Please sign and share this letter to your local member. We want to know a status report on the implementation of the national policy Women Centred Care: Strategic Directions for Australian maternity services. The strategy seeks improve maternity care services by providing respectful m

Dignity is a touchstone concept in human rights, ethics, politics, philosophy and Respectful Maternity Care.  Human dignity is inalienable right, based on the inherent human worth of a person.  Hence, pregnant women should never be treated as a means to the ends of others. Dignity is

We are seeking nominations for the SMFA Board to fill three vacancies. As a member of the board of SMFA, your expertise and participation will contribute to our success. Please consider applying.   SMFA board member application

Special Resolution.  To consider, a name change for Safe Motherhood for All Inc.  That the name of the incorporated association ‘Safe Motherhood for All Inc.’ be changed to ‘Maternal Health Matters Inc.’ Background Information to the Special Resolution.  There has been some discontent

SAFE MOTHERHOOD FOR ALL AUSTRALIA INC NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING and SPECIAL RESOLUTION Date and Time: 09.30 (EDST), Friday 27 November 2020 Venue: 37 McWhae Circuit Wanniassa, Canberra ACT and via Zoom RSVP: by 20-11-20 to (critical to ensure we meet COVID-19 restrictions): *pr

We call on governments and maternity care providers to refocus the maternity care discussion. Women are often made out to be the problem in maternity care. This causes suffering both physically and mentally for women. A Problem is something we do understand and thus we do not know how

Today is Global Dignity Day.  The day aims to educate & inspire youth; to help them better understand their self-worth. Dignity is where we are deemed worthy of honour and respect We at SMFA support this initiative and we would like to focus on girls and young women who are having

To have the birth you want the two big decisions that have to be made are: Where you are going to give birth? and Who is going to provide your maternity care? The biggest impact on your birth outcomes will be where you decide to birth and who will provide your maternity care. Whether

Just wanted to share a link to the recent Facebook that SMFA in collaboration with Maternity Choices, Maternity Consumer Network, Pregnancy Birth and Beyond Media and others hosted last week – if you hold down control and click on the link or copy and paste this link to the URL

Australian women who have had a baby in the past two years, are invited to complete an online survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BirthDignitySurvey2020  – in which will ask them to reflect on their experiences of being pregnant. The survey will help highlight some of the issues