100 Years of the International Confederation of Midwives : Empowering Midwives and Empowering Women.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Joyce.

Contributor:

Walker, Joan.

Thomson, Ann.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Midwifery.

Women midwives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Brown Dog Books, 2022.

Summary:

Midwives are essential for healthy nations! This narrative 'herstory' uncovers some of the mysteries and challenges during the past 100 years that surrounded a beleaguered profession and its global organisation, the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM). It tells the story of the power that a unified force of strong women leading the ICM and its midwifery associations did for Safe Motherhood and empowering women throughout the world. Their efforts resulted in today's ICM being a vital standard-setting group for midwives and a respected advocate for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescents and women, for healthy mothers and newborns, and, globally, for healthy nations.

Contents:

Intro

Half-title Page

Copyright

Title Page

Dedication

Contributing Authors

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Recurring Abbreviations

Preface by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal

Foreword

Section I: Birth, Rebirth and Organisation of the ICM

Chapter 1: Introduction

a. Centuries of Midwifery Care

b. Approach to a Century of Collaboration and Empowerment Within the ICM

c. Key Themes During ICM's 100-Year Journey

d. The Legacy of the ICM

e. Summary

Chapter 2: Gender, Socio-Economic Status and Racial Influences on the ICM's Development

a. Introduction

b. Suffrage, Women Workers and Their Rights

c. Feminism, Social Class and Midwifery

d. Post-World Wars Concerns for Mothers and Babies

e. Socio-economic Status of Women Affecting the ICM

f. Gender-Based Decision Making

g. Changing Global Trends

h. Summary

Chapter 3: Birth of a Global Midwifery Organisation: The International Midwives' Union

b. European Midwives' Efforts to Meet

i. Development of Midwifery Associations prior to 1922

ii. Local, National and International Midwifery Meetings prior to 1922

c. Overview of the International Midwives' Union

d. When Did the IMU Begin?

e. What Was the Name of the Organisation?

i. What Did the Midwife Do?

f. What Was the Purpose of the Organisation?

g. How Did the IMU Function?

i. Secretariat

ii. Governance

iii. Subsequent Regulations

iv. Officers of the International Midwives' Union

v. IMU Affiliated Midwifery Associations/Members

vi. Finances of the IMU

h. Conferences/Congresses/Meetings

i. Involvement of Obstetricians in the IMU

i. Midwives for Peace and Healthy Mothers and Babies

j. Summary

Chapter 4: Rebirth of IMU as the ICM

b. Call for Rebirth of IMU.

i. 1949 IFMO Meeting

ii. 1953 IFMO Meeting

c. WHO Expert Committee on Midwifery Training, July 1954

d. The ICM Congress in London: 4-11 September 1954

e. ICM Council Decisions 1954

f. 1955-1956 ICM Activities

g. The ICM Admitted into Official Relations with the World Health Organization - 1957

h. Other Early Partnerships

i. ICM World Congress in Stockholm - 1957

Chapter 5: ICM's Constitutional Mandates and Structure

b. Aims and Objects of the IMU/ICM Over Time (Purpose)

c. Major Constitutional Mandate Changes

i. The ICM Structure 1954-1981

ii. The ICM Structure 1981-2008

d. ICM Byelaws

e. Constitutional Mandates/Powers Affecting the Structure of the ICM

i. ICM Board: Qualifications and Responsibilities

ii. Responsibilities of the Board of Management (BoM)

iii. Executive Committee 1954-1981-2017

The Board 2017-present

iv. Responsibilities of the Executive Committee

f. Governance of the Confederation - the ICM Council

i. The ICM Structure from 2023

g. Actions and Responsibilities of the Council

i. Criteria for ICM Membership

ii. Setting Global Midwifery Policies and Standards

iii. Selection of Host Associations for Congresses

iv. The ICM Secretariat

v. Responsibilities of the Secretariat

Chapter 6: The Search for Financial Stability/Viability

a. Overview

b. Sources of ICM Income

i. Membership/Capitation Fees

ii. Congress Fees and Sharing of Proceeds/Profits from ICM Activities

iii. Core Funding

iv. Project Funding

v. Special Funds

c. Financial Support for Member Associations and Midwives

i. Support for Council and Congress Participation

d. Recurring Expenditures

e. Financial Ups and Downs

i. 1970s

ii. 1980s

iii. 1990s

iv. 2000s

v. 2010s

vi. 2020s

f. Summary.

