“The right to informed consent is a fundamental principle of medical ethics and human rights law and is particularly relevant to the provision of medical treatment. In addition, our common law starts from the premise that every human body is inviolate and cannot be subject to medical

World leaders have committed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals aimed at ending poverty, fighting inequality, protecting the planet and ensuring prosperity, peace and justice.  UN Women has identified that achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is integral to each of the 1

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December The maternity care that women receive intersects with her human rights to physical integrity, self-determination, privacy, family life, and spiritual freedom. In applying and advancing scientific knowledge, medical practice and as

16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence Let’s change the story: Violence against women in Australia  We are half way through the 16 days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, an international campaign to galvanise support for ending violence against women and girls. Cam

What Women Want aims to hear directly from at least 1 million women and girls worldwide about how they define quality maternal and reproductive healthcare. The plan is to: Conduct a two-year campaign – What Women Want –  collecting responses throughout 2018, analysing key

It’s super easy to participate. Take a photo / selfie of a woman or girl holding up her completed What Woman Want sign available at https://www.whatwomenwant.org/surveys/. Post the photo to social media using #WhatWomenWant and #safemotherhood4all and tagging one of the below What Wom

Safe Motherhood for All Inc. today is launching the findings of the Birth Dignity Survey. http://www.safemotherhoodforall.org.au/news/only-58-of-australian-women-have-the-birth-they-want/

Please see the submission Safe Motherhood for All  Inc. made to the National Maternity Services Framework Consultation at http://www.safemotherhoodforall.org.au/news/national-framework-for-maternity-services/  

The government is currently developing a National Maternity Services Framework (NMSF) that is intended to provide a vision and the principles for the delivery of maternity services in Australia. It is essential that the NMSF deliver a maternity-care system that meets the health needs

An article appeared in The Conversation in November 2016.  The article is below.  On reading it, I wondered if the similar bias in research is impacting on maternity care and the rising use of infant formula and what is the impact on the future health of women and children.  Food for