Archives: human rights

Links in the chain

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Janet

What are you reading and writing? Here’s a few of the things I’ve found to be good reads lately. Breastfeeding children and women a “low priority” – Western Australian parliament Remember the protests in Perth last year about Premier Barnett’s … Continue reading →

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Fathers and the experience of traumatic pregnancy and/or birth

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Janet

The lovely Professor Cheryl Beck who researches birth trauma is doing another study with TABS NZ, this time into fathers and their responses to witnessing traumatic pregnancy and/or birth. Anything that adds to our knowledge around birth trauma is important … Continue reading →

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Joyous Birth’s senate submission Part the Fiftieth

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Janet

Not content with sharing the lurve of the previous enquiries into who really owns women’s bodies  human rights Homebirth in Australia, here is the submission sent today to the next enquiry which I predict will find that women want midwives … Continue reading →

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