Chapter 7: Support of ICM Business by the Secretariat

b. The ICM Secretariat (Headquarters/Head Office)

i. Geographical Locations

ii. Leadership of the Secretariat

iii. Work of the Secretariat

iv. Ongoing Work

v. Staffing the Secretariat

c. Communication with Member Associations

i. Phone, Facsimile and Courier

ii. Newsletters

d. The International Journal of Childbirth

e. The ICM Websites

f. Representation of the ICM

g. Summary

Section II: ICM: A Catalyst for Global Respect for Midwives and Women

Chapter 8: ICM Vision, Mission and Strategic Directions

b. Vision Statements

c. Mission Statements

d. Strategy Documents

i. Need for Outside Consultant - 1997

ii. 'Meeting of the Minds' - 2001

iii. The Story Continues

iv. Strategic Planning during 2008 Council Meeting

v. New Approach in 2017

vi. Strategic Directions Summarised

Chapter 9: Updating Midwives' Knowledge and Skills

b. Triennial Congresses: Scientific Meetings

i. Locations of Congresses

ii. Management of Triennial Congresses

iii. Structure of Triennial Congresses

c. Safe Motherhood Pre-Congress Workshops

i. Purpose and Organisation of Pre-Congress Workshops

ii. Pre-Congress Collaborative Safe Motherhood Workshops (Table)

d. Mid-Triennium Executive Committee Meetings with Symposia

e. ICM-Led Workshops During Congresses

f. Regional Meetings/Conferences

g. Country Workshops

i. Burkina Faso

ii. Ghana

iii. Zimbabwe

iv. Specific Country Efforts: 2005 and Beyond

h. ICM Education for Midwifery Teachers

i. Competency-Based Education Workshops

ii. Strengthening Midwifery Education in French-speaking Africa

iii. Global Standards for Basic Midwifery Education with Guidelines.

iv. Midwifery Education Accreditation Programme (MEAP)

v. Additional education resources

i. Summary of the ICM's educational efforts

Chapter 10: Strengthening Member Associations

b. The Work of the Confederation

c. Member Association Issues Addressed

i. Council Agreed ICM Policy, Position, Statement and Core Documents (Annex A)

ii. Challenging Balance of Member Concerns

d. Awards for Exemplary Midwives

i. Marie Goubran Memorial Leadership Award - 1991 (Annex I)

ii. Columbia University Award for Midwives and Their Associations - 2001

iii. Saving Newborn Lives from Save the Children Award for Midwives - 2005

e. Support for Country Activities

i. Working Parties

ii. Projects with Collaborative Partners/Donors

1) Johnson and Johnson International

2) Johns Hopkins Programme for International Education of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (Jhpiego)

3) Sanofi Espoir Foundation [France]

4) Laerdal Global Health

5) Bill &amp

Melinda Gates Foundation

6) Direct Relief

7) Strengthening Midwifery Services (SMS) with UNFPA

8) Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)

9) White Ribbon Alliance

10) MacArthur Foundation

11) New Venture Fund

f. Tools to strengthen Member Associations

i. Midwifery Association Strengthening

1) Twinning Member Associations

2) Young Midwifery Leaders Programme

3) Member Association Capacity Assessment Tool (MACAT)

4) Midwifery Services Framework (MSF)

5) ICM RESPECT Toolkit

6) ICM Advocacy Toolkits

7) ICM's Inaugural Global Goodwill Ambassador

g. ICM Standing Committees (SC)

i. Professional Practice Committee (PPC)

ii. ICM Research Standing Committee (RSC) - 1996

iii. ICM Education Standing Committee (ESC) - 2002

iv. ICM Regulation Standing Committee (RegSC) - 2008

v. Recent Standing Committees.

h. The International Day of The Midwife (5 May)

i. Summary

Chapter 11: ICM's Core documents

i. What is a Profession?

ii. Why Autonomy?

b. International Definition of the Midwife

i. Road to the First Joint ICM/FIGO/WHO International Definition of the Midwife - 1972

ii. Updated International Definition of the Midwife

c. Scope of Midwifery Practice

d. International Code of Ethics for Midwives (1993)

e. Philosophy &amp

Model of Midwifery Care (2005)

f. Bill of Rights for Women and Midwives (2011)

g. Definition of Midwifery - 2017

Chapter 12: ICM's Global Competencies and Standards

b. Essential Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice (2002)

i. Background

ii. ICM Council Adopts Provisional ICM Essential Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice - 1999

iii. ICM Council Adopts ICM Essential Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice - 2002

iv. Updated ICM Essential Competencies - 2010/2011

v. 2017 Update of ICM Essential Competencies

c. Midwifery Education Standards and Guidelines (2010)

ii. Development of the Standards &amp

Guidelines

iii. ICM Adopts Global Standards for Midwifery Education with Guidelines - 2011

d. Midwifery Regulation Standards and Toolkit

ii. Development of Regulation Standards

iii. ICM Global Standards for Midwifery Regulation (2011)

e. Midwifery Regulation Toolkit (2016)

f. Summary

Chapter 13: Regional Member Associations' Perspectives on the ICM

i. Number of Regions

ii. Regional Survey Questions

b. Anglophone Africa

i. Historical Background

ii. Member Associations

iii. Value/Impact of ICM Membership on Anglophone Africa MAs

iv. Impact of Anglophone African MAs on the Growth and Development of ICM as an Organization.

c. Americas Region: North America/Caribbean.

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Print version: Thompson, Joyce 100 Years of the International Confederation of Midwives

ISBN:

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1839525304

OCLC:

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