International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative Meeting

Strasbourg, France • 28 September 2010
9:00 am – 4:00 pm

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Agenda

1. What is the IMBCI, and why is it needed?
2. Putting the IMBCI to work
   
   1. Demonstration sites
   2. MotherBaby Networks—how to form an MBnet
   3. Success stories—what other countries have done
3. Being an agent for change: what works?
4. Workgroups: Getting into action
1. Local, regional and international strategies for implementing the 10 Steps—for making change
2. Sharing resources and connecting with others

Read the full International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative here.

Location/Accommodations

This meeting is scheduled the day prior to the Midwifery Today Conference, “Birth Is a Human Rights Issue,” in the same location, using the same accommodations. Please see the main page for this conference for details on the Midwifery Today Conference.

Cost/Registration

The price for attending the IMCBI 2010 meeting is $25/€18/£15. To register, go here. The is a combined registration form for both this meeting and the Midwifery Today Strasbourg, France, Conference.

Read What Others Have Experienced at International Conferences

"I am a student of midwifery in the UK, and am frequently confronted with birthing and pregnancy environments that are almost totally void of the kinds of sensitive touch that I know can be vital to beautiful physiological, and beautiful non physiological births. Since returning from the gathering in Copenhagen, I have fed and been nourished by my experiences and memories from those wonderful five days…I was so inspired. I felt that much of what I had intuitively believed about birth and what is possible, was confirmed and held in the highest esteem there. I felt more like I had found my tribe than ever before. So, I want to thank you from the deepest part of me for holding and creating that space, and I look forward to reconnecting in person with all and any of the amazing people I met and came into contact with there. I only wish that my colleagues here could have been there too! It can be so disheartening to be surrounded by such disillusioned and disconnected midwives…but actually, since Copenhagen, I haven’t been dragged down by those energies anyway nearly as much. I think Copenhagen grounded my belief even more firmly. Deep down I feel excitement and trust beaming brightly." – Denmark 2009 attendee [ OTHER TESTIMONIALS ]

More Information

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