Thank you for this incredible articulation Sarah. I was a midwife until 2020 and engaged in the submission process when this utter deconstruction of a scope of practice was put out for consultation. I was scathing then about the omission of not just the words but the implications for Women and babies.
Of course by then I had learned that "Informed Consent" was no longer a thing and the Bill of Rights suddenly didn't apply any longer. I shared all this with the Council at the time and unsurprisingly they did not engage with the feedback from many Midwives who made the same objections.
I am so grateful to see such a well crafted piece taking this further. Malo 'aupito.
I respect and thank you for your stand on behalf of women.
This may be a naive question. Instead of organisations such as the Midwifery Council trying to insert what results in inappropriate, and can I say at times absurd versions of, Maori words and phrases into an English document, why isn't there a separate entirely Maori version with the wording advised by Mana Wahine and various iwi, and leave the English version to be entirely English so that the two sit side by side?
Important eh...Like Rex Landy says, #holdtheline and #neversurrender. Thanks Annienonymous - feel free to share as you like for MWK ❤️🤍🖤😘
Brilliant, hard-hitting submission, Sarah and the wahine from Mana Wahine Korero.
(Sorry, I haven't worked out how to do macrons on my keyboard. I've googled it, but the advice there doesn't seem to work for me :-) )
Ngamihinui Sarah. This is a wonderful document and leaves no room for misrepresentation.
Thanks to Dianne Landy and Michelle Uriarau, Phillippa Landy, Sarah Henderson, Rex Landy, Tania Sturt, Frankie Hill for this work. It is powerful!
Thank you for speaking up for women, tamariki and thereby for the whole community. Respect and aroha to you ❤️🙏
Thank you for this incredible articulation Sarah. I was a midwife until 2020 and engaged in the submission process when this utter deconstruction of a scope of practice was put out for consultation. I was scathing then about the omission of not just the words but the implications for Women and babies.
Of course by then I had learned that "Informed Consent" was no longer a thing and the Bill of Rights suddenly didn't apply any longer. I shared all this with the Council at the time and unsurprisingly they did not engage with the feedback from many Midwives who made the same objections.
I am so grateful to see such a well crafted piece taking this further. Malo 'aupito.
I respect and thank you for your stand on behalf of women.
This may be a naive question. Instead of organisations such as the Midwifery Council trying to insert what results in inappropriate, and can I say at times absurd versions of, Maori words and phrases into an English document, why isn't there a separate entirely Maori version with the wording advised by Mana Wahine and various iwi, and leave the English version to be entirely English so that the two sit side by side?
this absolutely rocks. what a beautiful piece of writing. full of wisdom and power.
Thank you Cara from MWK 😊
Kia Ora Sarah
Is it possible that this could be made an open letter that we could each sign?